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21/02/2022
From February 28 to March 3, 2022, the Mobile World Congress and Four Years From Now return to Barcelona. The MWC is the global benchmark event in the mobile phone sector and has been held in Barcelona since 2006. The most successful edition was held in 2019, with 109,000 attendees and 2,400 exhibiting companies, generating
17/02/2022
Interview with Àlex d’Espona, coordinator of BANC
It has been 20 years since BANC, the first network of business angels in Spain, was created. How has this sector evolved during this time? It has changed a lot and has evolved like everything else. Previously, no one recognized the activity as such, even though participating in new business projects is the basis of
09/02/2022
Autoocupació, ambassador for The Better Entrepreneurship Policy Tool
Autoocupació, through its director, Guillem Arís, has been selected by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities as an ambassador to promote The Better Entrepreneurship Policy Tool. The Better Entrepreneurship Policy Tool, developed by the OECD and the European Commission, is an online self-assessment and learning tool for individuals and institutions involved in
26/01/2022
It has been almost 2 years since the start of the pandemic, which had a significant impact on economic activity. The impact on employment was cushioned by temporary employment regulation schemes (ERTOs) and self-employment cessation of activity benefits. What is your assessment of this? Catalonia and Spain as a whole have experienced what was probably
21/01/2022
A new labor reform to fight against job insecurity
On December 30, Royal Decree-Law 32/21 on urgent measures for labor reform was published in the BOE. What does this new reform consist of? What can we expect from it? The main objective of this labor reform is to combat the temporary employment rate in the Spanish labor market, which exceeds 25%, the highest in
13/12/2021
The power of volunteer mentoring
On December 5th, International Volunteer Day is celebrated, a great time to look back, evaluate the work done by Autoocupació in this field over recent years, and highlight the commitment of all the volunteers who make it possible and their impact on the beneficiary entrepreneurs. In 2013, Autoocupació launched a volunteer mentoring program in which
09/12/2021
New call for grants to promote youth self-employment is open
The Government of Catalonia has opened the call for applications for the granting of grants to promote youth self-employment. The objective is to foster self-employment, and the aid consists of a fixed grant of up to 13,510 euros for each young person (between 18 and 29 years old, inclusive) who registers as a self-employed worker
02/12/2021
Autoocupació’s SOS Mentoring program wins the second Volunteer Award 2021
Autoocupació’s SOS Mentoring program has been awarded the second prize of the 28th edition of the Volunteer Awards, promoted by the Directorate General for Civic and Community Action of the Department of Social Rights of the Government of Catalonia. SOS Mentoring is a volunteer program designed to help entrepreneurs cope with the situation arising from
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
