Latest Articles
20/01/2021
More than 1,800 students have passed through Autoocupació in 2020
Autoocupació is committed to occupational training for active and unemployed individuals as a way to help them achieve their professional goals. During 2020, the training service has successfully trained more than 1,800 students: specifically, 1,844 students have taken Autoocupació courses, of which nearly 1,000 were trained online during the Covid-19 lockdown in the spring months:
19/01/2021
Autoocupació collaborated in the creation of 80 new businesses in 2020
Autoocupació’s business creation service offers a personalized and fully subsidized support service throughout the self-employment journey, with the aim of turning entrepreneurs’ business ideas into a viable and successful company. During 2020, the business creation service assisted a total of 321 entrepreneurs who requested personalized advice and support from our team when designing their business
15/01/2021
New success story: Panda Motos secures an Enisa Grant
Autoocupació, through BANC, a network of private investors founded by Autoocupació 17 years ago, and thanks to an agreement with ENISA, helps entrepreneurs secure funding for innovative projects. In this case, the BANC network has secured an ENISA grant for the company PANDA MOTOS S.L. PANDA MOTOS is an online multi-brand motorcycle sales platform, offering
01/12/2020
La Cafè Original secures Enisa funding, with the support of Autoocupació
Autoocupació, through BANC and thanks to an agreement with Enisa, helps entrepreneurs secure funding for innovative projects. In this case, the BANC network has secured an Enisa for the company La Cafè Original S.L. La Cafè Original is dedicated to distributing coffee machines that can replace capsule coffee makers in workplaces, with the possibility of
18/11/2020
Autoocupació celebrates the first online edition of Startup Huddle during GEW2020
The networking event has brought together more than 60 professionals from the world of entrepreneurship and mentoring The entrepreneurial projects Favors Barcelona and Creatica have presented their challenges in facing Covid-19 Last Monday, November 16, Autoocupació held the fourth edition of Startup Huddle Barcelona within the framework of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Global Entrepreneurship
16/11/2020
Autoocupació seeks virtual and augmented reality solutions for business tourism
Launch of the first entrepreneurship program specializing in business tourism and virtual and augmented reality in Catalonia The Enginy project leverages firaReus’s position in the MICE sector and will offer training in virtual and augmented reality and business management Autoocupació, together with Redessa, is promoting the program Enginy: Acceleration in the MICE sector, framed within
12/11/2020
Albert Colomer, re-elected member of the EBAN Board of Directors
On October 28, the general assembly of the European Business Angels Network (EBAN) was held virtually. This organization encompasses more than 150 organizations, investors, business angel networks, and representative entities of the private investment sector from over 50 countries. During the meeting, the composition of the organization’s Board of Directors was renewed for the next
09/11/2020
The Government of Catalonia has approved an extraordinary grant to promote the continuity of the activities of self-employed individuals and micro-enterprises in an unfavorable economic and social context and to mitigate the negative effects they are enduring. Who can apply? Individuals registered in the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers or the Social Security self-employment scheme
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
