Formal word/phrase meaning enable something for the first time

I'm trying to think of a word or phrase for a formal document that has the meaning: "enable something for the first time." I'm unable to find anything suitable, unfortunately.

Consider the sentence:

The culmination of which is likely to be seen in 2020, as initial business licenses _________ operations and expansion.

Solution 1:

Aside from the repetition with initial, I'd use initiate, which means to :

The culmination of which is likely to be seen in 2020, as business licenses initiate operations and expansion.

Merriam-Webster gives this as a first definition for the verb:

: to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going