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27/04/2022
4 reasons that will motivate you to obtain a professional certificate
Professional certificates are official documents that accredit the professional competencies of the person who obtains them. This official document serves to accredit the knowledge, skills, and aptitudes required to carry out a professional activity. This is an official document issued by the Public Employment Service of Catalonia (SOC) with validity throughout the Spanish territory and
12/04/2022
Interview with Juan José Torres, director of the Public Employment Service of Catalonia (SOC)
1.- The unemployment rate in Catalonia decreased for four consecutive quarters in 2021. What has been the impact of active employment policies? How is this impact assessed? The Public Employment Service of Catalonia (SOC) promotes various active employment policies to foster and ensure quality services for individuals and businesses in Catalonia. To assess the impact
07/04/2022
During 2021, nearly 50 million people in the United States voluntarily left their jobs. This is an unprecedented figure and remains relevant throughout 2022. It is what has been called the Great Resignation. The causes are diverse, but many are closely related to the Covid-19 pandemic, its impact on employment, and the change in people’s
05/04/2022
2022 Carnet Jove Scholarships to access the professional world
The objective of the scholarships is the professional integration of young people through a training placement in top-tier companies in each specific field. Beneficiaries acquire knowledge and experience in their professional sector. The scholarship also represents an opportunity to expand their CV. The beneficiary completes a training placement in a leading company in the scholarship’s
31/03/2022
Autoocupació, honored at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2022
Autoocupació has won the award for the best campaign of Global Entrepreneurship Week. The award was presented during the Global Entrepreneurship Congress held in Riyadh. Autoocupació, the entity representing Spain in the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), has been honored with the GEW Campaign of the Year award for its work leading Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW),
30/03/2022
New grants for the catering sector
The Government is launching a new grant scheme, with a budget of 40 million euros for catering activities economically affected by COVID-19. The measure aims to contribute to the competitiveness of companies and the maintenance of businesses in the face of the decrease in turnover caused by the latest restrictions decreed to alleviate the effects
21/02/2022
From February 28 to March 3, 2022, the Mobile World Congress and Four Years From Now return to Barcelona. The MWC is the global benchmark event in the mobile phone sector and has been held in Barcelona since 2006. The most successful edition was held in 2019, with 109,000 attendees and 2,400 exhibiting companies, generating
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
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
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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