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16/09/2024

A grant is launched to boost businesses in Barcelona

A new aid package has been launched to promote the installation of new economic activity in vacant ground-floor premises and market stalls in the city of Barcelona. This aid, called “Amunt persianes,” is part of the “Impulsem el que fas” program. Beneficiaries Natural persons (sole traders) and legal entities with a registered office, branch, or

03/09/2024

New call for grants to offer courses

The Consortium for Continuous Training of Catalonia has opened the 2024 call for grants for training organizations to offer sectoral and transversal courses, with a total budget of 36.5 million euros. Between 2021 and 2023, more than 259.25 million euros have been allocated to training, information, advice, and guidance programs for employed workers and companies.

30/07/2024

Interview with Sandra Broto Belarra, director of the Lleida Employment Office

You are the director of the Lleida Employment Office. What services do you provide to citizens and businesses? Regarding citizens, job applications. Collecting applications from individuals who contact us is our main task, as it allows us to offer personalized, comprehensive, and inclusive employment guidance services, and the rest of the services from the new

29/07/2024

Neoskills: training skills with virtual reality

Digital transformation processes and the increasing mobility of the labor market are accelerating the pace of changes in the professional profiles demanded by companies. This acceleration means that many technical and professional competencies, those specific skills linked to a particular job, which until recently were the most valued, are no longer a priority. On the

10/07/2024

€4,000 grants for first-year expenses for the self-employed

A new grant of up to €4,000 is being launched to alleviate the burden of expenses that self-employed individuals must take on during their first years of activity. The grant aims to boost entrepreneurship in the city of Barcelona and also seeks to help new businesses establish themselves in the market more easily. Beneficiaries and

10/07/2024

Grant for self-employed individuals to hire an employee

The application period is now open for the “TU + 1” grant, a subsidy for self-employed individuals to hire a salaried worker. This grant aims to promote the permanent hiring of an unemployed person to support business growth. Requirements The employment contract must be permanent and for a working day equal to or greater than

04/07/2024

Registration opens for the 4YFN 2025 Awards

The application period is now open for the 4YFN 2025 Awards, a global competition aimed at finding the best startup in the world. How it works From all participating startups, 20 will be selected across 5 different categories. From these 20, 5 finalists will emerge (1 per category) and will be invited to the 4YFN25

04/07/2024

Edgers, the professionals of the future

A new group of professionals using the future as a tool for transformation.   According to expert Gerd Leonhard, the world will change more in the next 20 years than it has in the last 300. Today, the pace of evolution regarding demographic, climatic, and especially technological changes is exponential. This means that the innovation

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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...