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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Canada
Canada's Start-up Visa Program

Year Introduced: | National-level

To be eligible for Canada's Start-up Visa Program, an entrepreneur must meet the following criteria:  A qualifying business: The entrepreneur must have a business that has the potential to…

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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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Thailand
Startup Thailand National Program

Year Introduced: | National-level

The program include the following key policies and actions include (1) The entrepreneurial university program to transform universities across the country to become entrepreneurial universities. The…

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Taiwan
Taiwan Entrepreneur Visa

Year Introduced: | 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…

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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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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…

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Hong Kong S.A.R., China
BUD Enterprise Support Programme

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Dedicated Fund on Branding, Upgrading and Domestics Sales – Enterprise Support Programme (BUD) provides financial support to Hong Kong SMEs supporting them in undertaking projects to…

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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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Portugal
Lisbon Participatory Budgeting

Year Introduced: | City-level

The Participatory Budgeting (OP) is a form of citizen participation in the governance of the city of Lisbon. Through the OP, citizens have effective power to decide on a portion of the municipal…

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Japan
Startup Loan Program

Year Introduced: | National-level

This program provides loans to a person who starts up a new business based on the examination of the accuracy of its business plan without any requirement for security or guarantor (for a corporation…