Ammon News - Jordan has completed 75% of the “Strengthening Reform Management Project” launched in cooperation with the World Bank, to coordinate and monitor a reform matrix that the government has announced its commitment to, after the project supported and implemented 98 new policy reforms.

A report by the world bank showed that progress toward achieving the Project Development Objective (PDO) is rated "satisfactory." Overall implementation progress, project management, procurement, financial management, and monitoring and evaluation are also rated “satisfactory”.

The report indicated that the number of political reforms in 12 pillars of the updated reform matrix that were completed by ministries and government departments with the support of the Reform Secretariat, completed 116 additional reform measures out of 265 new measures until the preparation of the report, 20 of which benefit women.

Since the Project's inception, the key policy reforms supported by the Project have covered different sectors, including investment and business environment, trade facilitation, tourism, agriculture, and energy.

The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC) has requested the Growth Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) to provide additional financing of US$7.5 million in addition to the existing US$15.8 million and extend the Project's closing date by three years. The extension and additional financing will enable the Reform Secretariat, housed at the MoPIC, to continue supporting policy reforms in Jordan per the approved updated Reform, according to the report.

The report also indicated that stakeholders have been actively engaged in policy reforms. Around 80 stakeholder engagement consultations have been completed, covering 35 different reforms, and over 22 reform-implementing MDAs have benefited from the project's technical assistance. Furthermore, these policy reforms predominantly benefit women, meeting the relevant target.