Overview: 2016 Small Business Act assessment of Eastern partner countries

The SME Policy Index has been jointly developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Commission, the European Training Foundation (ETF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as a benchmarking tool for emerging economies to monitor and evaluate progress in SME development policies (see Annex B). The SME Policy Index is structured around the ten principles of the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA see the Policy Framework and Assessment chapter). The SBA provides for a wide range of pro-enterprise measures to guide the design and implementation of SME policies based on good practices promoted by the EU and the OECD.