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SME Policy Index: Eastern Partner Countries 2024
Building Resilience in Challenging Times
The SME Policy Index: Eastern Partner Countries 2024 – Building resilience in challenging
times is a unique benchmarking tool to assess and monitor progress in the design and
implementation of SME policies against EU and international best practice. It embraces
the priorities laid out in the European Union’s SME Strategy for a sustainable and
digital Europe and is structured around the ten principles of the Small Business Act
for Europe, which provide a wide range of measures to guide the design and implementation
of SME policies. This report marks the fourth edition in this series, following assessments
in 2012, 2016, and 2020. It tracks progress made since 2020 and offers the latest
key findings on SME development and related policies in the countries of the Eastern
Partnership (EaP). It also identifies emerging challenges affecting SMEs in the region
and provides recommendations to address them. The 2024 edition benefits from an updated
methodology that also offers a deeper analysis of policies to support the digital
transformation of SMEs.