Jordan Fiscal Reform Project

Jordan

USAID

OSC provided strategic communications support to build a Directorate of Public Affairs within the Ministry of Finance (MoF), and to design and execute MoF public education campaigns in support of Tax and Fuel Subsidy reforms. Technical assistance covered strategic communications planning, capacity building for MoF staff, and design and implementation of public education campaigns that included the following components: comprehensive media outreach and journalist training; production, testing and distribution of written and electronic public education materials; creation and utilization of public opinion research instruments (polling, focus groups, etc); and design and execution of an in-house MoF media monitoring system.