The Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners (PIEP) is a non-governmental, non-profit, professional organization that promotes, advances and raises the study, practice and development of environmental planning in the Philippines. It was established on October 16, 1969 and duly registered at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Currently, it has 31 local chapters with 2 international chapters: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar.The Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners – Qatar Chapter is composed of 34 members who were all SPLE passers from 2016-2019. It was formally established in 2019 and was recognized as a full-fledged International Chapter by the National Board of Trustees in 2020 through Board Resolution No. 11-005 Series of 2020.It all started in 2016 wherein petitions for the Environmental Planners Licensure Exam were circulated and well received by the interested takers. In that same year, the first ever Special Professional Licensure Examination for Environmental Planners (SPLE-EnP) happened in Qatar!