Areas of Consideration The ability of policy makers to utilise the potential benefits of remote working – and specifically co-working hubs – will be an important factor in ensuring the vision and objectives of each Assembly’s RSES can be implemented, allowing for effective economic development to be achieved across Ireland.
Furthermore, the potential of remote working could provide greater employment flexibility to all private sector workers whose jobs are remote workable, enhancing the quality of life offering of each of our regions; a key objective of each Assembly’s RSES. To capitalise on this potential, the three Regional Assemblies of Ireland have identified eight areas for consideration. The purpose is to identify how gaps in information can be addressed, commence a discussion on actions that could be taken and help to establish an evidence-based approach to progress remote working. Ultimately, a sizeable proportion of the private sector workers that were identified as being able to operate remotely may prefer to work from their own homes or from company offices that comply with public health guidelines. However, whether it be due to a lack of broadband, a desire to avoid long commutes or personal factors, a reasonable proportion of these private sector workers may wish to utilise co-working hubs as an alternative option. Work that progresses these eight areas of consideration should assist in providing greater employment flexibility to all private sectors workers capable of operating remotely. This could open up an array of economic and environmental benefits for our regions.
The economic vision for all regions, as expressed in the three RSES policy documents, is to enable sustainable, competitive, inclusive and resilient growth. Remote working has already played a large part in managing public health vulnerabilities and has created a capacity to weather this unprecedented economic shock. The three Regional Assemblies believe that it has also considerable longer-term potential in creating smart, resilient and sustainable regions. This will assist in sustaining our capacity for growth and realising RSES and Project Ireland 2040 policy objectives.
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REGIONAL CO-WORKING ANALYSIS
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