Are you looking for more information about the profession of planning but you're not sure where to start? The AICP Professional Practice Center is an online reference tool that demonstrates the professionalism of planning and how AICP functions add incomparable value to professional planning.

A profession is defined as an occupation requiring the mastery of a complex body of knowledge and specialized skills through a combination of formal education and practical experience, with its primary orientation to the community interest rather than to individual self-interest, and having a code of ethics.

As you browse through the AICP Professional Practice Center, take a look at elements that support this definition, from within professional planning and within the wide variety of programs and activities sponsored by the American Planning Association and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).