Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

Zaar.com.mt is Malta’s only local crowdfunding platform. This crowd-funding platform was launched in 2015 as a donation and reward-based crowd-funding model. Currently Zaar helps its clients to…

Year Introduced: 1996 | National-level

The CSOP is a tax qualified discretionary share option plan which allows companies to grant options to their employees or directors. These options enable the holders to acquire shares at a certain…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

Recommended responses to the pandemic-induced crisis:  Short-term lending to businesses not eligible federal loans: State and local governments should partner with philanthropic organizations…

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

The WES currently contains four main initiatives that address access to finance, mentorship, skills development and knowledge sharing.   WES Inclusive Women Venture Capital Initiative…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The policy is part of an amendment to the Bahrain Commercial Companies Law (BCCL) aimed at improving the business environment and aligning with global best practices. This amendment enables the…

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

This three month accelerator programme enabled a wide group of government agencies to form entrepreneurial teams with private sector entrepreneurs, designers, and developers to reduce the cost of…

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

Accelerate Estonia (aEstonia) is new tool for public sector innovation that allows for exploring the public domains which are ripe for disruption and build models that would bring…

Year Introduced: 2002 | National-level

The Torres Quevedo Program is designed to fund companies, technology centers, business associations, and science and technology parks to hire researchers with a doctorate degree for their R&D…

Year Introduced: 2006 | National-level

The Seda Technology Programme's efforts are bolstered by the Technology Transfer Fund, designed to aid clients across the expansive network of Seda branches and incubators throughout the country.…

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.