About

Established over 20 years ago, the Community Enterprise Association Ireland is the country’s leading network of enterprise hubs, co-working locations and flexible working spaces. Government funded and supported by Enterprise Ireland, the organisation works with 270+ locations to drive real innovation and entrepreneurship across local communities and regions.

“Enterprise Centres are key drivers of enterprise across the regions through the provision of physical space for entrepreneurs, start-ups, scaling companies, SMEs and a balance of small scale FDI and by delivering capability and capacity building supports through the delivery of enterprise relevant programmes.”

Mark Christal,
Divisional Manager for Regions & Entrepreneurship

How We Operate

The Community Enterprise Association Ireland achieves this by continually working to raise the overall quality, environmental and innovative performance of the sector, ensuring the national hub network continues to support the realisation of a sustainable and balanced regional development model for Ireland.

The organisation supports Enterprise Ireland’s Powering the Regions Strategy by working collaboratively with members, regional networks and other stakeholders across communities to deliver the Regional Transformation Programme as funded by Enterprise Ireland under the 2019 Regional Enterprise Development Fund (RED F3).