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15/12/2022
Interview with Félix Ortega, General Director of Barcelona Activa
1. It has been three years since you assumed the general directorship of Barcelona Activa. What is your assessment? Yes, three years in which many things have happened and which are shaking our economies and societies. I believe that at Barcelona Activa we have been able to provide advice and resources to the city and
21/11/2022
The 16th edition of the EmprènXXI Awards is here
The 16th edition of the EmprènXXI Awards is here, an initiative promoted by CaixaBank through DayOne, which aims to identify, recognize, and support young companies with the greatest growth potential and open doors to new opportunities for them. These awards are co-granted with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism through ENISA in Spain and
28/10/2022
Call for grant applications for the TU+1 program
The 2022 call for grant applications has been published for the development of the TU+1 Program to promote the indefinite hiring of a worker by self-employed individuals with no employees. The objective is to incentivize self-employed individuals with no employees to hire staff on an indefinite basis. The grant consists of subsidizing these contracts to
24/10/2022
EBAN renews its confidence in Albert Colomer as a member of the new board of the European network
Last week in Brussels, EBAN held a new edition of the EAIS, European Angel Investment Summit. Within the framework of this international meeting, the entity’s general assembly was held, along with the renewal of its Board of Directors for the next two years. Albert Colomer, president of Autoocupació and vice-president of the Catalan Business Angels
24/10/2022
Llançadora, entrepreneurship grants
Autoocupació promotes “Llançadora, entrepreneurship grants,” an innovative project for maturing business ideas through the Dual Vocational Training program, subsidized by the Public Employment Service of Catalonia. The program’s objective is to help 12 entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 29 who are currently unemployed to mature their business ideas, test them in the market,
21/10/2022
YBI Global Entrepreneurship Summit
Autoocupació participated in the 2022 Global Youth Entrepreneurship Summit (Global Youth Entrepreneurship Summit 2022) organized by Youth Business International (YBI), which took place from October 18 to 20 in The Hague, Netherlands. Autoocupació’s director, Guillem Arís, participated in the Summit along with Sara Simón, director of Youth Business Spain, in the “Youth Business Spain Session”
19/10/2022
Autoocupació at BizBarcelona and the 2022 Employment Fair
Bizbarcelona and the Employment Fair will be held on November 9 and 10 together at Fira de Barcelona, with a focus on helping people develop new business, professional, and job opportunities. The two events, which this year are intensifying their synergies with over a hundred activities, guidance services, training workshops, conferences, and talks, return together
19/10/2022
Dual Training: Learning by doing
This year, the Catalan Employment Service has promoted a first experience of vocational training for employment in a dual format within the framework of active employment policies. Dual training emerged in the field of regulated vocational training, based on the successful experience in some Central European countries and the need to boost and enhance the
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
