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India

iStart Rajasthan

Year Introduced: 2017 | Sub-national

This initiative seeks to help the startups minimize the bureaucracy associated with the initiation of startup operations. iStart uses a three-pronged strategy to help startups: Develop…

Ecuador

SE PUEDE

Year Introduced: | National-level

SE PUEDE is a program that creates new business opportunities in rural areas, promoting entrepreneurship and providing training to agro-entrepreneurs. SE PUEDE connects agribusinesses directly with…

Kyrgyz Republic

Startup Cooperation with Kyrgyzstan’s Department of Tourism

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

By leveraging this government partnership, Kyrgyzstan’s young startup sector will raise awareness among key communities of the positive effects of entrepreneurial activity, specifically in the…

Austria

Reducing liquidity shortages via modified tax & social security regulations

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…

Paraguay

PCM (MSMEs Competitiveness Program)

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

The purpose of the MSMEs Competitiveness Program "Programa de Competitividad de las MIPYMES" (PCM by its Spanish acronym) is to contribute to the sustainable competitive development of Micro,…

Malaysia

Actyvate

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

Actyvate is a crowdpledging platform for the youth to propose creative projects and garner support from the communities they aim to make livelier, greener, safer, brighter, and just better.

Malaysia

MaGIC Activate

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

MaGIC Activate is an open innovation challenge platform that supports the innovation of corporates and private sector players by connecting them with a global community of entrepreneurs. The platform…

Germany

Relaxing bankruptcy filing rules due to COVID-19 crisis

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The Federal Ministry of Justice can exempt companies that have been hit by the COVID crisis from the obligation to file for insolvency right away. Normally, the regulatory scenario for…

Netherlands

The Ambitious Entrepreneurship Action Plan

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

The key activities under the plan include offering early-stage finance, strengthening the international position of Dutch startups, attracting foreign startups to the Netherlands, granting temporary…

Argentina

Argentina Startup & Talent Visa

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

Accepted applicants will receive benefits that make it "easier and faster" for foreign entrepreneurs and talent to start a business and work in the country: Temporary residence:…

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Atlas is a compendium of public sector policies and programs that serves as a tool for policymakers, advisors and opinion leaders to learn about previously implemented policy models, articulated entrepreneurship strategies and/or designs of public-sector-supported programs.

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