PURPLE´s Mission Statement

General objectives of PURPLE:
• Promote successful socio-economic transition in peri-urban rural areas and their agricultural sector
• Influence European regional and rural policy making
• Develop a distinctive role as the primary interlocutor with Brussels-based institutions, and with politicians and stakeholders across the EU on issues of special relevance to Europe’s peri-urban regions
• Act as a platform for peri-urban regions to share knowledge and good practice, allowing connections and productive cross-fertilisation between existing projects, as well as promoting new trans-European initiatives in the field.

A beach in Nord Pas de Calais.