The Startup Nations Ministerial, to be held on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, as part of GEC+Puerto Rico, convenes government officials responsible for advancing small business, innovation and entrepreneurship throughout their economies. Participating governments from across the development spectrum engage in dialogue around their experience and policy approach to encouraging entrepreneurial growth.
This Ministerial at GEC+Puerto Rico is hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration in partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship Network. Startup Nations is a global peer community of government officials and policy advisors, launched by GEN in 2012 that provides a forum for government officials responsible for advancing small business, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Each year, these leaders assemble for the Startup Nations Ministerial to facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration while establishing a prioritized agenda for action. SBA co-hosted with GEN Ministerials in Milan (2015), Medellin (2016) and in Johannesburg (2017). Startup Nations Ministerials have also been held in Istanbul (2018), Manama (2019), Riyadh (2022) and Melbourne (2023).
The Startup Nations Ministerial is complemented by a series of workshops, roundtables and meetings for government staff, policy experts and officials who share a similar challenge of finding the most effective ways for a government to stimulate entrepreneurial activity. This “Startup Nations policy track” in July 2024 offers a series of deep dives on topics including national entrepreneurship strategies and startup acts, AI policy, startup finance, soft-landing programs and more.
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