Autoocupació coordinates more than 600 events for GEW 2023

November 28, 2023

Autoocupació has joined once again in the celebration of the 16th edition of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), which took place from November 13 to 19, 2023. The week aims to promote entrepreneurial culture, helping to create synergies between different local entrepreneurial ecosystems and recognizing the work of entrepreneurs as one of the most important economic drivers of the economy.

This year, GEW 2023 was celebrated in more than 180 countries, where more than 20,000 institutions committed to entrepreneurship organized more than 40,000 events involving more than ten million people.

In Spain, Autoocupació coordinated more than 600 activities, organized by more than 100 public and private organizations, across 11 autonomous communities and in more than 50 cities, with more than 20,000 participants.

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