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The role of CABE
CABE has five areas of activity:
• CABE Space seeks to bring excellence to the design and management
of public spaces. It helps local authorities to develop strategic approaches
to the delivery of high-quality space. It demonstrates the economic,
environmental and social value of urban space, and raises public and
professional awareness of the importance of quality parks and spaces.
And it improves skills within the professions responsible for the design,
management and maintenance of public space.
• The design review programme, led by a design review panel, acts
as a non-statutory consultee on significant planning applications.
• The enabling programme provides support and advice mainly to public
organisations, through its staff team and panel of enablers. Enabling involvement
is at the outset of the design and development process, often prior to the
appointment of a design team, consultants or a developer, with the main focus
on assisting people who are charged with delivering or procuring new facilities
or buildings and those involved in setting the policy context for development.
• The learning and development programme seeks to increase levels of
knowledge, skills and opportunity among both professionals and public.
Its regional programmes encourage greater understanding and ownership
of built environment issues by promoting built environment education through
a national network of Architecture and Built Environment Centres. CABE
co-ordinates a professional skills learning programme and promotes the
built environment as a learning resource for young people.
• The policy, research and communications team works with academics
and experts to demonstrate the social and economic value of design,
and to expose the barriers to change.
Visit www.cabe.org.uk for further information