we are COWORKING SWITZERLAND

The Purpose of Coworking Switzerland

Coworking Switzerland is a national association that supports and promotes coworking, its values and its benefits across Switzerland with the following objectives

Increase and
promote
Resource for
anyone
Facilitate
networking
Support the
international
Increase and
promote
Resource for
anyone
Facilitate
networking
Support the
international

Our team

Board members of coworking Switzerland are all coworking operators. They give a lot of their free time to make the association alive.

Mélanie Burnier
Mélanie Burnier
Co-President (Romandie), Press, surveys, recruitment
Claudius Krucker
Claudius Krucker
Co-President (German-speaking Switzerland), Press, recruitment, Intranet
Emanuel Forny
Emanuel Forny
Network, partners
Yannick Dienst
Yannick Dienst
Communications, Podcasts
Janan Shakur-Kilcher
Janan Shakur-Kilcher
Communications, Social Media
Tanja Bender
Tanja Bender
Treasurer, Communications, Events

The History of Coworking

The term “Coworking” already appears in 17th century when Religious-Leader proclaim 1629 that we are “Coworkers of the higher realm”.

However, the Coworking movement in today’s sense started in 2005 when digital Nomad Brad Neuburg started the first Coworking Space to work and share ideas together. 2007 marks the beginning of the coworking movement in Switzerland, when Citizen Space, the first Coworking Space, was founded. 

The Coworking Switzerland Association was founded on 17 March 2015 in Zurich. 12 Members signed up that day in the Impact Hub Zurich. Since then a lot has happened and we are currently counting around 150 full members. The world of work is still changing and so the public interest in Coworking and Coworking Spaces as a symbol for New work is huge.