Malaysia's standards institute adapted Germany's Fraunhofer applied-research model into a technology-audit scheme for manufacturing SMEs, later backed by a dedicated RM10 million …
Shah Alam, Malaysia
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 83%52/100
A EUR 394,622 EU/Caribbean Development Bank grant is preparing 60 Surinamese MSMEs to export into Barbados, Guyana and Trinidad through branding, marketing …
Paramaribo, Suriname
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 83%52/100
Bishkek City Hall's Center for Digital Technologies built "My City," a mobile app bundling citizen requests, bus tracking, utility payments and permits; …
Founded in 2013 inside the University of Nairobi's School of Computing and Informatics, C4DLab runs staged startup incubation and, from 2016, partnered …
Nairobi, Kenya
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 83%52/100
Singapore's Overseas Networks & Expertise (ONE) Pass, for candidates earning at least S$30,000/month, saw nearly 4,200 applications approved in its first year …
Singapore, Singapore
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 83%52/100
Hungary's largest public applied-research institute, founded in 1993, runs nine sites nationwide with about 160 researchers and staff, serves 200+ corporate clients, …
A World Bank RCT split 852 Cape Town entrepreneurs into marketing-skills, finance-skills and control groups over a 10-week programme. Marketing training raised …
Cape Town, South Africa
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 83%52/100
Qatar's $800m sovereign-funded science park now hosts 400+ companies from 39 countries co-located with six international universities, running corporate accelerators with TotalEnergies …
Doha, Qatar
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 83%52/100
Opened October 2023 with a ~US$41-44m facility funded by public and corporate sponsors, Vietnam's flagship National Innovation Center anchors partnerships with NVIDIA, …
Hòa Lạc, Hà Nội, Vietnam
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 83%52/100
Since June 2024, Germany's points-based Chancenkarte lets non-EU professionals enter without a job offer to search for work. Official data: 10,148 cards …
Berlin, Germany
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 83%52/100
Abidjan data company data354 and an inter-institutional task force have installed 18-20 open PM2.5 monitors at pharmacies, chosen for reliable power and …
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 83%52/100
Argentina's federal industrial-research agency runs 50+ technology centres across all 24 provinces, delivering testing, technical assistance and technology transfer to over 10,000 …
Malaysia's RM100m Smart Automation Grant matched SME automation spending 1:1 up to RM1m per company, requiring applicants to commit to audited, formula-based …
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 83%52/100
Cyprus's THALIA 2021-2027 scheme grants SMEs 50-70% (up to €50k-€70k) of digital-upgrade and e-commerce costs, with higher rates for mountainous/disadvantaged areas; a …
Nicosia, Cyprus
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 83%52/100
TÜBİTAK's 1513 programme funds Technology Transfer Offices in Turkish universities to commercialise patents and broker licensing deals. It gave 88.3M TL to …