Autoocupació continues to pave the way

October 25, 2017

  • Autoocupació collaborates with the Traçant camins project promoted by the CCAR.
  • The initiative aims to foster contact between refugees and companies to facilitate their entry into the labor market.
This Monday, October 23, Autoocupació participated in one of the awareness sessions organized by the Traçant camins program, a project promoted by the Catalan Commission for Refugee Aid (CCAR) that fosters meeting spaces between migrants and refugees and companies from different sectors and promotes the entry of these individuals into the workforce. Promotional poster for the CCAR Traçant camins project The session, held at the Calàbria Youth Office in Barcelona, aimed to introduce self-employment to the participants, explaining how this employment model works as well as the advantages and challenges it entails. In addition to the Traçant camins project, the CCAR promotes various initiatives that offer support to migrants and refugees in areas such as employment, legal advice, and training, or by offering and promoting social programs, knowledge of leisure and the environment, and interpreting services, always from the perspective of defending the right to asylum and the social inclusion of refugees and migrants in Catalonia. This was the 3rd session in which Autoocupació participated; therefore, the foundation hopes to continue its collaboration within the Traçant camins project.

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