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02/11/2020

Autoocupació promotes the Global Entrepreneurship Week once again

Autoocupació joins the celebration of the 13th edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Week once again, together with more than 175 countries. From November 16 to 22, more than 20,000 organizations will foster an entrepreneurial culture, will help create synergies among the different local entrepreneurial ecosystems and recognize the great work of entrepreneurs as one of

09/10/2020

New success story: Microcredit for the Sunplex project

Autoocupació, through BANC, a network of private investors founded by Autoocupació 17 years ago, and thanks to an agreement with MicroBank, has helped the Sunplex project find financing, securing a microcredit. Sunplex is a spin-off of DDUUEETT, which has created two B2C platforms, aimed at the hairdressing, aesthetics, and physiotherapy sectors, for the sale of

06/10/2020

Twitter Chat with Albert Colomer, President of Autoocupació

On October 14, Autoocupació will participate in the first live Twitter Chat organized by the partners of the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed program. It is titled “Forge Your Own Path” and focuses on entrepreneurship for young people. The Twitter Chat will feature expert Albert Colomer, President of Autoocupació, who will answer participants’ questions and comments on

01/10/2020

Conferences, talks, and advice at BizBarcelona and the 2020 Employment Fair

Autoocupació has attended once again a new edition of Bizbarcelona, which this year was held jointly with the Employment Fair on September 21, 22, and 23 at Fira de Barcelona. The event featured more than 260 scheduled activities—including conferences, workshops, advisory sessions, and networking spaces—some of which could be followed online, and among which were

18/09/2020

Autoocupació is now an Entrepreneur Support Point (PAE)

Autoocupació already operates as an Entrepreneur Support Point (PAE). PAE Points are responsible for facilitating the launch of new initiatives, the effective start of activity, and its development, through the provision of information services, document processing, advice, training, and financial support. Thus, if you wish to register as self-employed quickly and completely free of charge,

14/09/2020

Autoocupació, at BizBarcelona and the Employment Fair 2020

With the main objective of helping to reactivate entrepreneurship, the business fabric, and employment opportunities, Bizbarcelona and the Employment Fair will be held jointly from September 21 to 23 at the Montjuïc venue with maximum safety and prevention measures. This double event, led and promoted by the Barcelona City Council through Barcelona Activa and other

10/09/2020

Growing Europe Conferences: Boosting Migrant Entrepreneurship Networks

Growing Europe is a series of online conferences held every Thursday in September 2020, focusing on current topics and future challenges of migrant entrepreneurship in Europe. Discussion topics include the importance of migrant entrepreneurship, its development in recent years, new trends, support tools for migrant entrepreneurs, integration processes, best practices, the perspective of EU institutions

22/07/2020

Lleida Covid-19 Business Grants

The Lleida City Council has published the call for applications for grants to boost economic recovery and ensure the continuity of economic activities in the municipality of Lleida that have been economically affected by the exceptional situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.   Eligible Individuals Self-employed individuals and companies affected by the crisis situation caused

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Awards

04/05/2022

2022 Metropolitan Awards

The Metropolitan Awards, promoted and funded by the Barcelona Metropolitan Area and the Procornellà Business Centre, seek to support young,...

Entrepreneurship

20/12/2022

You can now establish a company for just 1€!

On October 19, Law 18/22 on Company Creation and Growth came into force, as part of the reforms driven by...

24/10/2022

Llançadora, entrepreneurship grants

Autoocupació promotes “Llançadora, entrepreneurship grants,” an innovative project for maturing business ideas through the Dual Vocational Training program, subsidized by...

21/10/2022

YBI Global Entrepreneurship Summit

Autoocupació participated in the 2022 Global Youth Entrepreneurship Summit (Global Youth Entrepreneurship Summit 2022) organized by Youth Business International (YBI),...

04/10/2021

Competencies for successful entrepreneurship

It is often said that the most important factor for a business project’s success is the capacity of the entrepreneurial...

Grants

28/10/2022

Call for grant applications for the TU+1 program

The 2022 call for grant applications has been published for the development of the TU+1 Program to promote the indefinite...

07/09/2022

Grants of up to €3000 for self-employed individuals for first-year expenses

Barcelona City Council will offer new financial aid, with a budget of €1M, to self-employed individuals who have started an...

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...

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...

Guidance

25/01/2023

Interview with Miquel Carrión, Deputy Director of Youth Employment at the SOC

1. It seems that despite the reduction in recent years, youth unemployment is still a pending issue compared to more...

31/08/2022

Acredita’t Program: Accredit your professional competencies

Autoocupació is an information and guidance point for the Government of Catalonia’s Acredita’t program, a service that allows individuals to...

04/10/2021

New call for guidance and training for people on ERTO

The Consortium for Continuous Training of Catalonia has awarded Autoocupació the mixed guidance and training program for people on ERTO,...

07/09/2021

Skills for Finding a Job

Do you know how long it takes a person from the moment they decide to look for a job until...

Mentoring

16/01/2023

Autoocupació’s SOS Mentoring program, honored at the “la Caixa” Foundation Social Innovation Awards

The jury has recognized ten projects that provide innovative solutions to transform the lives of people in vulnerable situations. SOS...

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...

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...

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....

Networking

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...

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...

02/10/2017

Networking that transcends borders

Autoocupació and Youth Business Spain continue to boost networking and network collaboration during September. The meetings focused on sharing ideas,...

News

27/01/2026

Autoocupació: 2025 in figures

Business creation Throughout 2025, the Business Creation service of Autoocupació has reinforced its commitment to entrepreneurship, offering comprehensive, personalized, and...

26/01/2026

Interview with Lluís Font i Espinós, Director of the Consortium for Continuing Education of Catalonia

As Director of the Consortium for Continuing Education of Catalonia, what do you consider to be the main future challenges...

17/12/2025

Interview with the Tió de Nadal

1. Where do you come from, Tió? What is your origin and how long have you been part of households?...

17/12/2025

Why do we buy when we are told to?

Origin and impact of new mass consumption days Consumption linked to celebrations has long been part of our calendar. Dates...

Reempresa

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’....

03/07/2020

Great changes start with the prefix RE-

Reinventing, revolutionizing, reactivating, restarting, or Reempresa. We know these are difficult times, full of doubts and uncertainties. Reempresa is by...

13/05/2019

Reempresa, invited to the International Business Transfer Summit in Quebec

Albert Colomer, director of Reempresa and president of Autoocupació, participated in the summit that took place on May 7 at...

13/02/2019

Reempresa saves 2,000 companies from closure in Catalonia

Since 2011, the Catalan Reempresa Centre, an initiative of the Employers’ Association Cecot and Autoocupació, has prevented the loss of...

Training

10/10/2017

New training courses in Autoocupació

Autoocupació dóna la benvinguda a la tardor amb l’inici de quatre cursos totalment subvencionats. L’oferta formativa se centra a oferir...

Training

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...

08/02/2018

4 reasons that will motivate you to obtain a professional certificate

During 2018, Autoocupació’s training service will offer five professional certificates. Professional certificates are official documents issued by the SOC. Professional...