Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

The law gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to create a legal company in one day, making the constitution process accessible and allowing merchants and entrepreneurs to fill all the forms in an…

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

Paraguayan Innovation Program (PROINNOVA) is a framework of different instruments aimed at a) fostering innovation and b) strengthening human capital for innovation. Through 9 different instruments,…

Year Introduced: 1998 | National-level

Siva provides financial support to incubators and business gardens enlisted in these programmes: 1. The Incubators Programme aims to boost innovative entrepreneurship and support further development…

Year Introduced: | National-level

What do we do? We support the economic reactivation of Esmeraldas and Manabí affected by the 2016 earthquake, through the development and strengthening of enterprises and value chains. Program…

Year Introduced: 2014 | City-level

The Barcelona Mentoring Program operates as a support and advisory initiative for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It primarily relies on the voluntary contributions of successful…

Year Introduced: 1950 | National-level

The ISO scheme works by offering key employees the ability to purchase company shares at a set exercise price. Employers offer these options selectively to top-tier management and key employees. The…

Year Introduced: 2004 | City-level

The main function of the JCYEB is to distribute a range of micro grants to young people as seen fit by the members of the bank. Beyond this function, however, the bank plays the role of facilitator…

Year Introduced: 2015 | City-level

The first city­-level tech startup incubator in Indonesia whose program is for young talents to launch tech startup with an impact, aim to make a difference, and valuable to society. Start…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

In order to anticipate to the negative effects on entrepreneurs / startups as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a preferential credit line has been designed to maintain the liquidity of these…

Year Introduced: 2016 | City-level

Foreigners who found a business in the Fukuoka zone are eligible.  To apply, foreign entrepreneurs enter the country on a short-term visitor’s visa and make their way to the city’s ‘Startup…