This report was prepared by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the Programme of Work of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC), with the financial support and co-operation of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (INTPA), led by Koen Doens, Director-General of DG INTPA.
The 2-year policy dialogue with the European Commission and 100+ stakeholders underpinning the project was managed by Stefano Marta, Co-ordinator of the OECD Programme on A Territorial Approach to the SDGs, and Lorenz Gross, Junior Economist/Policy Analyst, CFE, under the supervision of Aziza Akhmouch, Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division in the CFE, and Soo-Jin Kim, Deputy Head of Division. The report was drafted by Lorenz Gross, CFE, with valuable inputs and comments from Paolo Veneri and Marcos Diaz Ramirez, CFE (guidance on indicators), as well as Rachel Morris and Christian Steidl from the OECD Directorate for Co-operation and Development (DCD) (ODA data and analysis). Special thanks are herein conveyed to several members of the European Commission’s Unit of Local Authorities, Civil Society Organisations and Foundations (INTPA.G.2) for their excellent co-operation throughout the implementation phase, in particular Marlene Holzner, Head of Unit, Andrea Ferrari Bravo, Team Leader, Local Authorities, Ferruccio Barazutti, Lucia Bernardo Fernandez and Lisa Bosotti, Policy Officers.
The OECD is also grateful to Thomas Boehler and Mayanka Vij from DCD for additional comments on OECD DAC evaluation criteria and the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC), as well as to Minna Genser, Samantha Kristensen, Aline Matta and Joshua Monje-Jelfs, CFE, for their support on logistics, editing and the preparation of snapshots on city-to-city partnerships.
Thanks are extended to François Iglesias and Pilar Philip, CFE, for preparing the report for publication, as well as to Eleonore Morena for editing and formatting the report.