Fundación MAPFRE and STOP Accidents have launched the first safe mobility contest in Spain to raise awareness among the little ones regarding the importance of adopting responsible habits on their way to school. Schoolchildren from various regions of Spain can...
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570 new jobs in spain thanks to the employment aid program
The Employment Aid program, which has provided grants every year since 2013 in Spain, seeks to foster job opportunities primarily for two groups with special difficulties: young people and the over-50s. Most of the beneficiaries – 66 percent – are female. Fundación...
Preventing drowning also depends on you
With this slogan, Fundación MAPFRE and Blue Flag launched a drowning prevention campaign at 62 Spanish beaches last July. Moreover, they presented data from a study carried out at 579 Blue Flag beaches in Spain. This study was designed to outline the characteristics...
Do we know the risks?
September saw the presentation of the report Young People in the Virtual World: Uses, Practices and Risks, which analyzes the behavior of youngsters aged 14-24 as regards their use of social networks and the Internet, as well as the principal risks they believe they...
500 GRANTS AVAILABLE LAUNCH OF 6TH EDITION OF THE EMPLOYMENT AID PROGRAM
Applications are open for the 500 grants available to small and medium-sized enterprises to hire workers for nine months. These individuals must be over 18 and have been officially registered as unemployed for at least two months. The contracts are on a full or half...
THE HEALTHY LIVING PROJECT WINS CSR AWARD IN TURKEY
Fundación MAPFRE’s Healthy Living project in Turkey, whose goal is to raise awareness about the importance of healthy eating and physical exercise in children, received the Sustainable Development award at the 9th Corporate Social Responsibility Marketplace within the...
BRASSAÏ, ESSENTIAL FIGURE OF 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY
Fundación MAPFRE has presented its Brassaï exhibition in Barcelona. It offers a comprehensive journey through the career of this famous photographer born in Brassó in Transylvania (now Romania). During the interwar period, he greatly enriched the potential of...
FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE PUBLISHES A GUIDE TO PROTECT BUSINESSES AGAINST CYBER RISK THREATS
The guide aims to raise awareness among both SMEs and self-employed professionals of the existence of cyber risk threats. It provides information on the preventive measures they can take to protect themselves and informs them that there exists a specific policy to...
275,000 EUROS EARMARKED TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND RETIREMENT PLANNING
In total, ten research projects have received awards, whether through the Ignacio H. de Larramendi or the Primitive de Vega Research Grants, all of them related to health promotion, insurance and retirement planning. They are to be conducted in centers, universities,...