The Role of Jordan Enterprise in SMEs Development

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The Role of Jordan Enterprise in SMEs Development
January 2008
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Introduction

• This presentation consists of three parts
• Brief on Jordanian Economy
• Role of Jordan Enterprise (JE) in SME
• Development
• c) The Role of the Jordan Chamber of
• Industry (JCI) in Fostering Business and
  Investment

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a) Jordans Economy
Economic Indicators
Source Department of Statistics - Jordan and the
Central Bank of Jordan.
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Jordans Trade Balance(2001-2006), US000
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Jordans Domestic Exports(1996-2006), US000
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Geographic Distribution of Domestic Exports 2006
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Export Partners 2006
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Jordans Traditional Exports (2001-2006), US000
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Jordans Industrial Exports (2001-2006), US000
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Jordans Industrial Exports cont. (2001-2006),
US000
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Jordans Industrial Exports (2001-2006), US000
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Geographic Distribution of Imports 2006
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Jordans Imports 2006
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Import Partners 2006
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• B) JE A tool to support the development of SMEs
  
• Headquarters in Amman
• Representative offices in
• Zarqa, Irbid and Aqaba
• One Commercial Services Center in Dubai.

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• JE provides complete and integrated services to
  enterprises and specifically SMEs.
• This is critical to
• Facilitate enterprise modernization
• Develop efficiency and capacity,
• Maximize benefits of trade agreements signed by
  Jordan,
• Address the challenges of globalization and the
  penetration of non-traditional markets.

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JEs Mission

• 1. Developing Jordanian enterprises to improve
  their technical capacity, productivity, and
  management skills, thus enabling them to compete
  and reinforce their exporting capabilities.
• 2. Enhancing Jordanian exports competitiveness
  in targeted international markets and expand
  Jordans share in the global trade.

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Achievement of mission through the following
functions
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Functions

• Provide information to Enterprises, including
  investigation of targeted international markets.
• Assess Enterprise needs and support the
  formulation implementation of their strategies.
• Provide financial and technical assistance to
  Enterprises.
• Contribute to national export development and
  improvement in accordance to Government policies.
• Establish trade centers, exhibitions, organize
  trade missions to promote and market Jordanian
  products and services.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive trade
  promotion export strategy.

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• Services provided
• Business Upgrading, Innovation Development
• Export Promotion Export Services
• Market/Product Research
• Independent support institutions
• - Jordans Numbering Association (EAN)
• - Jordans Garment Design Center (JGDC)

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1. Business Upgrading, Innovation Development

• Industrial Sectors
• Services Sectors
• Jordan Innovation Centers Network.

2. Export Promotion Services

• The Horticultural Products Promotion Project
• Trade Fairs and Trade Missions
• Market/Product Research
• Training
• Trade Facilitation (Agreements, Export Finance
  and Export Guarantees, and Amman Trade Point).

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JE Achievements (2007)

• Support the development of 25 SMEs in diverse
  industrial sectors.
• Promoting exports of 250 Jordanian industrial and
  services products by participating in 19 trade
  fairs and buyer missions.
• Preparing 20 studies and market researches for
  Arab and Foreign markets to explore export
  opportunities and promotion strategies.
• Supporting approximately 200 farmers through the
  implementation of 125 export plans and
  agricultural promotion activities to produce
  exportable agricultural products and undertaking
  3 trial shipments to targeted markets.

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JE Achievements (2007) cont.

• In cooperation with UNIDO, launched the Export
  Consortium Project (2006-2007). Four export
  consortia have been registered, for which various
  technical assistance services including business
  plans have been provided. These are
• DEAD SEA PRODUCTS EXPORT CONSORTIUM
• OLIVE OIL EXPORT CONSORTIUM 
• MENS GARMENT TOTAL LOOK EXPORT CONSORTIUM
• FOOD EXPORT CONSORTIUM

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c) Jordan is an excellent place for business in
various activities. I would like to
share with you information and ideas
about the Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI)
that contribute to the development of an
attractive and sophisticated environment for
investment from the Jordanian private sector
side
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Objectives Tools

• To increase the competitiveness of the Industrial
  sector in Jordan sector at four working levels
• The level of industrial sector as a whole.
• The level of specialized industrial sectors.
• The level of national economic legislative
  environment, and
• The regional and international levels.

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Role of JCI

• Advocacy through participating in formulation the
  general policy for industry and in setting up the
  strategy and the plans required for executing the
  same
• Assisting enterprise development at sector level
  through providing a wide range of services and
  assistance and looking after the interests of all
  industrial SMEs
• International representation through fostering
  cooperation among chambers of industry and
  international organizations world wide
• To promote domestic and foreign direct investment

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• Thank you
• Sources of Statistics ww.dos.gov.jo,
  www.cbj.gov.jo

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JE Website www.jedco.gov.jo