Co-working is a relatively new phenomenon in Italy. Strictly connected with the new philosophy of social innovation, social enterprise, crowd and sharing economy (sharing skills, ideas, projects not just spaces) and the economic crisis (the need to reduce costs by cutting office rent), it has been profoundly influenced by other European experiences, primarily those coming from UK and Germany.
First co-working experiences have been created 2-3 years ago, they were all related to the most popular co-working network theHUB.net, now called IMPACT HUB.
Current trends are in line with the rest of Europe where, between 2011 and 2012, the number of co-working spaces doubled.
An Italian co-working space.
Source: benetural.com