Today, the “Entrepreneurship Night” 2023 took place, celebrating the 14th edition of the FPempren Awards and the 5th edition of the FPconsolida. It has been a night full of recognition and inspiration for young entrepreneurs in vocational training. The event, organised by the BCN FP Foundation with the support of the Barcelona City Council and the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, has featured prominent representatives of the field and personalities of the education and entrepreneurship world.
The inauguration ceremony started with Sara Berbel, president of the BCN Vocational and Education Training Foundation, Fabian Mohedano, executive president of the Professional Qualification and Training Agency of Catalonia, María Truñó, Education Commissioner of Barcelona City Council, and Montse Ballarín, vice president of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.
During the event, two witnesses of entrepreneurship success have been presented: the experience of Marc Almeda, founder and CEO of WePrefereat, and the experience of the Provençana Institute of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, by Paco Sánchez, who has presented the nursery of companies that they developed on the centre itself. For this initiative, Marta Carrió, president of Netmentora Catalunya, and Anna Simó, Minister of Education of the Government of Catalonia, have presented the fifth FPConsolida Award to the Institut Provençana.
The awards were presented with 10 awards categories, according to the best-targeted project in terms of its coherence, feasibility, consistency and the added value that it brings to the sector in particular. The award centers of this 14th edition have been:
1.Energy and Environment Award
CFGM – La Salle Barceloneta- Barcelona
Marc Galofré, Sami Bouazzaten, Beatriz Díaz and Ulises Aitor
Tutored by Núria Funollet
CFGS – Institut FP Sant Cugat
Fàtima Tachrift, Mojie Lin, Paula Mónica López and Zumar Zulfiqar
Tutored by Olga Oliver
2. Health and Care of People Award
CFGM – Escola Solc Nou Barcelona
Silvia Enríquez, Ikram El Abbassi, Raissa Nicole Chávez and Laura Vico
Tutored by Neus Boncompte and Cristina Moll
CFGS – Escola Pia Nostra Senyora-Barcelona
Nerea Galán, Meritxell Guerrero, Helena Iglesias, Eduard Salvadó and Martina Villar
Tutored by Marc Rodríguez.
3. Oci and Welfare Award
CFGS – Escola d’Hoteleria i Turisme CETT-Barcelona
Marta Ferrer, Jiasheng Fang, Arnau Jordà, Qi Wang and Jingyu Li
Tutored by Sylvia Puigdemasa
4. Education and Culture Award
CFGM – La Salle Barceloneta-Barcelona
Camilo Botero and Africa Camprubi
Tutored by Núria Funollet
CFGS – Institut Salvador Seguí-Barcelona
Nerea Quixal, Carlota Nin, María González and Claudia Rodríguez
Tutored by Elena Mayordomo
5. Intelligent Manufacturing and Digital Transformation Award
CFGS – CEIR ARCO Villarroel-Barcelona
Alba Edo and Sara Roso
Tutored by Sarai López
6. Social and Solidarity Economy Award
CFGM – Institut Bernat el Ferrer Molins de Rei
Alejandro Taxonera, Sergio Ausach and Ignacio Estévez
Tutored by Mª José Medina
CFGS – Institut Pedraforca Hospitalet de Llobregat
Irene Ramírez, Rafael Borreguero and Joan Vigo
Tutored by Roger Romero
CFGS – Institut Esteve Terradas i Illa Cornellà de Llobregat
Propelled by the students of the upper degree cycles of Administration and Finance and Assistance to the Management
tutors Rafael Segura, Carla Bertolin and Gerard Garcia and the director of the center Olga Quesada.
7. Secondary Award to best commercial proposal
Institut Bernat el Ferrer Molins de Rei
Fabian Doizi and Rubén Jordán
Tutored by Mª José Medina
8. FPempren Prize for Women’s Talent
CFGM – Centre López Vicuña Barcelona
Núria Oliveras, Melisa García and Blanca Camuñas
Tutored by Montse Piera
CFGS – Escola de Mitjans Audiovisuals EMAV-Barcelona
Marta La Parra and Júlia Llamas
Tutored by Ona Vega
9. ICIL Award – Logistic Management
CFGS – Prat Educació- Barcelona
Pau Guiu, Irene Sierra, Ignacio Moyano and Abdelaziz Hachi
Tutored by Albert Baile
10. Entrepreneur Award
CFGM – Institut El Palau de Sant Andreu de la Barca
Judith Ramos
Tutored by Francesc Roca
CFGS – Escola Pia Nostra Senyora- Barcelona
Núria Anguera, Oriol Garcia, Alejandro Mora and Laura Ruiz
Tutored by Aina Surroca
CFGS – Escola Santíssima Trinitat Barcelona
Carlos Jané, Carlos Hernández and Marian Taouil
Tutored by Julio Llorente
Eventually, the event was closed by Anna Simó, Minister of Education of the Government of Catalonia, thanking all participants and parties involved for their collaboration in this “Entrepreneurship Night” 2023.
The BCN Vocational and Education Training Foundation is committed to promoting entrepreneurial skills between the VET students through this public display, recognizing the best entrepreneurial VET projects in Barcelona and AMB.
