Enhancing Services SMEs to Export - Technical and Financial Support (Stopped)

Responsible Directorate

Services Support Directorate

Target segments

Small and medium industrial SMEs with high export readiness and potential.

Place of Provision of Service

Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation – Customer Service Department

Service provision conditions

1. Legal entity in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
2. Registered at the Ministry of Industry and Trade not less than two years from the date of applying
3. Working in one of the sub service sector “Engineering and Architecture Sector or Information Systems Sector”
4. 100% of the Private Sector (shall be owned by Jordanians by 100% in case working in the field of information systems).
5. Obtained a valid professions’ license.
6. Number of employees shall not exceed 250 before applying date based on the social security statements (priority will be considered for companies of 5 employees or more)
7. Company shall be solvent in order to cover its share of the total project cost based on the analysis of financial statements (income statement, account trial balance, statement of cash flow) in addition to an account statement ratified by the bank
8. Sales of Company working in the field of information systems sector shall not exceed 3 million JOD for the year 2018
9. Sales of Company working in the field of Engineering and Architecture shall not exceed 3 million JOD for the year 2018
10. Having previous experience in export during either of the three preceding years (2016+2017+2018)
11. Company shall have a website

Required Documents

• Accredited Application for benefitting from the grant + project budget annex / (original) + two hard copies + one soft copy) in a sealed envelope from Beneficiary company
• Copy of the company registration certificate from the Ministry of Industry and Trade or concerned Ministries provided clearly stipulating legal signatories
• Valid professions’ license from Greater Amman Municipality
• Financial statements of the last two years
• Certified copy of employees’ registry issued by the Social Security Corporation
• Proof of company export history during the previous two years from Amman Chamber of Commerce
• Proof of Solvency such as bank account statement from Ratified bank

Standard period required for service provision

Period for announcing evaluation results based on the financial allocations and number of received applications

Standard period for main procedures (related to the number of places and employees)

• Promotional activities of launching programs (through advertisements and induction days) : One month
• Receiving applications : One month from the launching ceremony
• Administrative and technical evaluation of applications : One and half month of receiving applications
• Prepare agreements for beneficiaries of program grants: One week from the evaluation phases termination date
• Results announcement and agreement signing ceremony : One day
• Following-up on plans’ implementation for beneficiaries of program grants : One year from the date of signing agreements

Service provision channels

• Department website
• Email
• Telephone

Service output

• Service output form : Export Development plan and execution follow-up
• Document validity period : One year from the date of signing agreement

Contact and communication information

• Telephone
• Email
• Fax

Service Fee

None

Service duration

Official working days + hours (from 8:30 to 3:30)