Business Creation
The
business creation service offers personalized and fully subsidized support during the self-employment journey, with the aim of transforming entrepreneurs’ business ideas into a viable and successful company.
During 2018, Autoocupació’s business creation service assisted
731 entrepreneurs, developed a total of
68 business plans, and collaborated in the creation of
79 new businesses, generating more than 120 new jobs.
Training
Autoocupació is committed to
vocational training for active workers and unemployed individuals as a way to help them achieve their professional goals.
It also offers the possibility of undertaking internships in companies and an occupational guidance service.
During 2018, the
training service exceeded
2,000 trained students: Specifically, 2,393 students attended Autoocupació’s courses,
65% of whom entered the job market, securing more than 1,550 occupied positions.
Throughout the year, 1
26 training activities were offered, which translated into a total of
13,403 hours of training delivered across Autoocupació’s four delegations.
Mentoring
Since 2013,
Autoocupació has offered personalized support through its
mentoring service, where volunteer entrepreneurs and professionals share their experience with
young entrepreneurs to help them consolidate and grow their businesses.
2018 was a key year for the mentoring service with the
celebration of 5 years of the program at Autoocupació: After 5 years,
450 young entrepreneurs have participated in the
mentoring program and
351 new businesses have been supported by 312 volunteer business owners in Catalonia.
More specifically, during 2018, the service initiated
94 new mentoring relationships and contributed to generating more than 150 jobs. Throughout the year,
158 young entrepreneurs and 396 mentors participated in the program.
Reempresa
Reempresa, the initiative by
Patronal Cecot and
Autoocupació, reaffirms itself as Catalonia’s business buying and selling market. During 2018, Autoocupació contributed to achieving a total of
112 successful business transfers, safeguarding
330 jobs. Autoocupació closes the year for the Reempresa service with
1,306 sellers and 2,372 buyers.
Financing 
In turn, the
financing service, the
Business Angels Network of Catalonia (BANC), closed its
15th anniversary year. During its 15 years of operation, BANC has invested in
71 projects and reached the figure of
€12M in equity and an accumulated investment of €300,000.
During 2018, the network had a total of
123 associated investors, incorporated
34 projects, and accumulated an investment potential of €22,000,000, generating more than
150 jobs in this service.
