Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

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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Thailand
Startup Thailand National Program

Year Introduced: | 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…

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Belgium
Tax shelter for start-ups

Year Introduced: | 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…

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Taiwan
The Act for SME and Startup Development: Startup Regulatory Experiments

Year Introduced: | National-level

To encourage entrepreneurs to propose more aggressively innovation, within the range of the field provides certain safety and risk control, the chapter would provide clarification of legality of SME’…

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Netherlands
Dutch Public Procurement Act

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Dutch Public Procurement Act (Nieuwe Aanbestedingswet 2012) requires that, wherever possible, large tenders be split up into several smaller contracts, thereby enabling collective bidding by…

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Netherlands
Amsterdam Smart City Initiative

Year Introduced: | 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…

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South Africa
Incubation Support Programme (ISP)

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Incubation Support Programme operates by providing market-driven support to early-stage entities, aiming to prepare them to supply to local markets. This is achieved through the establishment of…

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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…

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Philippines
The Innovation and Startup Act

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Innovation and Startup Act contains a variety of measures to help support entrepreneurs and ecosystem actors which can be broadly split into six main categories; access to finance, tax relief,…

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Ecuador
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Strategy

Year Introduced: | National-level

"Strategy EEI2020" includes objectives for every area of the ecosystem. However, in order to accomplish them it is necessary to design a concrete plan of action. For this reason, the Alliance for…

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Germany
Better Regulation Program

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Better Regulation Program supports all Federal government departments, as well as the State Secretaries Committee on Bureaucracy Reduction and the Federal Government Coordinator for Bureaucracy…