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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Iraq
Business Registration Single Window

Year Introduced: | National-level

Prior to 2020, registering a business in Baghdad was a cumbersome task with loopholes that opened the doors to corruption. The process required an entrepreneur to take 35 separate steps, make…

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Italy
Fail Fast Procedure

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Fail Fast procedure is a special insolvency mechanism tailored for innovative start-ups, aiming to streamline the process of handling business failures. The procedure is specifically designed for…

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United States
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) provided forgivable Small Business Administration (SBA) emergency '7(a) loans' of up to $10 million to small businesses with 500 or fewer employees…

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Portugal
Entrepreneur's Desk

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Entrepreneur’s Desk (Balcão do Empreendedor) initiative simplifies entrepreneurship and business regulatory compliance by offering a single government digital portal for entrepreneurs and…

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Pakistan
The National Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy 2022

Year Introduced: | National-level

Implemented by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the policy employs a collaborative approach to enhance the synergy between government, academia, and the private sector. It facilitates:…

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Belgium
Digital Health Valley

Year Introduced: | National-level

Through the Digital Health Valley initiative, the Belgian government has allocated €3.25 million for piloting various digital health apps. Proposals were invited from anyone working the Belgian…

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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United Kingdom
FCA Regulatory sandbox

Year Introduced: | National-level

The FCA defines the regulatory sandbox as a testing environment that allows businesses to test innovative propositions with real consumers in the live market while ensuring that appropriate…

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Mauritius
Regulatory Sandbox License Mauritius

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Regulatory Sandbox License (RSL) offers the possibility for an investor to conduct a business activity for which there exists no legal framework, or adequate provisions under existing legislation…

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Taiwan
Act on Financial Technology Innovations and Experiments

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Sandbox Act allows for "innovative experimentation", involving technological innovation or business model innovation to undertake experimentation. It grants approval for projects for up to a year…