Werkstätten:messe 2020 [ABGESAGT] in Nürnberg

The Werkstätten:Messe is the trade fair for vocational participation & exhibition of workshops for disabled people. It has existed since 1991 and takes place annually. At the fair, everything revolves around the inclusion process of people with disabilities. The questions of what inclusion is on the one hand, how and where it can take place on the other hand and what those affected themselves think about it are the main topics every year. Workshops for disabled people introduce themselves, their concepts, products and offers. As an information forum, the fair offers an extensive supporting programme and valuable information for everyone.

Werkstätten:Messe 2019 attracted a total of 14,885 visitors, who got access to information about the products, concepts and offers of the 144 exhibitors on an exhibition area of 10,100 m². The federal state in the focus of the fair in 2019 was Saarland. The range of products for the workshops' own productions mainly comprise:

• Furnishings and accessories
• Garden and animal supplies
• Leisure requirements
• Toys
• Food
• Textiles
• Household items
• Jewellery and accessories
• Office, marketing supplies

Amongst the services provided by the workshops and similar facilities are:

• Construction and renovation works
• Print jobs
• Garden and landscape maintenance
• Housekeeping
• Wood, plastic, metal work
• Painting and coating work
• Packaging and shipping
• Textile and leather processing
• Recycling
• Office and administration services
• Cleaning
• Vehicle construction
• Packaging
• Other contract work
• Tourism, hotel and gastronomy

The supporting programme of the fair includes special shows, experience areas, the Karriere:Forum and, since 2019, the Innovations:Forum. A total of 93 lectures were held.