Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

The regulatory sandbox is an initative developed by the Financial Conduct Authority which aims to introduce a regulatory sandbox, that is a ‘safe space’ in which businesses can test innovative…

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

The startup visa NL allows for non-European ambitious entrepreneurs to start an innovative business in the Netherlands. The temporary residence permit is valid for a year (with plans to raise this to…

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development released a guiding framework for higher education institutions. The framework covers Intellectual Property ownership, revenue sharing…

Year Introduced: 2016 | City-level

Foreigners who found a business in the Fukuoka zone are eligible.  To apply, foreign entrepreneurs enter the country on a short-term visitor’s visa and make their way to the city’s ‘Startup…

Year Introduced: 1994 | National-level

The central feature of B-BBEE is the B-BBEE Scorecard which measures companies’ commitment to black empowerment. The Scorecard assesses a company's level of compliance against five elements -…

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

Global Impact Visa (GIV) is a three-year open work visa that enables participants in the Edmund Hillary Fellowship to work and live in New Zealand. The visa provides up to 400 individual pioneering…

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

Paraguayan Innovation Program (PROINNOVA) is a framework of different instruments aimed at a) fostering innovation and b) strengthening human capital for innovation. Through 9 different instruments,…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

Since the Kingdom of Bahrain legislated to allow companies to offer employee share schemes, they have been free to offer a wide range of schemes aided by the fact that individuals are typically not…

Year Introduced: 2007 | Sub-national

The 'Be an Entrepreneur' Program is designed to inculcate entrepreneurial thinking in students at the secondary education level. The program adopts an innovative methodology and comprises 13…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

A. Special tax regulations concerning Coronavirus Prepayments of income or corporate income tax for 2020 Prepayments of income or corporate income tax for 2020 can be reduced or assessed…