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A thriving city with 1,615,908 inhabitants (Metro Area of 4.7 million) Capital of Catalonia, that generates 20% of Spain’s GDP & 25% of its exports Part of the dynamic Barcelona Lyon European economic axis 175,000 companies (95% of them SMEs & micro businesses) 48% of the employees work in knowledge intensive sectors 37% of the workforce holds a university degree 37% of the workforce holds a university degree 214,000 students at the 8 Universities of the Barcelona area* 15.9 Million tourist overnight stays** 3rd World city hosting more International meetings & congresses Hosting the Mobile World Capital until 2018 5th Best world city in quality of life (State of the World cities UN-Habitat 2012) 6th Best European City to do business (European Cities Monitor 2011) 12th World City receiving more FDI projects (Global Cities Investment Monitor 2012) 10th World City in Scientific production HQs of SEAT Automotive and CAIXABANK (Spain’s Largest Bank)
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Barcelona Activa is the executive tool of the Economic Development policies of the Barcelona City Council, being part of its Area of Economy, Enterprise and Employment, For 28 years, Barcelona Activa has promoted the economic growth of Barcelona and its influence area, fostering businesses, entrepreneurship and employment, while promoting the city internationally and its strategic sectors, while keeping the proximity to the territory.
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sectors, while keeping the proximity to the territory.
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Enterprise Entrepreneurship Professional Skills & Employment Training
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City Promotion Tourism & Events Promotion Territory & Commerce Promotion Strategic Sectors Promotion
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Training
Coaching entrepreneurs from their business ideas to the setting up of their companies, fostering entrepreneurship to position Barcelona as a model of enterprising city.
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Generation and assessment of Business project feasibility
2011 Grand Jury’s Prize European Enterprise Awards
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Technical coaching Training activities
assessment of business ideas feasibility assessment Start up Tailor-made Programmes Pre-incubation programme
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Enablers + Platform + Impact + Cost Efficiency
Glòries & Convent de St. Agustí Entrepreneurship Centres
Economic Promotion Sector
The entrepreneurship centres were used by 13,000 entrepreneurs and coached 2,500 business projects in 2012 (with a 69% business creation rate), the business projects & incubated start ups raised 20.8 Million Euros of private funding in 2012.
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The 2 centres provide co-working spaces for entrepreneurs, a wide range of services, daily training activities, digital tools and a team of expert advisors to coach the business ideas into feasible business projects, while fostering cooperation.
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incubated start ups raised 20.8 Million Euros of private funding in 2012.
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Glories Business Incubator Almogàvers Business Factory (ABF)
Two incubators, fitted with cutting-edge infrastructures and services provide location and support for some 100 highly innovative start ups for an incubation period of 3 years. The Incubators provide permanent services of specialised advice, training and coaching to the incubated companies and grant them access to business cooperation networks. ABF Incubator is operated by an innovative public-private pool of 8 incubation entities.
Welcome sessions for entrepreneurs
Daily 120 minutes welcome sessions to present
Training in entrepreneurship basics & entrepreneurial skills
Daily 120 minutes welcome sessions to present Barcelona Activa’s programmes, activities and resources to coach the entrepreneurs’ business ideas into feasible business projects. Around 1,000 enterpreneus attend these sessions monthly in which a first approach is made to the different legal procedures, as well as the existing funding and subsidies for entrepreneurs. Attendees are also given username and password to use the online entrepreneurship tools. Sessions are also offered in English for foreign entrepreneurs which also have access to on line welcome sessions if they haven’t landed yet in Barcelona (Programme Do it in Barcelona) Some 70 monthly sessions in which entrepreneurs are offered training in those aspects that are essential for the management
a new company and can provide competitive advantages in the current business environment: areas such as legal formats and procedures, market research, financial plans, entrepreneurial skills, corporate communication, and others, in order to lead and manage business projects successfully.
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Advice and assessment
A technical advisory team answers the enquiries of the entrepreneurs, assesses the
Online tools for entrepreneurs
enquiries of the entrepreneurs, assesses the feasibility of their business projects and coaches them to suitable funding In-depth reports and articles covering the different issues related to business creation are also available at www.bcn.cat/empresa, the entrepreneurship website, along with
workshops for fundraising and personalised advice.
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An effective set of online tools to produce SWOT analysis of business ideas, well structured business plans, self-assessment of key entrepreneurial skills, and key information about legal procedures, access to funding and online market studies
ODAME School of Entrepreneurship for Women Senior Entrepreneurs “Handmade” (Craft Entrepreneurs) Tailor made programme for innovative Programmes for specific target groups & economic sectors in need of restructuration
Tailor made programmes: the range of programmes
Young Entrepreneurs Innovative retail sector Ideas Ideas Ideas Ideas with with with with a future a future a future a future
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for innovative construction sector Bio entrepreneur XXI
(Life Sciences& biotech)
Eco entrepreneur XXI
(Clean technologies)
Entrepreneur XXI Digital
(Digital Technologies)
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(Creative Industries)
Programmes for Strategic Economic Sectors Innovative retail sector
An innovation environment aimed at technology- based SMEs oriented towards innovation. The Tech Park provides advanced services to support business growth and consolidation, featuring advanced infrastructures for collaborative work and
advanced infrastructures for collaborative work and formal and operative relations with institutions that promote knowledge transfer and the growth of new technology-based companies. There are 47 companies currently located at the Tech Park with a predominance of companies that
53% of the companies located at the Park are exporting. The average turnover is more than 674,000 Euros.
Front Office – Barcelona Business Agents
Business Support Office DRC & Showroom
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Enterprise services
Entrepreneur Support Point
PAE is an initiative of: DG SMEs and Industry of the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy & Tourism, with the collaboration
local actors appointed as Advisory Points (Local Development Agencies, City Councils and Chambers of Commerce), the Spanish Tax Agency, the Spanish Social Security Agency, The Provincial Company Register and the Notaries’ Association.
PAE is a service to coach the fast incorporation of start ups. The service processes through a web platform the incorporation of Private Limited Companies (SL), through a web platform the incorporation of Private Limited Companies (SL), Limited Companies Express (SLNE) and Sole Traders through an Enterprise Creation Advisory & Initiation point (PAIT) The service reduces from 30 days to 48 hours the incorporation procedure of Private Limited Companies (SL), Private Limited Companies Express (SLNE) and Sole Traders, the most used legal forms to create a company in Barcelona In 2012, the Barcelona Activa PAE service incorporated 442 companies
Barcelona Activa has signed cooperation agreements with the main banking & financial institutions, so these can fund feasible business projects and microbusinesses with growth projects. Barcelona Activa assesses the funding needs 20.8 million Euros worth of funding were raised for the creation and growth of start ups during 2012
microbusinesses with growth projects. Barcelona Activa assesses the funding needs through an interview with the entrepreneurs, to choose the most suitable funding according to the features of the business project
Public funding: 2.5 million Euros (47 companies). ENISA’s Participative Loans Banks: 5.3 million Euros (86 companies). Soft loans and microloans (€460,000 ) Private Funding: 12.4 million Euros (18 companies). Business Angels & Seed Capital
Enterprise- employment platform and Get talent
Enterprise – Employment Service for Barcelona (and metro area) companies that need to recruit staff to develop their business activity. The service puts in contact companies and job seekers trained by Barcelona Activa, with suitable profile for the job vacancies. During 2012 556 job offers have managed in collaboration with 117 enterprises. Enterprise – Employment platform: on line digital platform in which local companies can find suitable candidates of many professional profiles, that have uploaded their CVS and the score of an online skill test to the Barcelona Activa Employment & Professional Skills Platform www.bcn.cat/treball
Get talent: using this service, companies interested in improving their team
experience can accommodate students from MBA, Graduate, Masters, and specific courses in different fields
universities and specialized business schools. Companies benefit by getting skilled and internationally experienced trainees to promote the development of a strategic, commercial or financial project. During 2012 the programme has managed 17 student placements in enterprises.
Business Landing Services
This service aimed at foreign companies provides personalised legal counselling in English (for local branch registration, company incorporation, processing of
45 Landing projects coached in 2012
in English (for local branch registration, company incorporation, processing of residence and work permits), a business premises search engine, a market intelligence tool, and plug & play temporary business spaces for short term landing.
Economic Promotion Sector
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Mentoring programme: Programme to promote the growth of SMEs through the voluntary counselling and coaching by experienced entrepreneurs and CEOs with a long successful record. During 2012 , 75 companies have been mentored by 12 mentors Barcelona Connecta network: a social network for business networking among
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FEM TALENT (Making Talent): Programme of positive actions to promote the presence
Barcelona Connecta network: a social network for business networking among Barcelona professionals, companies and researchers. A meeting point for entrepreneurs interested in improving their companies performance through business cooperation with third parties. Businesses dimension & strategy programmes Programmes of positive discrimination by target group, sector or territory, to promote the improvement of management, sales and strategy skills: Sales Management (Dale Carnegie), International Sales (La Salle), Learning to Grow (IESE Business School).
These 3 programmes are offered in a co-payment basis (300 Euros co-payment).
Economic Promotion Sector
Competitiveness Improvement Programmes:
A program that coaches the successful transmission of running & feasible
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companies about to close down for retirement of managing entrepreneurs to fresh but prepared entrepreneurs. The programme offers advice & information for both sides, with a clear picture of the available market of businesses available for a smooth transmission.
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Aim Benefit with a global consulting project a group of selected companies. The programme promotes the acceleration of growth and consolidation in national and international markets and makes available the professionals in this field for the participating companies Target Group El programme is open to all the companies of Barcelona & and its metro area that are innovative
Competitiveness improvement programmes
El programme is open to all the companies of Barcelona & and its metro area that are innovative and with the potential to go a big jump ahead in growth. What is it? Axelera identifies annually 30 family-owned companies of industrial and service sectors of Barcelona and its metro area with a big growth potential. The 30 selected companies get a personalised, ambitious but reality-rooted business growth plan to enable them to do a big qualitative jump ahead in their growth. The plan is designed by Price Waterhouse & Cooper. The PwC team provides a deep knowledge off the productive sectors targeted by the programme, its local trends, key global actors and competitors. PwC Global Accelerator also provides a global business acceleration service with a powerful network of access to funding sources and international venture capital groups.
Programme offered on a co-payment basis (1,000 Euros co-payment)
Business Strategy tool
Strategic Growth Plan
Digital Tool developed jointly by Barcelona Activa and IESE Business School based
situation of their companies and to develop the most suitable growth strategy to reach previously identified objectives, taking into account their own business features. The tool allows the introduction of measures to reach targets and a follow up of the tool allows the introduction of measures to reach targets and a follow up of the success or failure of such measures, being able to create alternative scenarios.
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Entrepreneurship
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The blended model, its digital tools and methodologies to foster entrepreneurship & enterprises developed by Barcelona Activa has been transferred to other environment such as Casablanca (Morocco) , Cape Town (South Africa) , Brazil, Santiago de Chile (Chile), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Montevideo (Uruguay), Bogotá & Medellín (Colombia), Quito (Ecuador), Mexico and
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Medellín (Colombia), Quito (Ecuador), Mexico and Rome (Italy) among others
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Barcelona Activa ‘s Entrepreneurship Centre
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