Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2014 | Sub-national

Growth Hubs aim to improve the coordination and delivery of business support services to local companies based on local needs with a focus on:Administrative procedures (e.g.: taxes,…

Year Introduced: 2020 | 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…

Year Introduced: 2011 | 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…

Year Introduced: 2006 | Sub-national

Oregon InC is a publicly funded council that designs and implements high impact industry opportunity projects, signature research centers in target industries and SBIR/STTR grant support programs for…

Year Introduced: 2006 | 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…

Year Introduced: 2014 | 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-…

Year Introduced: 1997 | National-level

The legislation grants workers unpaid leave to allow them to launch a new business as entrepreneurs. As such, employees can pursue a startup idea for six months without losing the security of a…

Year Introduced: 2012 | 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…

Year Introduced: 2017 | 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…

Year Introduced: 2006 | National-level

The innovative BSc Business Enterprise (BBE) at the independent University of Buckingham was the first undergraduate Venture Creation Programme in the world when it was launched in January 2006.It…