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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Ethiopia
The Startup Proclamation

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Startup Proclamation operates through multi-layered mechanisms combining designation frameworks, financial incentives, regulatory sandboxes, and institutional support structures.​Startup…

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Venezuela
Law for the Promotion and Development of New Enterprises

Year Introduced: | National-level

The law operates through integrated system combining registration mechanisms, tax incentives, financing access, administrative simplification, and institutional support.National Registry of…

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Uruguay
Entrepreneurship Promotion Law

Year Introduced: | National-level

The new Uruguayan legal framework enables crowdfunding platforms to operation and establishes the option of startups to set up as simplified joint stock companies.Known as the…

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El Salvador
Entrepreneurship Policy El Salvador

Year Introduced: | National-level

Conceptual homologation of entrepreneurship in institutions Focus of ecosystem institutions on dynamic entrepreneurship Mayor communication and articulation between member institutions of the…

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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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Senegal
The Senegal Startup Act

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Senegal Startup Act establishes an encouraging framework to boost the growth of startups. It offers benefits like tax advantages, streamlined administrative procedures, and access to public…

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Ecuador
Organic Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law

Year Introduced: | National-level

The new law sets out a regulatory framework that provides incentives for the creation, development, growth and expansion of entrepreneurial projects, as a basis for the country's productive…

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Brazil
The Brazilian Legal Framework for Startups

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Brazilian Legal Framework for Startups defines a startup as a business or corporate organization that provides innovative ideas in its business model or in the products or services that it offers…

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Italy
Italian Startup Act

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Italian Startup Act defines Innovative startups as companies that fulfil the following requirements:  to be less than 5 years old;  to have their HQ in Italy, or in another EU…

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Spain
The New Startup Law

Year Introduced: | National-level

The New Startup Law contains a range of measures to help support entrepreneurs and ecosystem actors which can be broadly split into 3 main categories; tax relief, favourable regulations,  …