CoYOUTHWorking
Name and description of the project: The design idea of Co(youth)working is to enable coworking spaces to have a relevant social impact on the target area, be an economically sustainable service and support the effective development of the entrepreneurial skills of the young users they host. The promoters aim to open coworking spaces by putting them in a relationship of constant dialogue with both the young people who live there and external stakeholders belonging to the local community, nurturing a virtuous process of participation, active citizenship and development of the area’s human and social capital.
Duration, programme, funding (Cerv or Erasmus+) and partnership: The project is funded by Erasmus+ and involves five partner organizations: the Municipality of Cinisello Balsamo in the lead role, the organization COACTIONS (France), the organization APPJUVENTUDE (Portugal), the association Nest 01 (Croatia) and the association Impact Hub (Netherlands).
Specific objectives:
- Outline the role of the youth worker as a key figure in the management of a coworking space, identifying the skills needed and the path for their training and development.
- Devise a cross-sectoral coworking management strategy that combines a focus on "social impact" with support for the development of startups within them.
- Propose a tool, a useful guide for organizations that want to open a coworking space: a collection of recommendations, tools, activities, possible resources and risks (and possible solutions to overcome them).
- Enhance the role and involvement of public bodies and territorial networks in the management of coworking spaces.
Project Activities:
- A kick off meeting in Cinisello Balsamo.
- 4 working group meetings, one in each partner country (excluding Italy).
- 5 multiplier events, one in each of the countries that make up the partnership.
- A final meeting.
Final products:
- A booklet containing guidelines and indicators useful to coworking operators in building an open space ready to welcome young people and foster the economic and social development of the host community.
- A list of skills coworking operators need to acquire in order to effectively engage youth in their spaces.
- An online self-assessment quiz for coworking operators to assess their proximity/distance to the identified youth work competencies.
Project site: https://www.hubout.it/coyouthworking/
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The outputs
Through the CoYOUTHworking project, partners from Italy, Portugal, France, the Netherlands and Croatia have worked on the creation of 3 outputs, tools that allow to increase the social impact of coworking spaces in that territory.
Multiplier event in Portugal
On the 30th of November, the APPJuventude - Associação Portuguesa de Profissionais de Juventude, presented in Lisbon Youth Centre the final results of the CoYOUTHworking project.
Multiplier event in Netherlands
On 28th October, Impact Hub Amsterdam organized their multiplier event. The network of stakeholders, cowork members, entrepreneurs and youth workers were invited.
Multiplier event in Croatia
On the 23 of September, HUB385 hosted the very first multiplier event as a part of their coYOUTHworking journey.
Multiplier event in France
On the 10th of September, on the occasion of the 10th birthday of Co-actions in Captieux, the French multiplier event of the final results of CoYOUTHworking took place.
CoYOUTHworking multiplier event in Matera
From 7 to 9 October in Matera the foreign partners of the CoYOUTHworking Project met participants and partners of the the HubOut project, a twinning between the Municipality of Cinisello Balsamo and the Municipality of Matera.
The fourth work group in Zagabria
The fourth and final meeting of the work group on CoYOUTHworking, hosted by the organization Nest01 - HUB385, took place from the 20th to the 23rd September in Zagabria, Croatia.
The third work group in Viseu
After more than a year in which the covid-19 pandemic forced the partners of CoYOUTHworking to develop the project online, from 5th to 8th of July the representatives of the organizations had the opportunity to meet again in Viseu, hosted by the Portuguese organization APPJuventude.
The second working group in Bordeaux
The second CoYOUTHworking working group met in Bordeaux, France, from February 17th to 20th, 2020.
The first Work Group in Amsterdam
The Dutch partner Impact Hub Amsterdam hosted the first CoYOUTHworking working group, for the definition of guidelines for the involvement of young people in coworking spaces.
COYOUTHWORKING: THE PROJECT KICKS OFF!
From 28 to 30 October took place the first meeting with the partners of our CoYOUTHworking project.