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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Growing Enterprises through Technology Upgrade (GET-Up)

Year Introduced: | National-level

Growing Enterprises through Technology Upgrade (GET-Up) Programme works to boost the global competitiveness of the local technology enterprises by providing them with technical assistance. For…

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Ghana
The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP)

Year Introduced: | National-level

The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) offers a comprehensive suite of services aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and supporting the growth of startups and small businesses.…

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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 Kingdom
Digital Business Academy

Year Introduced: | National-level

The DBA offered free online digital business courses covering key skills needed to start a business such as:Setting up a digital businessSizing an ideaDeveloping and managing digital productsMaking a…

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China
FinTech regulatory framework - People’s Bank of China

Year Introduced: | National-level

China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) set up a fintech committee to enhance the research, planning and coordination of work on financial technology.

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Nigeria
Youth Entrepreneurship Support (YES) Programme

Year Introduced: | 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…

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Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Hong Kong Government's SME Funding Schemes

Year Introduced: | National-level

The SME Loan Guarantee Scheme aims to help SMEs to secure loans by providing them with a guarantee for up to 50 per cent of a loan, to a maximum total guarantee amount of HK$6 million (around €690,…

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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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Taiwan
Social Innovation Lab

Year Introduced: | National-level

In order to promote social innovation in Taiwan, MOEA started to provide measures related to social innovation from 2014. In the beginning, SMEA encouraged existed social enterprises constituted…

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Belgium
Tax shelter for start-ups

Year Introduced: | National-level

The tax shelter is a tax credit (a reduction of the investor’s Belgian personal income tax) for investors that amounts to either 45% of the invested amount, in case of an equity investment in a…