In 2015, the Government of Georgia embarked on an ambitious effort to improve the business environment and tackle market failures that make it harder for entrepreneurs and managers of small- and medium-sized companies to start, run and grow their businesses. The OECD supported these efforts, working with the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development to identify policy challenges and develop targeted measures to support Georgian SMEs. As a result of this work, the Government of Georgia was invited to a peer review under the auspices of the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Roundtable in Paris in November 2015 which led to the subsequent adoption of Georgia’s SME Development Strategy 2016-2020.