The general management of SMEs and Self-Employed from Government of Aragon and Mundusan organization specialized in mobility and international talent, have launched “Connecting Aragon” with international talent, a program that has toured the three provincial capitals with the aim of offering local SMEs strategies and tools for international recruitment. A conference aimed at entrepreneurs who have had a growing interest in the European program. Erasmus+ as a protagonist.
Erasmus+ is a program that the Mundus group has been working on for years. In 2022 it had a total budget of 4 billion euros4 billion, with 26,000 projects, around 73,000 organizations and some 1.2 million participants in mobility activities. Of these, some 1,700 come to Zaragoza each year. These figures “can be used by companies to attract talent to the community. Once these young people get to know our culture and our quality of life, we want them to stay and live with us and work in our companies”. companies“explained the Director General of SMEs and the Self-Employed, Ana Sanz.
For the general director, the program “helps us in one of the objectives set by the government: to attract talent for our economy and our companies”.
The conferences held in the three capital cities were also used to present an advisory channel, created specifically to support Aragonese SMEs in their search and recruitment process for international talent.
This channel, fruit of the collaboration between the Government of Aragon and Mundus, will remain active for one year, offering a free and personalized resource for companies interested in attracting qualified talent from abroad. Through this service, SMEs will be able to access guidance in this process, with the objective of facilitating and optimizing the attraction of global talent in a simple and effective way.
Connecting Aragon with international talent is part of the Aragon Conecta Talento program promoted by the General Directorate. The Talent Plan is an initiative of the Department of the Presidency, Economy and Justice of the Government of Aragon that aims to promote entrepreneurship in new business models (innovation, technology and digitalization); favor the growth and consolidation of SMEs thanks to knowledge transfer, and incorporate and promote the return and attraction of talent.