Context and goals
Within the framework of the EU Climate Pact ambassadors network and the European Erasmus+ CoLab Europe project about the future of rural coworking in Europe, in which NBSCLIMATE (Ribering) is a partner together with the Italian association Trevessu (leader) and the Portuguese association MARCA, we are organizing the 1st European Rural Coworking Forum, with the focus on building vibrant communities of practice in order to promote rural repopulation via alternative development models centered on shared work-spaces («coworking») where, in addition to a place, ideas, dreams and projects are shared.
For two full days, sessions will be held around how rural coworking spaces can collaborate with key local stakeholders: civil society (children and families, youth, seniors, NGOs), companies (SMEs, medium and large corporations, business associations), academia (university, educational centers), etc. Impactful cases will be presented both by the host coworking itself (Ribering) and by other participating entities in the sector from all over Spain and Europe. You can also take part online.
Event partners
Besides the European consortium mentioned, we count the City Council of Aranda de Duero, ADRI Ribera del Duero Burgalesa, University of Burgos – Green Office, ANCYCO – Red Coliving, COWOCYL and Demanda Coworking, among our event partners providing support, contents and outreach. If you want to join, please contact us.
Corporate partners
To participate as speakers in «Session 5 – Rural coworking & large businesses», share your initiatives, attract talent and benefit from collective intelligence to address your company’s sustainability and regeneration challenges, let’s explore partnership opportunities.
Program
All sessions will be structured as follows:
- Brief introduction
- Impactful initiatives from Colab Europe partners: Ribering, Trevessu & Marca
- Impactful initiatives from other coworking spaces in attendance, with priority to event partners
- Facilitated group discussion: best practices, impact, business models…
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Day 1 – November 27 |
Day 2 – November 28 |
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09:30-11:00 |
Welcome & introductions |
Session 4 – Rural coworking & educational centers
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11:00-11:30 |
Coffee break & dance |
Coffee break & dance |
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11:30-13:00 |
Session 1 – Rural coworking & local governments
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Session 5 – Rural coworking & civil society
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13:00-14:30 |
Lunch break |
Lunch break |
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14:30-16:00 |
Session 2 – Rural coworking & large businesses (corporate partners)
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Visit to a regenerative winery and wine tasting
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16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break & yoga |
Next steps, closing, and see you soon 🙂 |
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16:30-18:00 |
Session 3 – Rural coworking & small businesses
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20:00-21:30 |
Official dinner |
Accommodation
We recommend these two hotels, within walking distance of the event venue: Hotel Julia, Hotel Villa de Aranda. For other options check here.