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The '''purple economy''' is that part of the [[economy]] which contributes to [[sustainable development]] by promoting the cultural potential of goods and services.

“The purple economy refers to taking account of cultural aspects in economics. It designates an economy that adapts to the human diversity in globalization and that relies on the cultural dimension to give value to goods and services.”<ref>
[http://www.lejournaldesarts.fr/jda/archives/docs_article/89661/lactualite-vue-par-jerome-gouadain-promoteur-du-concept-d---economie-mauve---.php Le Journal des Arts]</ref> These two trends, one vertical and one horizontal, feed one another. In fact the growth in the cultural component attached to products is linked to each territory’s cultural vitality.

== Surge in culture ==
The context of the purple economy is that of the growing importance of culture in contemporary society. The factors involved in this include in particular:<ref name=diversum20170630>Diversum, Gilles Andrier, Loïc Armand, Francesco Bandarin, Jérôme Bédier, Françoise Benhamou, Fouad Benseddik, Gilles Boëtsch, [[Dominique Bourg]], Jérôme Gouadain, Maria Gravari-Barbas, Marc-Antoine Jamet, [[François Jullien]], [[Pascal Lamy]], [[Jacques Lévy]], [[Gilles Lipovetsky]], Françoise Montenay, Jean Musitelli, Patrick O’Quin, Philippe d’Ornano, [[Dominique Perrault]], Marie-Hélène Plainfossé, Nicole Rouvet, [http://diversum.net/fr/association/a.php?t=document-de-reference&id=74presse| “The Cultural Footprint of the Cosmetic Sector”] (accessed 22 February 2018).</ref> a global economic and political readjustment in favour of emerging countries, a return to local environments (once again perceived as centres for stability), new forms of claims (following on from the collapse of the great ideologies), growing social demand for quality based on cultural consumption patterns (which go hand in hand with the logic of popularization, individualization and longer life expectancies), innovative approaches (that presuppose a cultural state of mind and interdisciplinarity conducive to [[serendipity]]), and so on.

== Scope ==
The purple economy is multidisciplinary, in that it enriches all goods and services by capitalizing on the cultural dimension inherent to every sector. The sensory, experiential economy is one application of this.<ref name=diversum20170630/>

It differs from the [[Economics of the arts and literature|cultural economy]], which is sector-based.

In June 2013, the conclusions of a first inter-institutional working group on the purple economy, formed of experts from [[UNESCO]], the [[OECD]], the [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie|International Organisation of the Francophonie]], French ministries, various companies and civil society. That document underscored the impact of the phenomenon of culturalization, which now affects the entire economy, with follow-on effects on employment and training. The report differentiates between ''purple jobs'' and ''purplifying professions'': the former are directly linked to the cultural environment by their very purpose (like town planners and developers), while the latter are merely caused to transform under the effect of culturalization (such as positions in human resources or in marketing and communications).<ref>[http://www.diversum.net/fichiers/File/The%20purple%20economy,%20an%20objective,%20an%20opportunity.pdf Conclusions of the first inter-institutional working group on the purple economy]</ref>

Another reference document published in June 2017<ref name=diversum20170630/> mentioned various aspects of the human environment in which economics are likely to produce cultural benefits: architecture, art, colours, enjoyment, ethics, heritage, imagination, learning, social skills, singularity, etc.

== Origin ==
The term first appeared in 2011, in France, in a manifest<ref>[http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2011/05/19/l-economie-mauve-une-nouvelle-alliance-entre-culture-et-economie_1524674_3232.html Le Monde.fr]</ref> published on [[Le Monde|Le Monde.fr]]. The signatories<ref>[[Jean-Jacques Aillagon]], Bruno Bourg-Broc, [[Bernard Cerquiglini]], Gilles Ciment, [[Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam]], José Luís Dicenta Ballester, [[Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres]], [[Mercedes Erra]], Pierre-Antoine Gailly, Jérôme Gouadain, [[Claudie Haigneré]], [[Jean-Hervé Lorenzi]], Jean Musitelli, Alain-Dominique Perrin, Odile Quintin, [[Bernard Ramanantsoa]], Jean-François Rial, Pierre Simon.</ref> included the board members of the association Diversum,<ref>[[Bernard Cerquiglini]], [[Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam]], Jérôme Gouadain, [[Jean-Hervé Lorenzi]], Jean Musitelli, Odile Quintin, Pierre Simon. [http://www.diversum.net/fichiers/File/Asso_diversum_10-05-2010_en.pdf Source]</ref> which organized the first International Purple Economy Forum under the patronage of [[UNESCO]], the [[European Parliament]] and the [[European Commission]].<ref>[http://www.purple-economy.org Website of the International Purple Economy Forum]</ref>

== Connection to sustainable development ==
[[File:Sustainable economy.gif|thumb|The three components of a sustainable economy]]

The purple economy emphasizes the presence of [[externalities]]: the cultural environment from which agents draw and on which, in return, they leave their own footprints is a [[common good]]. As a result, the purple economy sees culture as an axis for [[sustainable development]].

In fact, culture has been a whole sub-section of sustainability since the beginning. [[Corporate social responsibility]] can even be said to have originated in the [[International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]] adopted by the United Nations in 1966.

This issue is just one of the different components of [[sustainable development]], alongside concerns relating to the [[natural environment]] ([[green economy]]) and to the [[social environment]] ([[social economy]]). The complementary nature of these aspects of the sustainable economy was reaffirmed in a call<ref>[http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2015/06/30/la-reponse-au-rechauffement-est-aussi-culturelle_4664807_3232.html Le Monde Économie]</ref><ref>By: [[Pierre Bellon]], Véronique Cayla, [[Bertrand P. Collomb|Bertrand Collomb]], Pascal Colombani, [[Mercedes Erra]], [[Emmanuel Faber]], Pierre Fonlupt, Jean-Baptiste de Foucauld, Pierre-Antoine Gailly, Jérôme Gouadain, [[Philippe d'Iribarne]], [[Pascal Lamy]], [[Gilles Lipovetsky]], [[Jean-Pierre Masseret]], [[Gérard Mestrallet]], [[Radu Mihăileanu]], Jean Musitelli, Grégoire Postel-Vinay, [[Jean-Jack Queyranne]], Odile Quintin, [[Bernard Ramanantsoa]], Jean-François Rial, [[Franck Riboud]], [[Michel de Rosen]], Pierre Simon.</ref> published by ''Le Monde Économie'' in 2015, leading up to the [[COP 21|21st United Nations Conference on Climate Change]].
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== See also ==
* [[Cognitive-cultural economy]]
* [[Cultural diversity]]
* [[Cultural footprint]]
* [[Globalization]]
* [[Knowledge economy]]
* [[Sustainable development]]

== Notes and references ==
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