WHY THIS MATTERS
Reframing inclusion as an economic factor.
Developed with academic and institutional partners, Purple Survey 2026 reframes disability inclusion from a perceived social cost into a measurable economic factor — directly relevant for ESG and CSRD reporting, HR and DEI, marketing, and digital experience teams.
- Market opportunity & consumer choice
- Productivity & workforce participation
- Revenue retention & conversion
- Risk management & regulatory compliance
THREE RESEARCH PILLARS
One study. Three lenses on the economics of inclusion.
WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE
Grant-standard deliverables.
Multi-source recruitment across RDCC corporate members, NGO beneficiaries, the AccessABILITY EXPO database, UPAS employees and targeted national outreach — with full GDPR compliance and transparent QA.
- Inception pack — methodology, sampling, ethics & GDPR
- Three technical briefs — one per research pillar
- Launch briefing, webinar & press-ready comms pack
- Anonymised dataset, codebook & QA memo
- Romania Common Report + board-ready summary
- Independent methodology, analysis & findings
CO-FUNDING MODEL
Participate at the level that's right for you.
We’re not asking every member to contribute equally — but for a shared commitment, with each organisation participating at the level most appropriate to its size, capacity and ambition.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Everything you need to know about methodology, GDPR safeguards, the delivery timeline and what your organisation receives in return for co-funding.
Purple Survey 2026 is delivered under a documented ethics and GDPR protocol agreed at inception. All participation is voluntary and informed-consent based, all responses are anonymised, and the dataset shared with sponsors is a clean, anonymised version accompanied by a codebook and QA memo. Data collection, storage and processing follow Romanian and EU data protection law, and the methodology is reviewed independently of sponsors.
The study combines three complementary research components — Purple Lei (spending power), Purple Click Away Lei (cost of inaccessibility) and Cost of Discrimination & Exclusion (macro impact). Recruitment is multi-source: RDCC corporate members, NGO beneficiaries and partners, the AccessABILITY EXPO database, UPAS employees and targeted national online outreach. Representativeness, ethics and GDPR compliance are enforced, and all methodology, analysis and findings remain fully independent of sponsors.
The project runs over six months: design and approvals (M1), fieldwork (M2–M3), data cleaning and QA (M4), modelling and drafting (M5), and the final report plus public launch (M6). Sponsors receive a clear M&E plan at inception so progress is transparent throughout.
Outputs depend on tier and include: published summary findings (SME Supporter), logo recognition and the executive summary plus invitation to the results briefing (Corporate Supporter), full Common Report access and use of findings for ESG and employee engagement (Partner), sector-relevant insights and enhanced public recognition (Lead Partner), and at Founding Partner level — early access, a board-ready executive summary, a private interpretation session with RDCC, and the option to be recognised as the enabling sponsor of one full research pillar.
Yes. Outputs are designed to be directly usable by ESG and Corporate Affairs, HR and DEI, Marketing and Communications, and Digital or Customer Experience teams — providing credible, Romania-specific evidence to inform reporting, strategy, stakeholder engagement and accessibility improvement.
No. Research methodology, data collection, analysis and findings remain entirely independent of sponsors. Co-funding enables the work; it does not shape the conclusions.
EXPRESS INTEREST
Together, let's turn inclusion into evidence.
Tell us about your organisation and your preferred level of participation. We’ll follow up with next steps — and for those considering a larger commitment, we welcome conversations about becoming a Founding Partner of one of the three research pillars.