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19/05/2020
Autoocupació participates in the UDG Virtual Job Fair
Autoocupació participated in the first Virtual Job Fair organized by the University of Girona on May 13 and 14. It is a virtual event with an extensive program of activities and presentations by companies and institutions, as well as job offers with live chats between them and visitors. Alexandra Planella, Autoocupació’s delegate in Girona, presented
11/05/2020
New CaixaBank loan for freelancers and micro-enterprises
MicroBank is launching a new line of loans worth 310 million euros, targeted at freelancers and micro-enterprises with up to 9 employees and an annual turnover of less than 2 million euros. This loan will cover the temporary working capital needs of businesses affected by COVID-19. Conditions: Maximum amount: €50,000 Repayment period: between 12 and
05/05/2020
Autoocupació and BANC secure microcredits for projects in need of financing
Autoocupació, through BANC, a private investor network founded by Autoocupació 17 years ago, and thanks to an agreement with MicroBank, has secured microcredits for various projects in need of financing. One of the projects that has secured a microcredit is The ISSIMO Fruit Family, a project affiliated with BANC. ISSIMO is a range of twelve
05/05/2020
Collection of resources for the self-employed and micro-enterprises to face the Covid-19 crisis
Autoocupació has prepared two documents to help self-employed workers and micro-enterprises cope with the crisis resulting from Covid-19, minimizing the impact to facilitate their continuity and the maintenance of employment: Summary of the main support measures taken by Public Administrations This updated collection aims to be a guiding manual to help entrepreneurs, self-employed workers, and
24/04/2020
Interviews with experts about entrepreneurship and labour market
Autoocupació and three other partners of the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed program have conducted a series of interviews with different labour market and entrepreneurship experts from Italy, Greece, Poland and Spain. The experts explain to us what is the profile, on the one hand, of young enterpreneurs and, on the other, of unemployed people, and what
21/04/2020
Autoocupació collaborates with Catalunya Ràdio and its Consultancy on Revolution 4.0
Autoocupació collaborates with the Revolution 4.0 program of Catalunya Ràdio, by participating in the Labour Consultancy for freelancers and SMEs, given the situation of uncertainty caused by COVID-19. Every Saturday at 10 PM, Guillem Aris, director of Autoocupació, answers doubts and questions. In addition, different pairs of entrepreneurs-mentors from the SOS Mentoring program also participate
09/04/2020
SOS Mentoring: Autoocupació committed to saving 1,000 companies and 5,000 jobs
Autoocupació impulsa un programa de voluntariat per ajudar les persones emprenedores a fer front a la crisi del coronavirus. La iniciativa permetrà salvar 1.000 empreses i 5.000 llocs de treball estalviant més de 100M€ a les administracions públiques. El nostre país s’enfronta a una situació alarmant, derivada de l’emergència sanitària del COVID-19 i caracteritzada per
06/04/2020
Autoocupació attends the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed program conference in Syracuse
Members of the Young Entrepreneurs Succeed program, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants fund, met in Syracuse, Italy, on March 5 and 6 at the conference organized by Microfinanza Srl, “NEETs in Sicily, struggles to access to labour market: objective and personal barriers.” The first day’s conference focused on
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
