Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2017 | City-level

The Amsterdam Smart City Initiative operates as a platform that connects various stakeholders involved in urban development, with the aim of transforming Amsterdam into a "smart city".  It…

Year Introduced: 2005 | National-level

The National Agency for Scientific and Technological Promotion (ANPCyT) supports, through the Trust Fund for the Promotion of the Software Industry (FONSOFT), the completion of undergraduate careers…

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…

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…

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…

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The YES programme is aimed at equipping young people with the requisite skills and knowledge to be self-employed by starting and managing their own businesses. The programme is comprised of the…

Year Introduced: 2016 | Supra-national

Move from a successful European start-up policy to an equally successful scale-up policy. This initiative addresses three issues: barriers; the shortage of partners and opportunities; and…

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The "START" competition offers total prize money of AED 1,000,000 million on offer for future UAE entrepreneurs. "START" aims to assist unemployed Emiratis start their own businesses and thereby…

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

To be eligible for Canada's Start-up Visa Program, an entrepreneur must meet the following criteria:  A qualifying business: The entrepreneur must have a business that has the potential to…

Year Introduced: 2015 | City-level

The Participatory Budgeting (OP) is a form of citizen participation in the governance of the city of Lisbon. Through the OP, citizens have effective power to decide on a portion of the municipal…