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08/07/2022
Grants for Micro-enterprises: Employment + Transformation
The new “Employment + Transformation” grant program aims to provide support to self-employed individuals, micro-enterprises, and cooperatives for maintaining employment (by compensating a portion of salary costs) and facilitating the transition towards the green or digital economy. 1. Grant €5,000 2. Beneficiaries Self-employed individuals, micro-enterprises, and cooperatives 3. Requirements Companies established before 01/12/2020 Between 1
06/07/2022
Youth Unemployment: A Structural Problem
The data on unemployment trends in Catalonia at the end of the first half of 2022 are, without a doubt, positive. Registered unemployment has thus decreased by 24.2% in the last twelve months. Currently, there are 338,081 people registered as unemployed with the Catalan Employment Service, the lowest figure since June 2008, just before the
28/06/2022
Startup Huddle Barcelona: Summer Edition
On Monday, June 27, Autoocupació celebrated the eighth edition of Startup Huddle Barcelona, in a special summer edition, also taking advantage of the celebration of the National Business Day in Catalonia. The event gathered more than 40 professionals from the world of entrepreneurship and mentoring at the Auditorium of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park. The
31/05/2022
Interview with Oriol Alba, Secretary General of Cecot
1. It has been 500 days since you were appointed Secretary General of Cecot: what is your assessment of the business landscape in our country? In Catalonia, we possess significant productive strength, often underestimated by citizens and some public administrations. This strength is characterized by an inherent dynamism that has enabled it to reinvent itself
25/05/2022
It is seven times easier to take over an existing business than to create a new one.
For over thirty-five years, Autoocupació has been promoting business creation under the motto ‘I am what I want to be’. We have helped thousands of people find their best professional path, aiming for their personal fulfillment. Often, this involves making your dreams come true by starting a business. For over ten years, we have introduced
13/05/2022
Non-work placements. What do they offer students and companies?
Work placements are a great opportunity to connect organizations looking to incorporate talent with students who have been trained in specific skills within a professional sector. Autoocupació offers a wide 100% subsidized training offer of professional certificates, where students, once they have completed and passed the corresponding training modules, have the possibility of carrying out
06/05/2022
Last Thursday, May 5, Barcelona Activa, in collaboration with Autoocupació, held the event “Get Motivated by Entrepreneurship: Working on Entrepreneurial Skills After 40”, within the framework of the Mature Ideas program. The event was held in person at the Cibernàrium from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and brought together around 40 entrepreneurs over the age
04/05/2022
The Metropolitan Awards, promoted and funded by the Barcelona Metropolitan Area and the Procornellà Business Centre, seek to support young, innovative and/or technological companies created between 2017 and 2021 in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB). €18,000 will be distributed among 3 categories: – Industry 4.0 companies– Commerce and Tourism companies– Women-led companies. The call for
Awards
04/05/2022
Entrepreneurship
20/12/2022
You can now establish a company for just 1€!
24/10/2022
Llançadora, entrepreneurship grants
21/10/2022
YBI Global Entrepreneurship Summit
04/10/2021
Competencies for successful entrepreneurship
Grants
28/10/2022
Call for grant applications for the TU+1 program
07/09/2022
Grants of up to €3000 for self-employed individuals for first-year expenses
08/07/2022
Grants for Micro-enterprises: Employment + Transformation
05/04/2022
2022 Carnet Jove Scholarships to access the professional world
Guidance
25/01/2023
Interview with Miquel Carrión, Deputy Director of Youth Employment at the SOC
31/08/2022
Acredita’t Program: Accredit your professional competencies
04/10/2021
New call for guidance and training for people on ERTO
07/09/2021
Mentoring
16/01/2023
Autoocupació’s SOS Mentoring program, honored at the “la Caixa” Foundation Social Innovation Awards
13/12/2021
The power of volunteer mentoring
02/12/2021
Autoocupació’s SOS Mentoring program wins the second Volunteer Award 2021
29/11/2021
Interview with Maria Luisa de Miguel, mentoring expert
Networking
28/06/2022
Startup Huddle Barcelona: Summer Edition
17/02/2021
New Startup Huddle Barcelona dedicated to tourism
02/10/2017
Networking that transcends borders
News
27/01/2026
26/01/2026
17/12/2025
Interview with the Tió de Nadal
17/12/2025
Why do we buy when we are told to?
Reempresa
25/05/2022
It is seven times easier to take over an existing business than to create a new one.
03/07/2020
Great changes start with the prefix RE-
13/05/2019
Reempresa, invited to the International Business Transfer Summit in Quebec
13/02/2019
Reempresa saves 2,000 companies from closure in Catalonia
Training
10/10/2017
New training courses in Autoocupació
Training
27/04/2022
4 reasons that will motivate you to obtain a professional certificate
08/02/2018
4 reasons that will motivate you to obtain a professional certificate
