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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United States
Arizona’s fintech sandbox

Year Introduced: | Sub-national

Innovative financial services and products are often accompanied by high uncertainty, and often unclear compliance costs and regulatory responsibilities due to their novel approaches. Regulatory…

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Argentina
Bridge Fund

Year Introduced: | Sub-national

The "Bridge Fund" program:  Enables startups to access bridge rounds, while also promoting fundraising and encouraging follow-on investments in startups that have already received…

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Australia
Sydney School of Entrepreneurship

Year Introduced: | City-level

The Sydney School of Entrepreneurship (SSE) operates by offering academic and co-curricular. These programs, generally delivered over a 10-week online period with opportunities for the on-campus…

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Colombia
The Orange Law

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Orange Law contains five main policy mechanisms designed to promote entrepreneurship including; access to finance, tax relief, cultural branding, startup support programs; training for…

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Argentina
Acceleration and Scaling Program (2nd Edition)

Year Introduced: | Sub-national

The program's primary beneficiaries were scaling institutions, defined as legal entities, funds, or trusts within the country, providing acceleration and scaling services to startups. These…

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Greece
Blue Growth

Year Introduced: | National-level

Blue Growth is aiming to inspire and help young entrepreneurs realize the innovative concepts relating to marine and freshwater resources. Creative disruption in the maritime sector can introduce…

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Ireland
Starting Strong

Year Introduced: | National-level

Through a structured approach in six-month cycles, Starting Strong leverages volunteer contributions from successful entrepreneurs who lead peer support round tables. These volunteer "Lead…

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Spain
Be An Entrepreneur

Year Introduced: | Sub-national

The 'Be an Entrepreneur' Program is designed to inculcate entrepreneurial thinking in students at the secondary education level. The program adopts an innovative methodology and comprises 13…

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Ireland
Key Employee Engagement Programme (KEEP)

Year Introduced: | National-level

KEEP is structured to provide tax benefits to employees of qualifying companies who receive share options. The program works by allowing these companies to issue share options to their employees…

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Malaysia
Global Accelerator Programme (GAP)

Year Introduced: | National-level

A programme to accelerate startups from all over the world, with an interest to expand their business in the ASEAN region, to be investment-ready in 4 months. It also aims to build a strong…