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Tkalka je alternativni poslovni objekt v osrčju Maribora, ki je leta 2014 odprl svoja vrata mnoštvu organizacij, iniciativ in posameznikov v tkaljenju procesov so-delovanja. Temeljne dejavnosti in interesi več kot 120 posameznikov in več kot 50 organizacij v Tkalki se tako prepletajo, povezujejo in križajo v organskosti delovnega ter življenjskega okolja. Tkalka je zato hkrati prostor in proces v njem: je cowoking v neprestanem nastajanju, je fina tkanina profesionalne, idejne in bivanjske mnogoterosti, je podporno okolje družbeno angažiranega dela in življenja.

Tkalka se kot inkubator sprememb na 2500 m2 površine tkali v večglasju podjetništva in socialnega podjetništva, turizma, trajnostnega razvoja, nevladnega sektorja, svetovalne in zagovorniške dejavnosti, okoljskih programov, medgeneracijskega povezovanja ter podpornega okolja za razvoj kadrov in zaposlovanja, lokalnega okolja in njegovih proizvodov. S pretočnim prepletanjem raznobarvnih niti Tkalke v njej organsko vznika tudi nova platforma družbenih odnosov, v kateri delo in življenje stopata z roko v roki – med pisarnami, hodniki in stopnišči solidarnosti ter človekovega dostojanstva.

Tkalka/Weaver as alternative office building in the very heart of Maribor has reopened its gates in 2014 to a picturesque collage of organisations, initiatives and individuals who inhabit its premises in diverse processes of cooperation and in multifarious aspects of co-working. Fundamentally diverse activities of over 100 individuals and of more than 25 organisations inhabiting Tkalka/Weaver thus intertwine, connect and intersect in the organic atmosphere of a working and living habitat. Tkalka/Weaver thus stands for both the edifice it designates and the process it embodies: it is co-working in ceaseless formation; it is a delicate fabric of professional, conceptual and existential variety; it is supportive environment for socially engaged work and life.

As incubator of change on the total surface of 2500 m2, Tkalka/Weaver resonates in the polyphony of entrepreneurship and social economy, tourism, sustainable development, non-governmental sector, consultancy services and advocacy, environmental programmes, intergenerational initiatives, human resources development and employment strategies, local environment and its products. Fluid intertwinement of multi-coloured threads woven by Tkalka/Weaver has given birth to a new platform of social relations where life and work go hand in hand, embedding its offices, halls and stairways with solidarity and human dignity.