Jordan and SIGMA

Status: EU Neighbourhood country
Capital City: Amman
Population: 8.1 million
Currency: Jordanian dinar (JOD)

The main goal of the partnership of the EU and Jordan is to cultivate a political dialogue, enhancing trade through progressive liberalisation and promoting co-operation in a wide spectrum of sectors. The Association Agreement between the EU and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan took effect in May 2002 and forms the legal basis of the relationship between the EU and Jordan.

The Neighbourhood, Development and International Co-operation Instrument (NDICI), which covers the period of 2021 – 2027, is the key EU financial instrument for bilateral co-operation in Jordan.

The EU and Jordan have decided to renew their partnership priorities for the period of 2021-2027. The new EU-Jordan Partnership priorities include the following:

• Strengthening co-operation on regional stability, security including counter-terrorism.

• Promoting sustainable economic stability, a green, digital, inclusive and knowledge-based growth, quality of education and decent job creation.

• Strengthening good governance, the rule of law, democratic reform and respect for human rights.

SIGMA, the EC and the Jordanian authorities agreed a work programme in December 2022 that gives priority to co-operating with:

• The Policy-making Unit of the Ministry of Planning and international Co-operation on implementing the Public Sector Modernisation Roadmap and on strengthening capacities for effective monitoring and co-ordination of reforms. 

• The Prime Minister’s Office on the full institutionalisation of regulatory impact assessment.

• The Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship on drafting an improvement plan for the pilot of one-stop shops, the strategy of territorial deployment of one-stop shops  and  a bylaw for one-stop shops.

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Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (contact the Programme Administration Office)

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Xavier Sisternas

Country manager
xavier.sisternas@oecd.org
Tel: +33 1 45 24 82 53 

Angelique Dartagnan

Project Co-ordinator
angelique.dartagnan@oecd.org
Tel: +33 1 45 24 79 92