Welcome to the PURPLE website
Visit "About us" to learn about who we are and what we do.
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Contact: PURPLE Secretary General Vincent O'Connell at: secretarygeneral@purple-eu.org
Quick site tour:
- For details of our new statutes and accompanying member recruitment campaign, see here
- See here for details of our newly republished peri-urban Topic Papers (six)
- For details of our involvement in the EU Horizon programme .... here
- And for a sample of previous papers and submissions - click here
STOP PRESS: MEMBERSHIP NOTICE
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Join a strategic group of European regions/areas interested in peri-urban matters. You will have the chance to work collaboratively whilst gaining valuable contacts, insights and, most importantly, inspiration on how to develop your own approaches and activities in a peri-urban context (Members past and present)
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At practitioner level, you will have the opportunity to work regularly with fellow professionals in fields such as spatial planning, climate change adaptation, agriculture, tourism and many other topics affecting peri-urban areas, building on their strengths and optimising their potential
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PURPLE actively participates in the EU’s Horizon programme, and is building a track record here working as a partner in projects such as ROBUST, PLUSChange and FOODCITYBOOST. You will get the opportunity to get involved in current and future projects, shaping applications, and being part of delivery
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PURPLE has long worked successfully with the EU institutions. It has long- standing connections with the European Commission , European Parliament and Committee of the Regions and is a member of the EU CAP Network. Get the opportunity to make your voice heard in the policy realm as we build these links further