Tracking Progress - One Reform at a Time

Reform: SME Development (2018-02-01)

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On January 2, 2018 ReforMeter, in its second phase, assessed implementation of SME/Innovation development strategies

According to the Government

Government Survey showed that, at this stage, 39.2% of the reform that is planned to be finalized by 2020 is implemented. In the first phase (6 months ago) this indicator was 24.7%

The government’s formal progress (at the input and output level) in the target reform area is measured through a survey covering the following four dimensions:

  1. Institutional Setup
  2. Capacity Building
  3. Infrastructure & Budgeting
  4. Legislation & Regulations

The sets of indicators are designed to track progress on each dimension towards the system envisioned in the reform strategy. They cover all fundamental actions that have to be executed to create an optimal environment that will help achieve all reform objectives. Completion of all actions indicates achievement of the desired policy framework.

The sets of indicators captured by the questionnaires are used to measure distance from the stated reform objective on a scale from 0% (no action has taken place) to 100% (all desired systems are fully implemented, monitored and evaluated).

The questionnaires are filled out twice a year through face-to-face interviews with representatives of all agencies involved in the implementation of a particular reform.

According to the Stakeholders

Stakeholders assessed the reform with 4.33 points on a 10 point scale. This evaluation is slighly less than the result of the previous phase, where the reform was given 4.78 points.

Each reform is evaluated, twice per year, by a group of stakeholders – at least 15 individuals not affiliated with the responsible agency, but directly affected by the reform.

The entire group of stakeholders are convened at ISET in order to review the results of the government survey, as well as objective data and information about reform outcomes, which are collected and analysed by the Project Team.

Each member of the group provides an anonymous quantitative assessment of the reform by answering the following questions:

1. What is your assessment of Georgia’s current performance in this area of reform?

2. Is the economic reform agenda progressing as expected?

3. Is the reform likely to deliver adequate results?

The total score for each reform is calculated as a simple average of individual assessments.

The overall assessment of the reform process is automatically provided through the ReforVerdict – a summary score, derived as a weighted average of scores assigned to each reform. The ReforVerdict score is adjusted on a monthly basis, following monthly stakeholder meetings.

  • Mikheil Tchelidze

    Georgian Association of SME

  • Nikoloz Gogilidze

    Sakpatent

  • Valerian Gobronidze

    Ministry of Education

  • Vazha Menabde

    StartUp Georgia

  • Levan Koberidze

    Parliament of Georgia

  • Gulnaz Erkomaishvili

    Tbilisi State University

  • Eka Gegeshidze

    University of Georgia

  • Alexander Svaetichin

    Good Morning Georgia

  • Nana Tsertsvadze

    Business Association of Georgia

  • Oleg Shatberashvili

    Association European Studies for Innovative Development of Georgia (ESIDG)

  • Givi Kochoradze

    International Center for Advancement of Research Technology and Innovation

  • Irina Guruli

    Economic Policy Research Center

  • Giorgi Benashvili

    Business Incubator at TSU

  • Tamaz Vashakidze

    Center of Innovative Development of Enterprises

  • David Lee

    European Business Association

Outcomes

Objective and quantitative data reflects reform outcomes to be used as a proxy for reform effectiveness.