- The world’s largest network of entrepreneurs continues to consolidate its presence in Spain with 976 volunteer mentors.
- During 2017, the initiative promoted 479 new companies through its local partners and generated 721 new jobs.
Youth Business Spain closed 2017 by consolidating its position as one of the world’s largest networks of volunteer entrepreneurs established in Catalonia and Spain. Specifically,
the network ended the year by adding 389 new mentors, helping to create 479 new companies and generating 721 jobs. Since the network’s creation in 2013, the figures have risen to a total of 1,711 new companies and 2,679 new jobs.
Through local partners established in 12 autonomous communities, Youth Business Spain offers young people a set of free and personalized training services, access to financing, and mentoring with the aim of promoting self-employment projects. This collective project is developed within the framework of the
Youth Business International network, which has more than
14,000 volunteer mentors in 47 countries.
Autoocupació, which is one of YBS’s local partners, offers the
mentoring service to young people between 18 and 35 years old, through which entrepreneurs and professionals share their experience as volunteers for one year, with the aim of helping entrepreneurs develop their skills to
consolidate and grow their businesses.
“The Youth Business Spain mentoring program is unique in Spain and is characterized by its great potential in terms of impact, scalability, and sustainability in supporting the consolidation and growth of new companies.”
“The Youth Business Spain mentoring program is unique in Spain and is characterized by its great potential in terms of impact, scalability, and sustainability in supporting the consolidation and growth of new companies,” explained
Guillem Arís, director of Autoocupació and the Youth Business Spain Foundation.
This collective initiative has the commitment of major companies such as the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation, Endesa Foundation, Accenture Foundation, Ernst and Young, Hogan Lowells, and Citi Foundation, as well as public administrations such as the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality and Injuve, which support young talent and trust in the professionalism of Youth Business Spain and its local partners.
