Mapping coworking spaces in Europe: a bottom-up engine of growth

Jean-Yves Huwart (Enterprise Globale)Katarzyna Szkuta (Tech4i2)

David Osimo (Tech4i2)

Growing

Number of coworking spaces in Europe

- extrapolation from the survey sample

Small and swarming

Business model

Economically Sustainable

Only 25% of the surveyed coworking

spaces received support from local

public authorities to launch their project

Innovative

For the majority of the survey

respondents (66%), being in coworking

space stimulates the creativity of the

members to a great extent.

European policy dimension • Nurturing entrepreneurial mindset

• Stimulating innovation and creativity

• Renewing urban landscapes

• Developing new working models and encouraging telework

• Life long learning in the Learning Society

• Flexicurity in action

• Active ageing – working after the retirement age

• Fostering social innovation

with the support of