21/01/2021
Autoocupació creates 296 mentoring relationships in 2020
2020 has been a key year for Autoocupació’s mentoring service: in addition to the traditional service for young entrepreneurs, the Foundation has launched a new volunteer program, the SOS Mentoring, to help entrepreneurs cope with the situation arising from the health emergency caused by COVID-19. Thus, during 2020, 296 new mentoring relationships were established between
09/04/2020
SOS Mentoring: Autoocupació committed to saving 1,000 companies and 5,000 jobs
Autoocupació impulsa un programa de voluntariat per ajudar les persones emprenedores a fer front a la crisi del coronavirus. La iniciativa permetrà salvar 1.000 empreses i 5.000 llocs de treball estalviant més de 100M€ a les administracions públiques. El nostre país s’enfronta a una situació alarmant, derivada de l’emergència sanitària del COVID-19 i caracteritzada per
28/06/2019
Autoocupació participates in the round table “Mentoring for entrepreneurs” at the 4th edition of the Bilbao Mentoring Conference
Ana Bejarano, head of the business creation and mentoring service at Autoocupació, participated in the round table, presenting Autoocupació’s experience with the mentoring program. Bilbao, June 20, 2019 – The Euskalduna Palace hosted the fourth edition of the Bilbao Mentoring Conference, an event organized by the Bilbao City Council with the aim of contributing to
26/06/2019
Yolanda Tarango, Autoocupació mentor, recognized by Youth Business International as one of the world’s best mentors
The mentor has been awarded the 2nd Prize Mentor of the Year, which recognizes the work of YBI mentors who have supported young entrepreneurs by guiding them in the growth of their businesses and their skills. The nomination was submitted by Autoocupació on behalf of Youth Business Spain at the Global Youth Entrepreneurship Summit 2019
01/03/2019
Autoocupació Mentoring, recognized as good practice by the European Microfinance Network
Autoocupació’s mentoring program has recently been recognized as good practice by the European Microfinance Network (EMN). The EMN network is a non-profit organization that promotes microfinance as a tool to combat social and economic exclusion in Europe through self-employment, the creation of micro-enterprises, and the generation of new jobs. Mentoring offers personalized support from entrepreneurs
16/11/2018
450 young people create and consolidate their businesses thanks to mentoring from volunteer entrepreneurs
The survival rate of mentored companies is 87%. 94% of people who were previously unemployed are currently working. Barcelona, November 15, 2018. Autoocupació has a mentoring program in which entrepreneurs, professionals, and executives share their time and experience as volunteer mentors with young entrepreneurs to help them consolidate and grow their businesses. Since 2013,
20/09/2018
The mentoring program helps more than 1,500 young people create and consolidate their businesses
The survival rate of participating companies is 87% after 5 years. Autoocupació, a local partner of Youth Business Spain, develops the mentoring program in Catalonia. Barcelona, June 29, 2018 – Youth Business Spain has presented in Madrid the study “Evaluación del impacto socioeconómico del programa de mentoring de Youth Business Spain”, a study prepared by
19/07/2018
The Autoocupació mentoring program for entrepreneurs is growing
With the aim of helping entrepreneurs consolidate and grow newly created businesses throughout the Catalan territory, Autoocupació is extending the mentoring methodology to the Federació de Cooperatives de Treball de Catalunya, Barcelona Activa, and 11 city councils in the province of Barcelona and their Local Business Service Centers. Mentoring offers a personalized support methodology
