GEN's Policy Portal
GEN Atlas is a knowledge portal providing details about policies and programs proven to remove barriers to entrepreneurship and increase rates of new firm formation, including among marginalized communities and non-traditional ecosystems. Run by the Global Entrepreneurship Network and backed by a community of policy makers, academics, and researchers, GEN Atlas identifies innovative policy initiatives from around the world. The case studies have been designed to fit a detailed, objective and standardized format that allows policy makers to compare the effectiveness of similar policies and quickly draw out key pieces of information such as policy objectives, cost and overall impact.
GEN Atlas focuses on policies that build a more inclusive form of entrepreneurship and that can be easily replicated at a state or city level. Additionally, the compendium is built around 8 key themes that have been identified to underpin thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems:
Finance: New types of capital for startups and scaleups at the right time.
Education + Skills: Embedding enterprise and entrepreneurship into education and providing (both existing and potential) entrepreneurs with mentoring, training and support.
Market Access: Expanding access to markets for startups domestically and abroad.
Inclusivity + Culture: Ensuring that entrepreneurship is a culturally attractive vocation for all sections of society and in particular that people from disadvantaged groups have an equal opportunity to launch and grow a business.
Regulation: Removing regulatory barriers to innovation and startup success.
Ecosystem + Economic Development: Developing and managing local ecosystems to better support entrepreneurs, startups and scale-ups.
Science, Technology + Innovation: Utilizing the latest advancements in science and technology to improve productivity, boost economic growth and solve societal problems through innovation.
Policy-Making: Maintaining a data-driven, effective and coherent policy-making process that supports entrepreneurs and ensures public awareness of available programs.
GEN Atlas is informed by knowledge partners and advisors including the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, World Bank Group, OECD, Startup Genome, UNCTAD and PRODEM. We welcome third-party contributions and input from researchers and policymakers to draft and edit new entries.
The Global Entrepreneurship Network operates programs, like GEN Atlas, that make it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a company. By fostering deeper cross-border collaboration between founders, investors, policymakers, ecosystem builders and others, GEN fuels healthier and more efficient local and national entrepreneurship ecosystems. Network members collaborate to democratize opportunity, drive economic mobility, create new jobs and grow economies while developing the conditions for entrepreneurs to solve the world’s toughest challenges.