Digitalpreservationeurope (DPE) aims to create a collaborative platform for research and experience sharing around digital preservation. Its objectives are to foster collaboration among existing projects and initiatives, and to raise awareness of digital preservation challenges among different communities. DPE has cooperation agreements with CASPAR and PLANETS to provide a shared web platform and services.

1. What is DPE?
Digitalpreservationeurope (DPE) intends to
Vision
create a coherent platform for proactive
cooperation, collaboration, exchange
and dissemination of research results
and experience in the preservation of
digital objects

2. Two macro objectives:
Objectives
1. to foster collaboration and synergies among
on-going projects and existing initiatives
across the ERA [repositories and audit and
certification tools]
2. to raise up awareness on digital preservation
challenges among different user
communities [different level of awareness on
the subject and its strategic significance]