National Association:
Fédération Française du Paysage (FFP)
4, Rue Hardy, Versailles, France
Delegate: Nikola Watté
The French Landscape Federation (FFP) is the only representative organization of the landscaping profession. It now has more than 650 members, nearly one in three professionals. The concerns of the Federation concern as much the debates on the Landscape as the valuation of the profession of landscape designer.
It is a reception structure able to take into account all the evolutions in terms of qualification, training, ethics and deontology, development.
It is structured as a professional organization bringing together natural and legal persons.
Promotion and development of the landscape in the living environment
The Federation makes known at the national and international level the specificity of the landscape and the interest of its consideration for the community as well as the studies, projects and practices that contribute to its quality:
It initiates and participates in the debate of ideas on the landscape by publishing brochures, periodicals and works and organizes conferences, congresses, exhibitions and competitions, the National Encounters or the European Conferences of the Landscape, for example,
It contributes to the development of landscape education, continuing education and research,
It contributes to the development of national and European legislation and regulations relating to the landscape,
It seeks complementarity and cooperation between the different professions in the landscape sector: producers, entrepreneurs.
Representation and defense of landscape professionals
It is intended to bring together all landscape designers whether they are surveyors, project managers, project owners, managers in a representative structure or employees,
It can empower , through an official jury, landscape architects, from unrecognized formations, who request it,
It studies all questions relating to the exercise of the profession (installation, legal regime, tax, insurance, contracts ...),
It defends the general interests of its members, in particular at the level of the public or private commission, the prospection of the markets in France and abroad,
It intervenes with the public authorities for the representation of the profession in all administrative or institutional bodies,
It provides practical information to its members and maintains links of solidarity through a network of ten regional associations .
A regional, national, European and international network
The main advantage of the FFP lies in the constitution of a network that it has developed and preserved for the benefit of all regions.
At the regional level
The FFP brings together 10 regional associations that contribute to the national representation of the profession. These regional associations ensure that the landscape is taken into account at the level of the local authorities and constantly assist the project management in its relations with the profession (participation in competition juries for example). All FFP members are ex-officio members of their regional association.
On a national level
The FFP, through its Bureau in particular, is the interlocutor of the public authorities on matters relating to the professional practice of landscape designers but also on the development of regulatory texts relating to the landscape. The FFP meets regularly with representatives of the Ministries of Ecology and Sustainable Development, Equipment, Housing and Transport, Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs, Culture and Tourism. of communication.
At the European level
The FFP is a member of IFLA EUROPE (International Federation of Landscape Architects, Europe Region). This association brings together the member countries of the Council of Europe. The main objective is the harmonization and recognition of the profession of landscape architect (landscape designer in France) by the European Commission. Through this organization, the FFP has the opportunity to increase its contacts with representatives of the 42 member countries of the Council of Europe and the 28 member countries of the European Union. Landscape students are invited to consult the websites of European partners to find internships and work in Europe. IFLA EUROPE
At an international level
The FFP and all its members are members of IFLA