17/02/2022
Interview with Àlex d’Espona, coordinator of BANC
It has been 20 years since BANC, the first network of business angels in Spain, was created. How has this sector evolved during this time? It has changed a lot and has evolved like everything else. Previously, no one recognized the activity as such, even though participating in new business projects is the basis of
09/02/2022
Autoocupació, ambassador for The Better Entrepreneurship Policy Tool
Autoocupació, through its director, Guillem Arís, has been selected by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities as an ambassador to promote The Better Entrepreneurship Policy Tool. The Better Entrepreneurship Policy Tool, developed by the OECD and the European Commission, is an online self-assessment and learning tool for individuals and institutions involved in
26/01/2022
Interview with Oscar Riu, Director General of Labour Relations, Self-Employment, and Occupational Health and Safety for the Government of Catalonia
It has been almost 2 years since the start of the pandemic, which had a significant impact on economic activity. The impact on employment was cushioned by temporary employment regulation schemes (ERTOs) and self-employment cessation of activity benefits. What is your assessment of this? Catalonia and Spain as a whole have experienced what was probably
21/01/2022
A new labor reform to fight against job insecurity
On December 30, Royal Decree-Law 32/21 on urgent measures for labor reform was published in the BOE. What does this new reform consist of? What can we expect from it? The main objective of this labor reform is to combat the temporary employment rate in the Spanish labor market, which exceeds 25%, the highest in
17/11/2021
Spain is the second most active country during Global Entrepreneurship Week
With more than 500 activities carried out, Spain is the second most active country during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2021, behind only the United States (with more than 1,000 events) and well ahead of other economic powers such as the United Kingdom, Belgium, or China. The various events held in Catalonia as part of GEW will
08/11/2021
Lluís Carulla Award: Cultural Entrepreneurship
With the aim of stimulating and making viable cultural projects and ideas that transform and improve Catalan society, the Lluís Carulla Award biannually recognizes transformative projects and ideas across two categories. In addition to financial resources, the award offers cultural and business training and support, in impact assessment and communication, so that the initiatives are
03/11/2021
The future of remote work
Work, as we know it, has remained relatively stable for many generations: people commuted daily to the same workplace, on the same schedule, and worked with the same colleagues. New information and communication technologies have laid the foundations for an unprecedented structural change in the economy and the world of work: this is why we
03/11/2021
Interview with Cristina Fernández, Elearning expert and consultant for training entities
The pandemic has forced the implementation of online training in all educational fields. How has it affected employment training? Until the pandemic, training entities in Catalonia primarily delivered professional certificates through in-person methodologies; few were accredited to offer them via e-learning. The entities’ experience with online methodology up to that point was based on delivering
