Register before 22 May for a CIP course in August. Find out more at the info webinar on 27 April.
IE’s next Certified Interpretive Planner (CIP) course will take place 16-21 August in Uppsala, Sweden. Find full information about the course at www.slu.se/CIP26eng
On the course you will learn how to plan for meaningful experiences at a heritage site, based on the principles of interpretation, and how to use interpretation to provoke new perspectives, critical thinking and inspire active citizenship.
Why the course is relevant for you
This course is for all of you who work with planning for nature interpretation or heritage/ culture interpretation. It is relevant for a wide range of sites and areas where you want to communicate with visitors about the local stories and values, for example national parks, heritage sites, visitor centres and museums. Maybe you work in the public sector with areas, sites and trails for the public, or at a consultancy firm producing exhibitions for visitor centres and museums or interpretation for other kind of sites.
Join this course to explore how heritage sites can be made more meaningful and accessible for all. You will discover the essentials of heritage interpretation and, together with others, work on a real site to create inspiring and practical planning proposals.
Course content
The course programme covers all that is relevant for adding the interpretive component to planning for and together with local people and visitors around specific heritage sites.
The course consists of three parts:
- Introductory online meeting in June. This is an opportunity for participants to meet each other, and to gain an initial understanding of the course content and logistics.
- Main course in Uppsala 16-21 August. This includes intensive training activities, presentations, study visits, individual and group work. You, together with other participants, will work as a team to develop interpretive proposals for a site. On the last day, all participants will present their proposals.
- Online meetings after the course. Three optional online meetings to assist you in your homework about developing an interpretive plan.
You can see more about course content at www.slu.se/CIP26eng
You will be certified
Participants that successfully meet all certification requirements of the course will be certified by Interpret Europe as interpretive planners – CIP.
Our venue
The venue for the course is SLU in Uppsala. During the course we will work with an area in the beautiful campus Ultuna, as well as visit a different site to get inspiration and provoke new perspectives.
Info webinar about the course
Join a webinar about the course on 27 April at 13:00-13:30 CET to find out more and ask any questions. The session will be recorded.
How to register
Register at www.slu.se/CIP26eng by 22 May.
For content-related questions, please contact Valya Stergioti at: vster@outlook.com. For registration – to the webinar and the course, and any questions on logistics and practical arrangements, please contact Per Sonnvik at: per.sonnvik@slu.se.
To cite this article: Sonnvik, Per (2026) “Become a Certified Interpretive Planner (CIP)”, Interpret Europe Newsletter Spring 2026, p. 17.
Available online: Interpret Europe Newsletter Spring 2026.
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