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12/11/2024
New scholarship for entrepreneurs in the USA
The Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative (YTILI) is opening a call for young European entrepreneurs to experience the American entrepreneurial ecosystem firsthand. This scholarship includes a five-week stay in the United States during the fall of 2025, with a training program that will allow participants to acquire tools to improve their business and leadership skills.
08/11/2024
4th edition of the “Fet a Catalunya” awards
The New Business Owners and Entrepreneurs of Catalonia (NEEC) is announcing the 4th edition of the “Fet a Catalunya” awards, which aim to promote 5 recently created entrepreneurial projects in Catalonia. Participation requirements To participate in this call, you must: Be a legal entity or an individual with a tax residence in Catalonia Have a
06/11/2024
3rd edition of Llançadora, scholarships for entrepreneurship
Autoocupació promotes the third edition of “Llançadora, scholarships for entrepreneurship”, an innovative project for maturing business ideas through the Dual Occupational vocational training program, subsidized by the Catalonia Employment Service. You can consult the participants of the first edition here. The program’s objective is to help 39 entrepreneurs from Barcelona, Girona, and Tarragona, aged between
02/10/2024
Autoocupació, at BizBarcelona and the Employment Fair 2024
Bizbarcelona and the Employment Fair will be held on October 23 and 24 at Fira de Barcelona, with a focus on helping individuals develop new business, professional, and employment opportunities. Both events, featuring over a hundred activities, guidance services, training workshops, conferences, and talks, return together with the aim of fostering talent and boosting local
30/09/2024
Interview with Jorgos Papadakis, Managing Director of the European Microfinance Network
You have been the new Managing Director of the European Microfinance Network (EMN) for 6 months now. What is EMN’s mission? Who are its members? What services do you offer them? It is an honor and a great responsibility to lead the most important microfinance network in Europe for the past six months. We help
16/09/2024
12th edition of the Entrepreneurship Award
This award aims to recognize the talent and professional excellence of companies currently emerging in our society, with the goal of boosting their business and thus benefiting their development. Beneficiaries Spanish startups legally incorporated as of January 2021 belonging to the fields of sustainable development, social impact, and technology may apply, with special attention to
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
