Quality and Transparency

Quality Policy

The Board of Trustees, the team, the collaborators, and the volunteers of Autoocupació are aligned and committed to the Foundation’s mission, vision, and values, which form the basis of our quality policy.

This policy allows us to make users the active protagonists of our services, adapting them to their needs through a management system that helps us establish and persistently pursue our objectives, and systematically plan and evaluate all actions. This facilitates continuous improvement and maximizes social impact, while ensuring commitment to the requirements of funding entities and current legislation.

This quality management system is certified according to the UNE ISO 9001:2015 standard. Current certificate available here.

Partner Companies

Transparency

With the publication of this information, the Fundació Privada per a la Promoció de l’Autoocupació de Catalunya complies with the transparency obligations established in Law 19/2014, of December 29, on transparency, access to information, and good governance, and Order JUS/152/2018, of September 12, which establishes the level of subjection of foundations and associations declared of public utility to the transparency instruments established by Law 21/2014, of December 29, on the protectorate of foundations and verification of the activity of associations declared of public utility.
Bylaws
The foundation and its Bylaws are registered in the Registry of Foundations of the Generalitat de Catalunya under number 1,238.

Interest Groups

The foundation is not registered in the registry of interest groups of Catalonia.

More Information

  • Objectives, beneficiaries, activities, and impact.
  • Governance and organizational structure.
  • Economic and financial management.
  • Gender Equality

Objectives, beneficiaries, activities, and impact

Objective and Purposes

The objective and purposes of the Foundation are established in Articles 5 and 6 of its Bylaws.

Beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of the Foundation’s activities are established in Article 8 of its Bylaws.

Strategic Lines

The Foundation’s strategic lines are:

  • Helping entrepreneurs develop the skills and access the resources they need to create, consolidate, and grow their businesses, generating new employment for themselves and others.
  • Improving the employability of workers through guidance, training, placement support, and intermediation programs with companies.
  • Promoting the transfer of small businesses to safeguard employment, mediating between people who have an ongoing business and do not wish to continue it and people who want to own their own business.

Activity Program

The activity program can be consulted in the sections of the different services and in the news section of the Foundation’s website, as well as on its social networks.

Annual Activity Report

The annual activity report is detailed in the first section of the report of the audited annual accounts for each financial year.

Results and Impact of Activities

The results and impact of the activities are detailed in the first section of the report of the audited annual accounts for each financial year.

Additionally, the quality evaluation and control reports corresponding to the latest edition of the transversal, sectoral, and vocational training programs in the labor field associated with the CNQP subsidized by the Consortium for Continuing Education of Catalonia are published.

Social Balance

Autoocupació has supported the creation of more than 5,000 companies and more than 10,000 jobs since 1986: 30 years of Autoocupació.

Reports and Studies

The Foundation has not published any relevant reports or studies during recent financial years.

Governance and Organizational Structure

Board of Trustees

The organization and operation of the Board of Trustees are regulated by Title Four of the Foundation’s Bylaws.

Composition of the Board of Trustees

President

The powers of the President are established in Article 23 of the Foundation’s Bylaws.

The President of the Foundation is Albert Colomer i Espinet.

Code of Good Governance

On November 25, 2020, the Board of Trustees approved the Foundation’s Code of Good Governance.

Code of Good Governance

Director

The functions and obligations of the Director are regulated by Article 28 of the Foundation’s Bylaws.

The Director of the Foundation is Guillem Arís Coderch.

The Director provides his services through a senior management contract.

The Director’s remuneration is detailed in the report of the audited annual accounts for each financial year.

Management Committee

The Management Committee is a consultative body for the Director, composed of the heads of service, delegates, and department heads of the Foundation.

Composition of the Steering Committee

Organizational Chart

The Foundation’s staff is structured through:

  • Three services: business creation and mentoring, training, and business transfer (reempresa).
  • Four delegations: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona.
  • Four support departments: administration, communication, quality and knowledge management, and human resources.

Organizational Chart

Staff

The composition of the Foundation’s staff is detailed in the report of the audited annual accounts for each financial year.

Collective Agreement

The remuneration of the Foundation’s staff is established in accordance with the regional collective agreement for non-regulated education and training in Catalonia.

Economic and Financial Management

Economic Regime

The Foundation’s economic regime is established in Title Three of its Bylaws.

Audited Annual Accounts

Grants and Subsidies

The Foundation finances part of its services through subsidies from various public administrations.

The subsidies received by the Foundation are detailed in the report of the audited annual accounts for each financial year.

These subsidies are published by the various public administrations that grant them.

The Foundation does not grant aid or subsidies to its beneficiaries.

Public Procurement

The Foundation finances part of its services through public procurement mechanisms from various administrations, public bodies, and private institutions.

The contracts signed by the Foundation are detailed in the report of the audited annual accounts for each financial year.

These contracts are published in the corresponding contractor profiles of the various administrations, public bodies, and private institutions that tender them.

Contracts and Agreements

From 2001 until March 31, 2018, the Foundation provided its services in collaboration with social economy companies promoted by the Foundation’s professional teams, to whom it commissioned the execution of activities in each of its delegations, with a professional services company to whom it commissioned the management and coordination of activities, and with a communication company that produced the teaching and dissemination materials necessary for the development of the activities.

As of April 1, 2018, the Foundation reincorporated into its staff the professional teams that provided their services in these companies, limiting contracts with them to the use of the spaces and infrastructures they own and the occasional performance of some services.

Operations with these companies are detailed in the report of the audited annual accounts for each financial year.

Gender Equality

Equality Plan

The Autoocupació Equality Plan 2023-2027 is deposited in the Registry and deposit of collective agreements, collective labor agreements, and equality plans of the General Directorate of Labor Relations, Self-Employment, and Occupational Health and Safety of the Department of Business and Labor.

Prevention of Sexual or Gender-Based Harassment

Protocol for the prevention and addressing of sexual and gender-based harassment