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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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…

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Netherlands
Amsterdam Smart City Initiative

Year Introduced: | City-level

The Amsterdam Smart City Initiative operates as a platform that connects various stakeholders involved in urban development, with the aim of transforming Amsterdam into a "smart city".  It…

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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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France
Station F - Halle Freyssinet

Year Introduced: | City-level

Housed in the iconic and historically significant building designed by engineer Eugène Freyssinet between 1927 and 1929, the structure is made of pre-stressed concrete and spans 34,000 square meters…

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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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United Arab Emirates
START competition

Year Introduced: | National-level

The "START" competition offers total prize money of AED 1,000,000 million on offer for future UAE entrepreneurs. "START" aims to assist unemployed Emiratis start their own businesses and thereby…

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Tajikistan
Supporting Handicraft Industry in the Country

Year Introduced: | National-level

The proposed core change to increase the competitiveness of handicrafts producers in Tajikistan. Handicrafts and tourism are two of the attractions of Tajikistan. We now await the actualy…

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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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Malaysia
Global Accelerator Programme (GAP)

Year Introduced: | National-level

A programme to accelerate startups from all over the world, with an interest to expand their business in the ASEAN region, to be investment-ready in 4 months. It also aims to build a strong…