In Spain, OCC’s work primarily takes place in Barcelona, particularly in the neighbourhood of El Born, where its main office is located. Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain and the capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia. OCC also operates in Moianès, a rural area an hour north of Barcelona, where it runs its Youth4All project.
Throughout its activities, OCC Spain focuses on creating inclusive communities and opportunities for exchange between local inhabitants and newcomers both from other European countries and from all over the world.,
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Language Lab
In Language Lab in the heart of Barcelona, we offer a wide range of free language classes for members of our NGO. Our membership for those who want to join the classes is only 20 euros per month.
Migrant and refugee people can join cost-free if they meet our scholarship criteria.
MigraCode Barcelona
Migracode acts as a bridge between the demand for skilled people in the tech sector and people with a migration background who are eager to work in the tech industry. Founded in 2019, we are cooperating with other code schools in Europe to build a large community of companies and students to foster both labor integration as well as social inclusion.
CodeWomen
CodeWomen is an empowering and supportive community for women (including trans and non-binary) in the tech field. We provide personal tech and career support. CodeWomen offers its members a safe environment to share their plans, ambitions, doubts, and questions with each other. By building this community, CodeWomen stimulates professional as well as personal growth. The project was started under the umbrella of MigraCode, in order to work towards the successful graduation of its female students as Junior Web Developers and to address the often difficult position of women in the mostly male tech world.
Youth 4 All
Youth for All is a project of emancipation and autonomy for newcomer youth in rural areas. Carried out by OCC Spain, it is aimed at youngsters with a migration background who don’t have family and/or adult references in Catalonia and have been left without the state protection. Minors (under the age of 18) receive protection from the State, but once they reach the age of 18, they no longer have access to this support. Within this project, OCC provides them with housing, training, and support. The project is located in Moianès, a rural area in central Catalonia, and the training provided ranges from agricultural, forestry and/or digital skills, as well as language classes and volunteering activities.
Refugees Welcome
Open Cultural Center also welcomes Refugees Welcome Spain to its team in Spain, with both entities working together to promote the inclusion of migrant and refugee people in Spain and contributing to the creation of a more welcoming and open society. Refugees Welcome is a non-profit organisation and a movement that works towards pairing displaced people with housing, coordinating flatshares and houseshares in various countries around the world. Through their work, hundreds of refugees are sharing flats with local people, making it easier for them to start their new life.
Labour insertion programmes
Open Cultural Center promotes the social and labour inclusion through several different labour and training programmes, tailored to people in vulnerable situations.
Thanks to the Work and Training Programme of the Servei Públic d’Ocupació de Catalunya (SOC) and to the support from the Social European Fund Plus (SEF+), we offer work opportunities and training to groups that face greater barriers when accessing the labour market, through the following programmes:
- ACOL : labour insertion for people in irregular administrative situations
- ESAL : Recruitment, training and support for people with difficulties in accessing the labour market or in a vulnerable situation.
- TRFO JOVES : Labour insertion of young people in vulnerable situations, both those currently under guardianship and ex-guardianship.
- TRANS, DONA i DLLD : Opportunities for women in vulnerable situations, trans people and/or in long-term unemployment
This programme is promoted and subsidised by the SOC and co-financed by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), within the framework of the FSE+ Catalonia 2021-2027 Programme.
