The document provides an overview of PURE (Pascal Universities Regional Engagement), an OECD/IMHE project examining how higher education institutions contribute to regional development. It discusses the formation of PURE, participation of 14 regions in its initial cohort, and possible areas of focus for a second cohort. These include exploring topics like innovation, human capital building, impact of climate change, and models of university engagement. The document outlines PURE's processes, timetable, outputs, benchmarking themes and indicators to measure regional competitiveness both qualitatively and quantitatively.