16/09/2024
A grant is launched to boost businesses in Barcelona
A new aid package has been launched to promote the installation of new economic activity in vacant ground-floor premises and market stalls in the city of Barcelona. This aid, called “Amunt persianes,” is part of the “Impulsem el que fas” program. Beneficiaries Natural persons (sole traders) and legal entities with a registered office, branch, or
03/09/2024
New call for grants to offer courses
The Consortium for Continuous Training of Catalonia has opened the 2024 call for grants for training organizations to offer sectoral and transversal courses, with a total budget of 36.5 million euros. Between 2021 and 2023, more than 259.25 million euros have been allocated to training, information, advice, and guidance programs for employed workers and companies.
30/07/2024
Interview with Sandra Broto Belarra, director of the Lleida Employment Office
You are the director of the Lleida Employment Office. What services do you provide to citizens and businesses? Regarding citizens, job applications. Collecting applications from individuals who contact us is our main task, as it allows us to offer personalized, comprehensive, and inclusive employment guidance services, and the rest of the services from the new
29/07/2024
Neoskills: training skills with virtual reality
Digital transformation processes and the increasing mobility of the labor market are accelerating the pace of changes in the professional profiles demanded by companies. This acceleration means that many technical and professional competencies, those specific skills linked to a particular job, which until recently were the most valued, are no longer a priority. On the
10/07/2024
€4,000 grants for first-year expenses for the self-employed
A new grant of up to €4,000 is being launched to alleviate the burden of expenses that self-employed individuals must take on during their first years of activity. The grant aims to boost entrepreneurship in the city of Barcelona and also seeks to help new businesses establish themselves in the market more easily. Beneficiaries and
10/07/2024
Grant for self-employed individuals to hire an employee
The application period is now open for the “TU + 1” grant, a subsidy for self-employed individuals to hire a salaried worker. This grant aims to promote the permanent hiring of an unemployed person to support business growth. Requirements The employment contract must be permanent and for a working day equal to or greater than
04/07/2024
Registration opens for the 4YFN 2025 Awards
The application period is now open for the 4YFN 2025 Awards, a global competition aimed at finding the best startup in the world. How it works From all participating startups, 20 will be selected across 5 different categories. From these 20, 5 finalists will emerge (1 per category) and will be invited to the 4YFN25
04/07/2024
Edgers, the professionals of the future
A new group of professionals using the future as a tool for transformation. According to expert Gerd Leonhard, the world will change more in the next 20 years than it has in the last 300. Today, the pace of evolution regarding demographic, climatic, and especially technological changes is exponential. This means that the innovation
