EU4Business - Supporting SME Competitiveness Reforms

Project Description
The "EU4Business - Supporting SME Competitiveness Reforms" project aims at assisting the Eastern Partnership countries in the implementation of policy reforms based on policy recommendations from the OECD’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Policy Index, contributing to improved government responsiveness to SME needs and requests, as well as to improved public-private dialogue at national level.

The project supports a comprehensive set of activities carried out on country as well as regional levels. Country-level activities are provided in those countries that have expressed high‑level political commitment in implementing SME policy reforms and those that have agreed to a peer review examination of these reforms. Activities at regional level involve all Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries.
Specific Objective
- To assist Eastern Partnership countries in the implementation of policy reforms based on the policy recommendations outlined in the SME Policy Index.
- To increase government responsiveness to SME needs and facilitate improved public-private dialogue at national level.
- To strengthen policy dialogue and peer review at regional level with regard to SME competitiveness in the EaP region.
- To increase co-operation between SME stakeholders from the EaP region and facilitate exchange of best practices.

Expected Results
- Data collection, analysis and country-missions to develop policy reform or policy acts in support of implementation of policy recommendations of the SME Policy Index.
- Conducting workshops to prepare countries for the peer review examination at the Eurasia Competitiveness Roundtable organised by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
- Organisation of coaching and capacity building workshops to support reform implementation.
- Capacity building activities through policy seminars for policy makers.
- Establishment of a regional structure in the form of an OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Roundtable.
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PROJECT DETAILS
Regional
Priority Area:
Partnership that creates, Partnership that creates
Subsector:
Economy & trade, Employment and entrepreneurship
Topic:
Business
EaP Countries:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine
Project Status:
Completed
Start Date:
01.11.2013
End Date:
30.06.2017
EU Project Number:
332-856

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