Latest Articles
02/04/2024
A gender gap in entrepreneurship?
The latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report evaluates gender differences in three stages of the entrepreneurial process in Catalonia: Potential entrepreneurship: the percentage of women with the intention to start a business in the near future is 9.4%, slightly lower than the 10.4% for men. Ten years ago, this difference was much higher: 11.1% of women
02/04/2024
Interview with Èlia Soriano, Director of the Catalan Women’s Institute
You have been the Executive Director of the Catalan Women’s Institute (ICD) for a year now. What are the most recent actions of this body? The ICD’s mission is to promote, implement, and evaluate intersectional gender mainstreaming in all policies and departments of the Generalitat; therefore, it dedicates many of its resources to this monitoring
12/03/2024
New edition of the iFest Awards 2024
The iFest Awards aim to foster the entrepreneurial spirit and disruption among young people in Catalonia. These awards seek to provide solutions to challenges posed by private and public companies. These challenges are linked to the technology, science, or innovation sectors and aim to contribute to the improvement of society. Beneficiaries The individuals targeted by
04/03/2024
The Private Foundation for the Promotion of Self-Employment in Catalonia, Autoocupació, has participated over the last 5 years in the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed project, YES!, funded by the EEA & Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment. YES! is a European project that aims to establish alliances to design, implement, evaluate, and scale support services for
28/02/2024
New Grant for Cultural Projects
A new call for grants is opening to provide support for cultural projects in the fields of performing arts, visual arts, editorial, recording, and musical arts. This aid can be provided through a repayable contribution or a grant. Requirements The general requirements are: The project must have a defined timeframe The project must be economically
13/02/2024
Final conference of the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed project in Athens
Athens, January 29, 2023. On January 18 and 19, the final conference of the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed (YES!) program was held in Athens. Since the start of this project five years ago, various workshops have been held across all participating countries to evaluate the work accomplished. The public closing ceremony of the program, titled “It’s
05/02/2024
New edition of the Lluís Carulla Award for cultural entrepreneurship
The Lluís Carulla Foundation is launching a new edition of the Lluís Carulla Award. This is an award and a cultural entrepreneurship program that aims to train, promote, and make viable cultural projects and ideas that transform and improve Catalan society. Who can apply? Entrepreneurs with a cultural project that has the will and capacity
30/01/2024
New Edition of the Rosa Maria Garriga Awards: Women for the Future
The call for applications for the Rosa Maria Garriga Awards, Women for the Future, is now open. This recognition aims to reward women’s entrepreneurial initiative and their professional effort. Requirements To apply for the award, you must: Have a company operating in Catalonia for more than one year Not have been awarded in the previous
Awards
04/05/2022
Entrepreneurship
30/10/2026
Grants and financial support for starting a business: what’s available and how to apply
28/07/2026
Youth Guarantee 2026: Up to €17,094 to Launch Your Self-Employment Project
05/09/2025
€16,576: New Grant to Promote Youth Self-Employment
20/12/2022
You can now establish a company for just 1€!
Grants
27/08/2026
New grants of up to €5,000 to open, renovate or digitalise businesses in Lleida
28/07/2026
Youth Guarantee 2026: Up to €17,094 to Launch Your Self-Employment Project
15/07/2026
09/07/2026
2026 TU+1 Programme Call Opens: Up to €21,762 to Hire Staff on Permanent Contracts
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
09/10/2026
20/05/2026
Great session at the new Startup Huddle edition in Castellar del Vallès
20/05/2026
Autoocupació is hosting a new edition of Startup Huddle in Girona
16/01/2023
Autoocupació’s SOS Mentoring program, honored at the “la Caixa” Foundation Social Innovation Awards
Networking
20/05/2026
Great session at the new Startup Huddle edition in Castellar del Vallès
20/05/2026
Autoocupació is hosting a new edition of Startup Huddle in Girona
28/06/2022
Startup Huddle Barcelona: Summer Edition
17/02/2021
New Startup Huddle Barcelona dedicated to tourism
News
30/10/2026
Interview with Joan Romero i Circuns, Executive Director of ACCIÓ
30/10/2026
Grants and financial support for starting a business: what’s available and how to apply
26/10/2026
09/10/2026
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
28/07/2026
What Are Reskilling and Upskilling? Learning to Adapt to Change
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
10/10/2017
New training courses in Autoocupació
