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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Poland
Start-up Co-funding in Eastern Poland

Year Introduced: | National-level

Companies that successfully completed the process of incubation within the Start-up Platform, may apply for co-financing for the initial activity of their business. The project should cover placing a…

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Ecuador
Venture capital fund

Year Introduced: | National-level

The venture capital fund is a public fund made up of 20.4 million USD, which provides resources such as seed capital and venture capital to productive innovation projects in the 14 productive sectors…

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Australia
Boosting Female Founders Initiative (BFF)

Year Introduced: | National-level

The program provides targeted support on a co-contribution basis to female founders of startup businesses (startups) to scale their businesses into domestic and global markets. Grants range between…

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Paraguay
PCM (MSMEs Competitiveness Program)

Year Introduced: | National-level

The purpose of the MSMEs Competitiveness Program "Programa de Competitividad de las MIPYMES" (PCM by its Spanish acronym) is to contribute to the sustainable competitive development of Micro,…

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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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France
Liquidity Support for French Startups

Year Introduced: | National-level

The French government decided to offer refinancing and liquidity measures worth $4.3 billion (€4 billion) in total. 1. Financing bridges between two fund-raising rounds: Startups that…

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Netherlands
The Ambitious Entrepreneurship Action Plan

Year Introduced: | National-level

The key activities under the plan include offering early-stage finance, strengthening the international position of Dutch startups, attracting foreign startups to the Netherlands, granting temporary…

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Argentina
National Directorate for Social Innovation (DNIS)

Year Introduced: | National-level

The objective of the National Directorate for Social Innovation is to promote the social innovation in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to foster the development of triple impact companies (social…

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United States
Temporary Relief from Crowdfunding Rules

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is providing temporary, conditional relief to established small businesses impacted by COVID-19 in order to expedite the offering process. In…

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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…