To allow for consistency of reporting across public bodies, our three listed groupings are a high level agglomeration of the five hub classifications reported by the Atlantic Economic Corridor (AEC) Enterprise Hubs Project 17 . It is important to note that this analysis only includes the number of co-working hubs that were available as of September 2020. Additional co-working hubs are expected to become available by the end of 2020, but these hubs have not been included in this analysis unless they were expected to become available by the end of September 2020. Through our research, it was found that the vast majority of these co-working hubs continue to operate and provide remote working spaces. That said, a very small number of these co-working hubs have closed since the outbreak of COVID-19. Nevertheless, due to the ever-changing nature of the COVID-19 crisis, we have included these co-working hubs as there may be potential for them in the future, depending on the prevalence of COVID-19 in the coming years.
IN THE LONG TERM, THE DEGREE TO WHICH REGIONS CAN CAPITALISE ON THESE POTENTIAL BENEFITS WILL DEPEND ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS - INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO - THE AVAILABILITY OF CO-WORKING HUBS WITH HIGH QUALITY FACILITIES AND THE PROVISION OF HIGH SPEED BROADBAND WITHIN SUCH HUBS.
17 The Assembly’s grouping titled “Enterprise and Co-Working Hubs” includes hubs that the AEC would classify as “Co-Working Hubs”, “Enterprise Hubs” or “Scaling Hubs”. The Assembly’s grouping titled “Community Hubs” includes hubs that the AEC would classify as “Community and Enterprise Hubs”. The Assembly’s grouping titled “Higher Education and Knowledge Intensive Hubs” includes hubs that the AEC would classify as “R&D Hubs”. https://www.atlanticeconomiccorridor.ie/hubs-map/
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THE THREE REGIONAL ASSEMBLIES OF IRELAND
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