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01/03/2021
SOS Mentoring saves 400 businesses
SOS Mentoring, the volunteer program promoted by Autoocupació in response to the Covid-19 health emergency, has been a complete success: 400 businesses have joined to receive help from experienced professionals when making the necessary decisions to face the crisis. Around 500 volunteer entrepreneurs, professionals, and executives are already part of the SOS Mentoring program; they
17/02/2021
New Startup Huddle Barcelona dedicated to tourism
Last Monday, February 15, Autoocupació held the fifth edition of Startup Huddle Barcelona, dedicated to one of the sectors hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis, tourism, and successfully bringing together more than 40 professionals from the world of entrepreneurship and mentoring. The event was opened by Albert Colomer, president of Autoocupació, who welcomed attendees with
16/02/2021
Autoocupació holds the conference “Boost your professional network for entrepreneurship”
Last Thursday, February 11, Autoocupació held the conference Boost your professional network for entrepreneurship, within the framework of the Mature Ideas program and with the collaboration of Barcelona Activa. The event was held online, from 10 AM to 1 PM, and gathered over 140 entrepreneurs over 40 years old. Montse Basora, Director of Entrepreneurship at
16/02/2021
New extraordinary aid for self-employed individuals due to COVID-19
On February 19, registrations open for the new access registry to the 2021 first-quarter aid program, aimed at self-employed professionals affected by the economic consequences of the pandemic. The grant amount is €2,000. Who can apply? Self-employed professionals who carry out an economic activity as an individual, mutualists, corporate members, cooperative members, all up to
22/01/2021
Reempresa enters 2021, preventing the closure of 3,000 Catalan SMEs
Reempresa, the market for buying and selling small and medium-sized businesses in Catalonia, an initiative launched by the employers’ association Cecot and Autoocupació in 2011, reached 3,000 successful business transfers at the beginning of this January. These success stories have generated an induced investment of over €138M and have prevented the loss of more than
21/01/2021
Autoocupació creates 296 mentoring relationships in 2020
2020 has been a key year for Autoocupació’s mentoring service: in addition to the traditional service for young entrepreneurs, the Foundation has launched a new volunteer program, the SOS Mentoring, to help entrepreneurs cope with the situation arising from the health emergency caused by COVID-19. Thus, during 2020, 296 new mentoring relationships were established between
20/01/2021
More than 1,800 students have passed through Autoocupació in 2020
Autoocupació is committed to occupational training for active and unemployed individuals as a way to help them achieve their professional goals. During 2020, the training service has successfully trained more than 1,800 students: specifically, 1,844 students have taken Autoocupació courses, of which nearly 1,000 were trained online during the Covid-19 lockdown in the spring months:
19/01/2021
Autoocupació collaborated in the creation of 80 new businesses in 2020
Autoocupació’s business creation service offers a personalized and fully subsidized support service throughout the self-employment journey, with the aim of turning entrepreneurs’ business ideas into a viable and successful company. During 2020, the business creation service assisted a total of 321 entrepreneurs who requested personalized advice and support from our team when designing their business
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
