The Irish Planning Institute is an active member of the European Council of Spatial Planners and has held the Presidency of this organisation.
The IPI inspects and accredits on invitation a number of planning courses in universities and other third level educational institutions across the island of Ireland.
The Irish Planning Institute has six categories of membership: Fellowship, Corporate, Graduate, Student, Affiliate and Honorary.
Honorary Membership is generally awarded as an honour on an individual whose special interests have been deemed by the institute to have made an outstanding contribution to planning.
The Council of the IPI, which is the governing body of the institute, is directly elected by the Members by postal ballot.