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25/07/2018

Reempresa celebrates the milestone of 1,770 business transfers in seven years

Reempresa launches a new initiative with the aim of helping business transfers grow, gain scale, and consolidate. Since the program’s inception, Reempresa has generated an induced investment of over 80 million euros and safeguarded more than 5,100 jobs. Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Pedralbes Palace hosted this evening the event organized by the Centre de Reempresa

19/07/2018

The Autoocupació mentoring program for entrepreneurs is growing

With the aim of helping entrepreneurs consolidate and grow newly created businesses throughout the Catalan territory, Autoocupació is extending the mentoring methodology to the Federació de Cooperatives de Treball de Catalunya, Barcelona Activa, and 11 city councils in the province of Barcelona and their Local Business Service Centers.   Mentoring offers a personalized support methodology

06/07/2018

Enginy: a specialized entrepreneurship program for theme parks

The Diputació de Tarragona has launched the Enginy program in collaboration with Autoocupació, the Science and Technology Park for Tourism, and PortAventura World. The 15 entrepreneurs participating in the program will receive 150 hours of specialized training and mentoring Friday, July 6, 2018. The Diputació de Tarragona presented the Enginy project this Friday morning, a

01/06/2018

Autoocupació participates in the 8th edition of BizBarcelona

Bizbarcelona closes its eighth edition with nearly 13,900 visitors. Autoocupació participated in the trade fair, advising entrepreneurs and offering various activities, conferences, and networking spaces. BizBarcelona, the city of Barcelona’s entrepreneurship and business trade fair, closed its eighth edition with 13,900 visitors, who visited the fair on May 30 and 31 to discover tools, trends,

22/05/2018

Albert Colomer, President of Autoocupació, participates in the 5th Transeo European SME Transfer Summit

Transeo, the European association for the business transfer sector, presents the first online SME transfer platform in Europe. Albert Colomer, President of Autoocupació and Director of Reempresa, participated in the 5th European SME Transfer Summit in Luxembourg, where the initiative was presented. On May 17 and 18, Transeo, the association for the small and medium-sized

17/05/2018

Autoocupació participates in the 10th edition of the GEC in Istanbul

More than 2,000 people from 171 different countries gathered from April 16 to 19 in Istanbul during GEC 2018. Albert Colomer and Guillem Arís attended the congress as the representative organization for GEN Spain. Last April, more than 170 countries participated in the 10th edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2018 in Istanbul, organized by

23/04/2018

Entrepreneurship in the Book World: 3 Inspiring Stories

El Gat Pelut, Els nou rals, and Len’s Cómic Cafe have all utilized Autoocupació’s services and successfully launched their entrepreneurial projects within the book industry. At Autoocupació, we wanted to celebrate Sant Jordi’s Day by connecting with these entrepreneurs and drawing inspiration from their stories. El Gat Pelut, #ThisBookIsMine   El Gat Pelut is a

20/03/2018

Autoocupació participates in the 1st Youth Employment Fair

The first edition of the Youth Employment Fair concludes with nearly 10,000 visitors Autoocupació has participated in two of the fair’s areas: the Apropa’t area and the Emprèn area The Barcelona Youth Employment Fair, held between March 14 and 16 at Fira Barcelona, has concluded its first edition with nearly 10,000 visitors, exceeding initial forecasts

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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...