Results Framework and Monitoring Project Development Objective (PDO): PDO Level Results Indicators* Unit of Measure Baseline Cumulative Target Values** Frequency Data Source/ Methodology Responsibility for Data Collection Description (indicator definition etc.) YR 1 YR 2 YR3 YR 4 YR5 Indicator One: Government bodies, institutions and local government units receiving support services Number of bodies, institutions and units No institutions receiving support At least 4 At least one more At one more Annually Progress Report Project Implementation Team (PIT) Institutions in charge of SME policy benefiting from the activities of the project Indicator Two: Studies, assessments, reports, action plans, roadmaps, models of good practices or frameworks endorsed Number of guidelines developed and endorsed No guidelines 0 3 sets of (one per for JEDCO Annually Progress Report Project Implementation Team (PIT) Guidelines developed and endorsed to support each are under each component Indicator Three: Public sector trained in various aspects of SME and entrepreneurship coordination, dialogue, monitoring and evaluation, and data collection, harmonisation and analysis Number of staff No staff trained 35 70 Over 100 staff Annually Progress Report Project Implementation Team (PIT) Staff benefiting from the capacity building activities under each component INTERMEDIATE RESULTS Intermediate Result (Component One): Provide support and capacity building for to lead the implementation and coordination of the overall SME Strategy Intermediate Result indicator One: Consultations between relevant actors of different levels (high and technical level) in selected, highly horizontal policy areas (e.g. innovation policy, access to finance, business environments, etc.). Number of formal consultations Consultations are sporadic, not and relevant actors are not consistently involved At least one At least one Semi-annually OECD-JEDCO Qualitative indicator. Relevance of the indicator lies in the form and participation of the consultations rather than their number. Intermediate Result indicator Two: Key shortcomings and bottlenecks identified in Number of coordination and No specific shortcomings and Semi-annually Qualitative indicator. Relevance of the indicator lies on
current coordination and consultation mechanisms consultation and bottlenecks bottlenecks identified s and s and severity of shortcomings and bottlenecks identified rather than number. Intermediate Result indicator Three: Key recommendations or guidelines developed to address these shortcomings and bottlenecks. These recommendations or guidelines should be applicable to different SME policy domains Specific guidelines or addressing specific and bottlenecks No guidelines to guarantee coordination and consultations Primary and and Semi-annually OECD-JEDCO Qualitative indicator. Relevance of the indicator lies in the pertinence or usefulness of the recommendations rather than their number. Intermediate Result (Component Two): Coordinate with JEDCO and the EIB in the implementation of the SME Observatory, especially by building capacity to collect and harmonise business statistics Intermediate Result indicator One: Capacity building workshops to improve the collection, harmonisation, analysis and publication of enterprise data, including SMEs Number of workshops No capacity building in place At one At least one Semi-annually OECD-JEDCO Qualitative indicator. Relevance of the indicator lies in the results of the workshops rather than their number. Intermediate Result indicator Two: Recommendations, in the form of a manual, to collect and analyse SME and entrepreneurship statistics Number of No guidelines on SME data collection One Data by JEDCO and DOS based on the manual Annually OECD-JEDCO Qualitative indicator. Relevance of the indicator lies in the usefulness and application of the recommendations rather than their number. Intermediate Result indicator Three: Number and type of indicators collected by Jordanian authorities and published in the SME Observatory Number and type of indicators No internationally comparable indicators currently available online First set of online Second set of online Annually OECD-JEDCO Qualitative indicator. Relevance of the indicator lies in the usefulness and application of the indicators collected rather than their number. Intermediate Result (Component Three): Assist JEDCO in implementing a monitoring and evaluation system of SME support measures and their individual and aggregate impact on SME and entrepreneurship performance Intermediate Result indicator One: Capacity building workshops on monitoring and evaluation of different SME support measures Number of workshops No capacity building in At least one At least one Semi-annually OECD-JEDCO Qualitative indicator. Relevance of the indicator lies in the results of the