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10/09/2020
Growing Europe Conferences: Boosting Migrant Entrepreneurship Networks
Growing Europe is a series of online conferences held every Thursday in September 2020, focusing on current topics and future challenges of migrant entrepreneurship in Europe. Discussion topics include the importance of migrant entrepreneurship, its development in recent years, new trends, support tools for migrant entrepreneurs, integration processes, best practices, the perspective of EU institutions
22/07/2020
Lleida Covid-19 Business Grants
The Lleida City Council has published the call for applications for grants to boost economic recovery and ensure the continuity of economic activities in the municipality of Lleida that have been economically affected by the exceptional situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible Individuals Self-employed individuals and companies affected by the crisis situation caused
15/07/2020
Thinking Space: the new platform by Young Entrepreneurs Succeed
The Young Entrepreneurs Succeed program, of which Autoocupació is a partner, has launched “Thinking Space”, the new Peer Learning platform to support all those interested in youth employment, developing programs and policies on the topic, or simply working with NEETs. This platform offers brief articles and essays with information, tools, ideas, solutions, and best practices
03/07/2020
Autoocupació promotes the Barcelona Declaration to boost migrant entrepreneurship
The objective of the Barcelona Declaration is to facilitate the creation of businesses in Europe by migrants The campaign on change.org aims to collect 50,000 signatures to present the petition to the European Parliament Autoocupació promotes the campaign Barcelona Declaration: Turning migrants into job creators, with the aim of improving conditions for migrants when creating
03/07/2020
Great changes start with the prefix RE-
Reinventing, revolutionizing, reactivating, restarting, or Reempresa. We know these are difficult times, full of doubts and uncertainties. Reempresa is by your side to help you buy or sell an existing business. Reempresa, founded by Autoocupació and CECOT, is the market for buying and selling small and medium-sized businesses in Catalonia. If you are thinking of
15/06/2020
Up to 1000 students have completed online training at Autoocupació during the lockdown
Autoocupació has remotely trained up to 1000 students during the two months of lockdown caused by the Covid-19 crisis. The closure of classrooms and in-person training has led to a significant increase in registrations for the Foundation’s virtual courses. Thus, up to 581 students are currently training with e-learning courses, focused mainly on digital skills
11/06/2020
Grant of €10,000 for young entrepreneurs
The Government of Catalonia allocates new financial support of up to 10,000 euros for young entrepreneurs registered in the Youth Guarantee program to promote youth self-employment and address Covid-19. Target audience Young individuals, previously registered in the Youth Guarantee program, who register as self-employed workers from September 1, 2019, until the maximum application submission date
26/05/2020
New €300 grant for the self-employed
The Barcelona City Council will provide a grant of 300 euros, in a single payment, to self-employed individuals who have recorded a 75% drop in sales or have closed their establishment due to the Covid-19 crisis. Target recipients Those registered in the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA). Those registered as residents in the city
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
