A Saudi-American joint report has recommended dividing Government projects into small shares to ease the process of giving tenders to small companies. The report also recommended allocating some of the procurement shares of public and private sectors to small and medium enterprises. The report was prepared by the Saudi-American Business Council on the development of small and medium enterprises in partnership with the research company Accountability. It also highlighted regulatory bodies need more indexes and indicators to measure the performance of SMEs to support their development.