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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Estonia
Estonian e-Residency

Year Introduced: | National-level

E-Residency is a transnational government-issued digital identity that anyone in the world can apply for and then gain access to a platform built on inclusion, legitimacy and transparency. E-…

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Estonia
Attracting and Retaining Talent: Talendid Koju

Year Introduced: | National-level

At its core, the initiative offered an online platform that connected Estonians living abroad and looking for a job with employers looking for talented additions to their workforce. Via the platform…

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United Kingdom
Ready to Supply the City (London)

Year Introduced: | City-level

The program works by supporting and refining the supply chain of selected local SMEs through:Facilitating roundtable discussions and networking events aimed at building relationships with City…

The Start-up and Scale-up Initiative

Year Introduced: | Supra-national

The Commission's Start-up and Scale-up Initiative aims to give Europe's innovative entrepreneurs every opportunity to become world leading companies. It pulls together all the possibilities that…

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Canada
Canada's Start-up Visa Program

Year Introduced: | National-level

To be eligible for Canada's Start-up Visa Program, an entrepreneur must meet the following criteria:  A qualifying business: The entrepreneur must have a business that has the potential to…

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Taiwan
The new product and service of social innovation Purchase Reward Program

Year Introduced: | National-level

In the past few years, hundreds of social enterprises were established and millions of dollars were invested or loaned to social enterprises. Obviously, the concept of social enterprises is gradually…

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France
DataCity Paris

Year Introduced: | City-level

DataCity Paris selects data-intensive startups to collaborate with the City Government to address problems that have been identified by the Mayor of Paris and their team. The city authorities and…

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Taiwan
Taiwan Entrepreneur Visa

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Taiwan startup ecosystem has been always open to the world. In 2015, the government introduced the specific measure, Taiwan Entrepreneur Visa, to more welcome the innovative…

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Australia
Landing Pads for Australians Scaling Globally

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Landing Pads program is built around dedicated working spaces in global innovation hubs such as Berlin, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, and Shanghai to give Australian entrepreneurs a space in which to…

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Hong Kong S.A.R., China
SME Export Marketing Fund (EMF)

Year Introduced: | National-level

The SME Export Marketing Fund offers grants to SMEs allowing them to participate in overseas exhibitions, business missions and to place B2B advertising. The SME Export Marketing Fund will fund up to…