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Taiwan

Act on Financial Technology Innovations and Experiments

Year Introduced: 2018 | National-level

The Sandbox Act allows for "innovative experimentation", involving technological innovation or business model innovation to undertake experimentation. It grants approval for projects for up to a year…

Thailand

Startup Thailand National Program

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

The program include the following key policies and actions include (1) The entrepreneurial university program to transform universities across the country to become entrepreneurial universities. The…

Belgium

Tax shelter for start-ups

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The tax shelter is a tax credit (a reduction of the investor’s Belgian personal income tax) for investors that amounts to either 45% of the invested amount, in case of an equity investment in a…

Netherlands

CodePact

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

The CodePact initiative worked by providing programming education to children across the Netherlands. It collaborates with schools, educational institutions, and tech companies to design and…

Taiwan

Transformation of the system of Incubation Centers

Year Introduced: 2018 | National-level

In Taiwan, there are more than 100 incubation centers. Most of incubation centers are located in University and some of them receive subsidies from government. The model of incubator centers …

Hong Kong S.A.R., China

The Enterprise Support Scheme (ESS)

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

The Enterprise Support Scheme (ESS) provides grants of up to HK$10 million (around €1.2 million) for businesses of all sizes to invest in research and development (R&D) projects. Grants are given…

China

FinTech regulatory framework - People’s Bank of China

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) set up a fintech committee to enhance the research, planning and coordination of work on financial technology.

Hong Kong S.A.R., China

BUD Enterprise Support Programme

Year Introduced: 2012 | National-level

The Dedicated Fund on Branding, Upgrading and Domestics Sales – Enterprise Support Programme (BUD) provides financial support to Hong Kong SMEs supporting them in undertaking projects to…

Hong Kong S.A.R., China

The Cyberport Creative Micro Fund

Year Introduced: 2010 | National-level

The Cyberport Creative Micro Fund offers a grant of HK$100,000 (around €11,600) to high potential digital tech startup projects. The grant is given over a six-month time period, over which time…

Norway

Innovation Norway

Year Introduced: 2004 | National-level

Innovation Norway is a state-owned company and a national development bank. It was formed in 2004 through the merger of four governmental organizations Innovation Norway is the government's most…

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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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