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Barcelona opens the call for applications for Crea Feina, with grants of up to €15,000 for each new hire 

Barcelona City Council, via Barcelona Activa, is spearheading the new call for applications for the Crea Feina program, which has a 2 million euro budget
Campanya Crea Feina

The grant program aims to foster the permanent hire of more than 230 people in 2025, prioritizing job stability, specialized talent, and the placement of vulnerable groups. The grants are for €15,000 and are targeted at companies, organizations, and freelance workers in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.

This year, the program is slated to offer monetary grants related to three different lines of action: Inclusive, Research, and Social and Impact Economy.

The new Crea Feina Social and Impact Economy line, which aims to reinforce companies and initiatives that generate a quantifiable social or environmental return, offers grants of €12,000 to €15,000 per contract. With a total budget of €200,000, this line aims to facilitate the hire of talented professionals in key positions that help consolidate and grow transformative projects.

Likewise, the Crea Feina Research line is being continued. This one focuses on hiring research staff with doctoral degrees in companies in different strategic sectors, like health, food, renewable energies, and technology. This line, which also offers €12,000 to €15,000 per contract, has a total budget of €500,000 and aims to generate 35 jobs with a minimum salary of €35,000 per year.

Finally, the line with the largest budget is Crea Feina Inclusive, which plans to invest €1.3 million to promote the hiring of young people in situations of social vulnerability or long-term unemployment. This initiative, which could create up to 185 permanent contracts, offers grants of between €6,000 and €8,000 per contract.

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You can apply for these grants until September 19 on the following website: barcelonactiva.cat/creafeina2025.

Experiences of some of the companies that have been the beneficiaries of the Crea Feina Grants in 2024:

Alarmes Spitz

Alarmes Spitz - Crea Feina

La Pomada

La Pomada - Crea Feina

Delectatech

Delectatech - Crea Feina