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05/05/2020

Autoocupació and BANC secure microcredits for projects in need of financing

Autoocupació, through BANC, a private investor network founded by Autoocupació 17 years ago, and thanks to an agreement with MicroBank, has secured microcredits for various projects in need of financing. One of the projects that has secured a microcredit is The ISSIMO Fruit Family, a project affiliated with BANC. ISSIMO is a range of twelve

05/05/2020

Collection of resources for the self-employed and micro-enterprises to face the Covid-19 crisis

Autoocupació has prepared two documents to help self-employed workers and micro-enterprises cope with the crisis resulting from Covid-19, minimizing the impact to facilitate their continuity and the maintenance of employment: Summary of the main support measures taken by Public Administrations This updated collection aims to be a guiding manual to help entrepreneurs, self-employed workers, and

24/04/2020

Interviews with experts about entrepreneurship and labour market

Autoocupació and three other partners of the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed program have conducted a series of interviews with different labour market and entrepreneurship experts from Italy, Greece, Poland and Spain. The experts explain to us what is the profile, on the one hand, of young enterpreneurs and, on the other, of unemployed people, and what

21/04/2020

Autoocupació collaborates with Catalunya Ràdio and its Consultancy on Revolution 4.0

Autoocupació collaborates with the Revolution 4.0 program of Catalunya Ràdio, by participating in the Labour Consultancy for freelancers and SMEs, given the situation of uncertainty caused by COVID-19. Every Saturday at 10 PM, Guillem Aris, director of Autoocupació, answers doubts and questions. In addition, different pairs of entrepreneurs-mentors from the SOS Mentoring program also participate

09/04/2020

SOS Mentoring: Autoocupació committed to saving 1,000 companies and 5,000 jobs

Autoocupació impulsa un programa de voluntariat per ajudar les persones emprenedores a fer front a la crisi del coronavirus. La iniciativa permetrà salvar 1.000 empreses i 5.000 llocs de treball estalviant més de 100M€ a les administracions públiques. El nostre país s’enfronta a una situació alarmant, derivada de l’emergència sanitària del COVID-19 i caracteritzada per

06/04/2020

Autoocupació attends the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed program conference in Syracuse

Members of the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed program, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants fund, met in Syracuse, Italy, on March 5 and 6 at the conference organized by Microfinanza Srl, “NEETs in Sicily, struggles to access to labour market: objective and personal barriers.” The first day’s conference focused on

03/04/2020

Call for grants for self-employed individuals is open

Today, Friday, April 3, the call for applications opens for the grant for self-employed individuals from the Government of Catalonia. At Autoocupació, we are at the disposal of all self-employed individuals to help them process the aid. This is a grant in the form of financial aid, of up to 2,000 euros for self-employed individuals

19/03/2020

Grants for Self-Employed Individuals due to Covid-19

Due to the exceptional circumstances we are experiencing because of COVID-19, new grants for self-employed individuals have been established, which are as follows.   Grants due to Covid-19 Measures The Department of Labor, Social Affairs and Families has established a grant, in the form of an economic benefit, of up to 2,000 euros for self-employed

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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...