The King Abdullah II Award for Excellence is the highest level of recognition of quality in Jordan. It aims at enhancing the competitiveness of Jordanian businesses by promoting quality awareness and performance excellence, recognizing quality and business achievements of Jordanian companies, and publicizing these companies’ successful performance strategies and promoting sharing them. Award activities are held every two years. One Award will be given in each of the following categories:

·          Large manufacturing companies or their sub-units.

·          Large service companies or their sub-units.

·          Small or medium size manufacturing companies (Less than or equal to 50 employees).

·          Small or medium size service companies (Less than or equal to 100 employees).

The Award is developed and administered by the Industrial Development Directorate (IDD) at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) and the Quality and Standard component at the Jordan United States Business Partnership (JUSBP), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).