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23/05/2024
New grant to promote youth self-employment
A new call for grant applications of 15,876 euros is now open for young people between 18 and 29 years old who start an activity as self-employed workers and maintain it for a minimum of 18 uninterrupted months. The objective is to help young people launch a professional project, thereby guaranteeing a minimum income at
02/05/2024
Rural Leader Ticket grants to promote economic diversification in rural areas
The application period for the Rural Leader Ticket grants is now open. This grant aims to promote economic diversification in rural areas and boost job creation. The application period for the Rural Leader Ticket grants is now open. This grant aims to promote economic diversification in rural areas and boost job creation. Eligible entities The
02/05/2024
A new edition of the Isabel P. Trabal Innovative Ideas Award has been announced
The Isabel P. Trabal Innovative Ideas Award is a competition organized by the Caixa Enginyers Foundation that aims to promote the development of entrepreneurial projects in any sector of activity, provided they focus on generating social impact and solutions to improve livelihoods, giving priority to projects in the fields of engineering, technology, and sustainability.
02/05/2024
The keys to the success of voluntary mentoring for entrepreneurs
Celebrating 10 years of the Autoocupació mentoring program Ten years ago, Autoocupació began an exciting adventure: launching a voluntary mentoring program for entrepreneurs. We began by adapting the Youth Business International methodology, tested in 50 countries, to our context, and conducting a pilot in Barcelona to help young entrepreneurs consolidate their newly created companies.
30/04/2024
Interview with Luis García Deber, President of Youth Business Spain
You are the President of the Youth Business Spain (YBS) Foundation. What is YBS? What are your objectives? YBS is a foundation that promotes an alliance of social entities and whose main, though not sole, objective is support for youth entrepreneurship. We are a community of shared knowledge, through which we all improve and adapt
22/04/2024
Grants to boost the video game sector
A new grant is being launched to promote projects in the field of video games that have a defined timeframe, are economically identifiable and distinguishable within the company’s activities, and consist of the development, production, publishing, distribution, marketing, or dissemination of video games. Beneficiaries Applications may be submitted by private companies, whether individuals or legal
15/04/2024
Applications open for the Self-Employed Professional Woman Award
Applications are open for the Fourth Edition of the Self-Employed Professional Woman Award, organized by CaixaBank. These awards are an opportunity to recognize the professional excellence of self-employed women in Spain. Requirements The requirements to participate in this award are: Be a female entrepreneur Have tax residency in the national territory Have at least two
10/04/2024
New grant to increase audiences for culture
A new line of grants is being announced for professional activities aimed at the creation, loyalty, or increase of audiences for culture in Catalonia in the performing arts, visual arts, audiovisual media, and music, as well as for multidisciplinary activities. Audience development activities may be aimed at the general public or specifically at inclusive culture
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
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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
