The report was developed by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director. The report was produced by GOV’s Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI), headed by Marco Daglio, under the supervision of Carlos Santiso, Head of the Open and Innovative Government Division (OIG).
The report was drafted by Piret Tõnurist (Project Manager), Angela Hanson, Joshua Polchar, Jack Orlik and Julia Staudt (Policy Analysts), Chiara Bleckenwegner and Davide Albeggiani (Policy Consultants) at OPSI. Santiago Gonzales, Andrew Blazey, Jon Blondal, Claire McEvoy, Mauro Migotto, Mariana Mirabile, Luisa Dressler, Manuela Fitzpatrick, Gráinne Dirwan from the OECD contributed with reviews and comments on the report. Additional support was provided by OECD colleagues: Andrew Bell (Head of OECD Skills Strategies, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs [ELS]) and Glenda Quintini (Head of Skills Analysis and Policy, ELS). The report drew on the expert knowledge of consultants Nynke de Witte, Lorenzo Forni and Loes van der Graaf.
The OECD thanks Katju Holkeri (Head of the Governance Policy Unit in the Public Governance Department, Ministry of Finance, Finland), Sirpa Kekkonen (Counsellor, Prime Minister's Office, Finland), Ira Alanko (Senior Specialist, Ministry of Finance), Arja Terho (Senior Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Finance), and Matti Kuivalainen (Senior Specialist, Ministry of Finance) for co‑ordinating the research in Finland and the Advisory Board for their insights. The European Commission’s input to the project provided by Sébastien Renaud from DG REFORM is gratefully acknowledged. Special thanks go to all those who participated in the interviews and validation workshops leading to this report (see Annex A), members of the pilot case study taskforces (Annex B) and interviewees for the pilot case studies (Annex C).
The project was carried out with funding by the European Union via the Structural Reform Support Programme and in co-operation with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM).