our goals
The Verbund Offener Werkstätten e.V. is the umbrella organization and network of open workshops in Germany.
By operating this homepage and with the brochure "Komm rein!" (view|order), we draw attention to the variety of workshop and their offers. We want to encourage people to diy/dit and offer users of open workshops added value, point out events and news and publish interesting articles on related topics. In addition, we focus on strengthening open workshops in a political sense. Together with our members, we want to show how important and necessary third places are for local economy and learning. Find out about open workshops here.
The association supports individual member projects through networking, exchange and expert advice. It also provides liability and accident insurance. Annual network meetings, reciprocal project visits and further training strengthen cohesion and promote the professionalism of the projects.
The Verbund Offener Werkstätten e.V. was founded by the community in 2012 and currently has more than 500 member workshops. The purpose of the association includes the following (extract from the statutes):
§ 2 Purpose of the association
(1) In particular, the association promotes and supports projects in the fields of research, science education, including student aid, as well as art and culture, and international and international spirit, or carries them out.