Co-Working Infrastructure The degree to which regions can capitalise on the potential of remote working will depend on a variety of factors - including but not limited to - the quality and strategic location of co-working hubs within its region. As part of this analysis, the three Regional Assemblies of Ireland have – through desktop research and consultations with Local Enterprise Offices – identified the estimated number of co-working hubs in each county in Ireland as of September 2020. Counties are grouped by their respective NUTS 2 regions and the following type of co-working hubs 16 – both privately and publically owned – are included in this analysis, namely:
ENTERPRISE AND CO-WORKING HUBS
Any hub whose primary remit is largely enterprise oriented and provides facilities and co-working desks that allows firms and workers to work remotely is included in our analysis. High degree of variation here as some hubs aim to accommodate anything from certain “High Potential Start Ups” with high quality Wi-Fi, co-working desks, online meeting and conference facilities, to hubs that will be far more modest by nature and simply aim to accommodate any kind of remote workers with some co-working desks, meeting rooms and good quality Wi-Fi. Such hubs may facilitate some community activities but the overall remit of these hubs is largely enterprise oriented, allowing businesses and workers to work remotely with a reasonable degree of business supports available.
COMMUNITY HUBS
Any hub whose primary remit is largely community oriented but also provides some co-working desks and Wi-Fi to allow workers to operate remotely - albeit on a relatively small scale - is included in our analysis. Only community hubs that provide co-working desks to workers are included in our analysis and the majority of these hubs will be based in rural areas. Any community hub that only facilitates community activities (i.e. community meetings, teaching etc.) and do not facilitate remote workers are not included in our analysis.
HIGHER EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVE HUBS
Any hub whose remit is largely research and knowledge intensive and provides facilities and co-working desks that allows relevant and knowledge intensive firms and workers to work remotely is included in our analysis. Such hubs would include relevant knowledge intensive businesses and workers who may have some strategic relationship to a Higher Education Institute. Many of these hubs will be based in the campuses of Higher Education Institutes.
16 Hubs that exclusively facilitate businesses are not included in this analysis. Only hubs that facilitate both businesses / remote workers or solely remote workers are included in this analysis
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REGIONAL CO-WORKING ANALYSIS
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