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Details are beginning to emerge of the proposed Long Term Vision for Rural Areas (LTVRA), announced last year as a part of the European Green Deal (EGD) package. Envisaged as a strategic vision of what rural areas of Europe are likely to look like in twenty years time – how they should operate in 2040 (“rural 2040” is an emerging term) and what needs to happen to ensure that this happens.

It is to be developed across multiple EC Directorate Generals with a leading role for DG Agri under the coordination of DG Demographics and Democracy and all tied to the broader EGD remit of Executive Vice-President Timmermans.

A public consultation is due to take place in autumn 2020 and it is planned that the vision will emerge next February/March in the form of an EC Communication.

PURPLE is beginning to feed into this work as part of its ongoing role as member of the Steering Group of the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD), and will be looking to ensure that the role, value, and potential of the peri-urban is recognised as part of this vision which must of course be based on a genuine understanding on the interdependencies between territories of different types.

Anyone interested in learning more about PURPLE’s work in this area is invited to contact: info@purple-eu.org