What is coworking?

The spaces coworking or coworking are spaces of management and collaboration, with authentic collaboration tools and a real change in the way of working.

Coworking is a concept related to collaboration and based on the optimization of productive and social resources, especially indicated in times of crisis, which has been successfully deployed for some time in Europe and in large cities in the State and Catalonia and which is part of the renewed and global conceptual framework of telecentres and PuntsTIC as centers of social innovation and local economic entrepreneurship.

In a moment of change and in which companies, entrepreneurs and social initiatives increasingly need work in collaboration there is a lot talked about coworking, a work model based on the collaboration , the cooperation and the exchange of ideas .

Coworking is a way of working based on sharing a common space but it is much more than sharing spaces. The new coworking services allow to rent a space where they can work with other professionals but have also become real project incubators among entrepreneurs who, under the same roof, work on their own initiatives and At the same time, they cooperate and collaborate with their peers. Thus, initiatives, projects and companies that work well will also be fed back and mutually, leading to new opportunities, such as offering a more complete service or sharing ideas.

The coworking is closely related to collaborative work understood as the set of processes to achieve group goals específics- and is spreading very quickly as it enables independent professionals, creators and entrepreneurs share the same workspace both physical and virtual, are to develop their professional projects independently, while also fosters collaboration to carry out joint projects.

With these dynamics, formulas and spaces, a new 'collaborative society' is being formed, a social model that faces the current difficult context is gaining importance and that revolves around the new work models and business structures , of entrepreneurship and innovation social linked to the collaboration .

One of the successes of this type of space is also the possibility of starting co-learning processes through multiple connections.

The Torre del Roser hosted during the period 2013-2016 a public coworking space, Co-Work-TIC, a co-working space aimed at digital entrepreneurship and social innovation with ICT, to respond to a need not resolved in the municipality.

You can check the evolution of this space in the section 'Public coworking of Sant Feliu'

Here is a video of what was offered in this public space of the city: