Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2015 | 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…

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The Incubation Support Programme operates by providing market-driven support to early-stage entities, aiming to prepare them to supply to local markets. This is achieved through the establishment of…

Year Introduced: 2017 | 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…

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

Complementary with the One-Stop Web Portal, the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (SMEA), the administrative agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), set up a one-stop…

Year Introduced: 2001 | National-level

For two full years after quitting their work French resident can dispose of 60% of their previous salary up to a maximum of 30k/year. This gives sufficient freedom and time for French resident to get…

Year Introduced: 2016 | Supra-national

Move from a successful European start-up policy to an equally successful scale-up policy. This initiative addresses three issues: barriers; the shortage of partners and opportunities; and…

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The YES programme is aimed at equipping young people with the requisite skills and knowledge to be self-employed by starting and managing their own businesses. The programme is comprised of the…

Year Introduced: 2013 | National-level

The Dutch Public Procurement Act (Nieuwe Aanbestedingswet 2012) requires that, wherever possible, large tenders be split up into several smaller contracts, thereby enabling collective bidding by…

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

The CodePact initiative worked by providing programming education to children across the Netherlands. It collaborates with schools, educational institutions, and tech companies to design and…

Year Introduced: 2017 | 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…