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09/02/2022
Autoocupació, ambassador for The Better Entrepreneurship Policy Tool
Autoocupació, through its director, Guillem Arís, has been selected by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities as an ambassador to promote The Better Entrepreneurship Policy Tool. The Better Entrepreneurship Policy Tool, developed by the OECD and the European Commission, is an online self-assessment and learning tool for individuals and institutions involved in
26/01/2022
It has been almost 2 years since the start of the pandemic, which had a significant impact on economic activity. The impact on employment was cushioned by temporary employment regulation schemes (ERTOs) and self-employment cessation of activity benefits. What is your assessment of this? Catalonia and Spain as a whole have experienced what was probably
21/01/2022
A new labor reform to fight against job insecurity
On December 30, Royal Decree-Law 32/21 on urgent measures for labor reform was published in the BOE. What does this new reform consist of? What can we expect from it? The main objective of this labor reform is to combat the temporary employment rate in the Spanish labor market, which exceeds 25%, the highest in
13/12/2021
The power of volunteer mentoring
On December 5th, International Volunteer Day is celebrated, a great time to look back, evaluate the work done by Autoocupació in this field over recent years, and highlight the commitment of all the volunteers who make it possible and their impact on the beneficiary entrepreneurs. In 2013, Autoocupació launched a volunteer mentoring program in which
09/12/2021
New call for grants to promote youth self-employment is open
The Government of Catalonia has opened the call for applications for the granting of grants to promote youth self-employment. The objective is to foster self-employment, and the aid consists of a fixed grant of up to 13,510 euros for each young person (between 18 and 29 years old, inclusive) who registers as a self-employed worker
02/12/2021
Autoocupació’s SOS Mentoring program wins the second Volunteer Award 2021
Autoocupació’s SOS Mentoring program has been awarded the second prize of the 28th edition of the Volunteer Awards, promoted by the Directorate General for Civic and Community Action of the Department of Social Rights of the Government of Catalonia. SOS Mentoring is a volunteer program designed to help entrepreneurs cope with the situation arising from
29/11/2021
Interview with Maria Luisa de Miguel, mentoring expert
1.- You are the pioneer of mentoring in Spain and have been practicing professionally in this field for many years. What did you see in mentoring? What does it give you? What surprised me when I started working in mentoring in 2002 were its results. I formed a team of 25 mentors to work for
17/11/2021
Spain is the second most active country during Global Entrepreneurship Week
With more than 500 activities carried out, Spain is the second most active country during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2021, behind only the United States (with more than 1,000 events) and well ahead of other economic powers such as the United Kingdom, Belgium, or China. The various events held in Catalonia as part of GEW will
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
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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
