We wanted to achieve a closer Nordic cooperation, we wanted to deepen the knowledge within the organisations, we wanted to offer a training for co-building and co-housing that is otherwise absent in Scandinavia, we wanted to prepare for future training initiativs - and we wanted to have a group of (certified) co-building advisors ready for the co-building groups to hire. Trained and certified advisors are also important for the confidence for co-building groups within the municipalities, where their ability to handle large projects often is in doubt.
In large parts of Scandinavia, non-commercial and non-governmental housing has lost ground over the past 100 years. Co-building and co-housing give both society and the participating families great advantages in housing cost, social inclusion, environmental consciousness, greater variety of dwellings, social integration, better urban structures, more engagement in society, less loneliness etc. One of the three main reasons for the difficulties of co-building projects is the lack of documented competence. With the training and the certification it will be much easier to find and to trust necessary advisors for long and complex projects.