IFLA GEC WG - Global Education Coordination Working Group

Today, the landscape architecture academia shows varying levels of development in different countries. This discrepancy does not solely depend on a country's level of development; rather, it is influenced by diverse factors such as politics, history, culture, and the local landscape and settlement systems, all of which shape the discipline's focus. While this diversity is not inherently problematic, the transition to globalization and the renewed free movement of professionals -resuming after the long pause caused by the pandemic- is progressively highlighting its importance. Since IFLA fully acknowledges the social, political, and cultural complexity inherent to balancing this diversity with international standards, the Global Education Coordination Working Group was established to continuously reassess education standards in landscape architecture to find novel ways to address issues of diversity and integration while fostering mediation and coordination across world regions.