Autoocupació attends the launch of Treball Solidari in the YBS network

17 February 2020

Autoocupació participated in the accession event of Treball Solidari to the Youth Business Spain network in Palma de Mallorca.

Ana Bejarano, Head of Autoocupació’s Business Creation Service and coordinator of the YBS mentoring program, moderated the roundtable on real entrepreneurship cases. She interviewed Yolanda Tarango and Christian Lupion from Naru Sports, a successful mentoring relationship experience in Catalonia, as well as a couple from Mallorca, Yolanda Carrasco and Federica Zani from La Tabla Esmeralda.

During the day, Luis García, President of Youth Business Spain, also spoke, explaining what this network consists of, and Antonio Sierra, Executive Director of Treball Solidari, who presented Treball Solidari’s new comprehensive support service for self-employment and entrepreneurship in the Balearic Islands, among others.

Youth Business Spain is a national foundation for entrepreneurs, established in 2014, which, by integrating knowledge, talent, resources, and efforts, contributes to disseminating, promoting, supporting, and consolidating entrepreneurship and self-employment among young people, with special attention to those facing greater difficulties.

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