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France

The National Plan for Open Science

Year Introduced: 2018 | National-level

The French Plan for Open Science has several main features: Mandatory Open Access: All publicly funded research is required to be freely accessible. This ensures that the results of the research…

South Africa

The Enterprise Supplier Development Community of Practice

Year Introduced: 2023 | National-level

The Enterprise Supplier Development Community of Practice works through a public-private collaboration aimed at supporting effective transformation through enterprise and supplier development. It…

Malaysia

Actyvate

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

Actyvate is a crowdpledging platform for the youth to propose creative projects and garner support from the communities they aim to make livelier, greener, safer, brighter, and just better.

Poland

Start-up platforms

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

Eligible entrepreneurs can get the assistance from Start-up Platforms: Hub of Talents, Connect or TechnoparkBiznesHub, which help start-ups create a product or service based on a developed…

Colombia

The Entrepreneurship Law (Colombia)

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The new legislation contains five main pillars: 1. Reduced fees and simplification: The law reduces rates and includes measures that facilitate the registration and operation of businesses.…

Tunisia

The Tunisian Startup Act

Year Introduced: 2018 | National-level

The Tunisian Startup Act comprises 20 measures that are structured around five main themes, which are: defining startups, incentivising potential entrepreneurs, removing procedural and tax barriers…

Netherlands

FEM-START

Year Introduced: 2021 | National-level

The Fem-Start program is designed to empower female entrepreneurs and reduce gender disparity in the startup ecosystem. Here's a brief outline of how the program works: Application and Selection:…

Portugal

Entrepreneurship Passport (Passaporte para o Empreendedorismo)

Year Introduced: 2012 | National-level

The Entrepreneurship Passport was targeted at young people under the age of 34 with innovative business ideas that respond to market needs. It was required that the entrepreneurs were at the idea…

Congo (Kinshasa)

Pilot incubator for SMEs in the leather sector

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The incubator center is the making core services available, such as management guidance, technical assistance and enhancing access to backwards and forward linkages, use of common…

India

Startup India

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

The main functions of Startup India are to: Simplify regulations: The initiative aims to make it easier for startups to navigate through bureaucratic processes by introducing measures such…

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