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Hong Kong S.A.R., China

Hong Kong Government's SME Funding Schemes

Year Introduced: 2017 | 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,…

Netherlands

Dutch Public Procurement Act

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…

Netherlands

TenderNed

Year Introduced: 2012 | National-level

TenderNed allows government organizations to publish their tenders and related documents, while suppliers can use the platform to search for and submit bids for these opportunities. The system…

Argentina

Argentine Sectoral Fund (FONARSEC)

Year Introduced: 2009 | National-level

Creates a direct linkage between the academic and productive sectors by sponsoring internship and training programs and funding technological development in target areas.

Hong Kong S.A.R., China

The Innovation & Technology Venture Fund

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

The Innovation and Technology Venture Fund is a HK$2 billion (around €230,000) government fund set up in 2016 to coinvest in technology startups with private venture capital funds on a matching basis…

Taiwan

Small Business Innovation Research for Entrepreneurs

Year Introduced: 2018 | National-level

Through grants and subsidies provided by SBIR, the risks and costs borne by SMEs engaging in innovation and R&D activities will be reduced. The SBIR program encourages SMEs to carry out active…

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (EYE)

Year Introduced: 2009 | National-level

The program provides opportunities to aspiring or newly established entrepreneurs to go abroad within Europe to develop their entrepreneurial competences in running a small business with an…

Taiwan

Social Innovation Lab

Year Introduced: 2017 | 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…

Brazil

Start-Up Brasil

Year Introduced: 2012 | National-level

The main features of the Start-Up Brasil program include: IT start-ups: the program is geared specifically towards IT start-ups Funding: The program offers individual…

Bahrain

Bahrain Regulatory Sandbox for Fintech Startups

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

The framework provides a virtual space for companies to test their technology-based innovative solutions with real (volunteer) customers without incurring the cost of obtaining a regulatory license.…

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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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