15/07/2020
Thinking Space: the new platform by Young Entrepreneurs Succeed
The Young Entrepreneurs Succeed program, of which Autoocupació is a partner, has launched “Thinking Space”, the new Peer Learning platform to support all those interested in youth employment, developing programs and policies on the topic, or simply working with NEETs. This platform offers brief articles and essays with information, tools, ideas, solutions, and best practices
15/06/2020
Up to 1000 students have completed online training at Autoocupació during the lockdown
Autoocupació has remotely trained up to 1000 students during the two months of lockdown caused by the Covid-19 crisis. The closure of classrooms and in-person training has led to a significant increase in registrations for the Foundation’s virtual courses. Thus, up to 581 students are currently training with e-learning courses, focused mainly on digital skills
19/05/2020
Autoocupació participates in the UDG Virtual Job Fair
Autoocupació participated in the first Virtual Job Fair organized by the University of Girona on May 13 and 14. It is a virtual event with an extensive program of activities and presentations by companies and institutions, as well as job offers with live chats between them and visitors. Alexandra Planella, Autoocupació’s delegate in Girona, presented
05/05/2020
Autoocupació and BANC secure microcredits for projects in need of financing
Autoocupació, through BANC, a private investor network founded by Autoocupació 17 years ago, and thanks to an agreement with MicroBank, has secured microcredits for various projects in need of financing. One of the projects that has secured a microcredit is The ISSIMO Fruit Family, a project affiliated with BANC. ISSIMO is a range of twelve
05/05/2020
Collection of resources for the self-employed and micro-enterprises to face the Covid-19 crisis
Autoocupació has prepared two documents to help self-employed workers and micro-enterprises cope with the crisis resulting from Covid-19, minimizing the impact to facilitate their continuity and the maintenance of employment: Summary of the main support measures taken by Public Administrations This updated collection aims to be a guiding manual to help entrepreneurs, self-employed workers, and
24/04/2020
Interviews with experts about entrepreneurship and labour market
Autoocupació and three other partners of the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed program have conducted a series of interviews with different labour market and entrepreneurship experts from Italy, Greece, Poland and Spain. The experts explain to us what is the profile, on the one hand, of young enterpreneurs and, on the other, of unemployed people, and what
21/04/2020
Autoocupació collaborates with Catalunya Ràdio and its Consultancy on Revolution 4.0
Autoocupació collaborates with the Revolution 4.0 program of Catalunya Ràdio, by participating in the Labour Consultancy for freelancers and SMEs, given the situation of uncertainty caused by COVID-19. Every Saturday at 10 PM, Guillem Aris, director of Autoocupació, answers doubts and questions. In addition, different pairs of entrepreneurs-mentors from the SOS Mentoring program also participate
06/04/2020
Autoocupació attends the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed program conference in Syracuse
Members of the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed program, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants fund, met in Syracuse, Italy, on March 5 and 6 at the conference organized by Microfinanza Srl, “NEETs in Sicily, struggles to access to labour market: objective and personal barriers.” The first day’s conference focused on
