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Denmark

Regional Business Development Centres

Year Introduced: 2007 | National-level

The Regional Business Development Centres offered a range of services designed to support businesses at various stages of their growth and development. The Centres focused on addressing identified…

Tunisia

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC)

Year Introduced: 2011 | National-level

The CDC plays a key role in supporting entrepreneurs and the startup ecosystem in several ways:Financing Startups and SMEsThe CDC provides equity and quasi-equity financing to innovative startups and…

Pakistan

National AI Policy 2023/24

Year Introduced: 2024 | National-level

The National AI Policy operates through a structured multi-pillar approach:AI Market Enablement: This includes the establishment of the National Artificial Intelligence Fund (NAIF) and Centers of…

Pakistan

The National Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy 2022

Year Introduced: 2022 | National-level

Implemented by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the policy employs a collaborative approach to enhance the synergy between government, academia, and the private sector. It facilitates:…

United Kingdom

British Patient Capital Fund

Year Introduced: 2018 | National-level

The British Patient Capital fund operates as a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, focusing on providing long-term financing to innovative and high-growth potential businesses in the…

Hong Kong S.A.R., China

SME Export Marketing Fund (EMF)

Year Introduced: 2011 | National-level

The SME Export Marketing Fund offers grants to SMEs allowing them to participate in overseas exhibitions, business missions and to place B2B advertising. The SME Export Marketing Fund will fund up to…

Taiwan

The One-Stop Web Portal for Taiwan Entrepreneurs

Year Introduced: 2012 | National-level

The main features of The One-Stop Web Portal for Taiwan Entrepreneurs include: Single point of entry: The portal provides a centralized platform for entrepreneurs to access all relevant…

Australia

Landing Pads for Australians Scaling Globally

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The Landing Pads program is built around dedicated working spaces in global innovation hubs such as Berlin, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, and Shanghai to give Australian entrepreneurs a space in which to…

Brazil

Start-Up Brasil

Year Introduced: 2012 | National-level

The main features of the Start-Up Brasil program include: IT start-ups: the program is geared specifically towards IT start-ups Funding: The program offers individual…

Nigeria

YouWIN!

Year Introduced: 2011 | National-level

Nigeria YouWIN! is a unique youth entrepreneurship initiative which offers 1,200 grants of 10 million Naira each (around €28,000) to young Nigerians with the aim of empowering young Nigerians to…

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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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