This comparative report was co‑ordinated by the Public Governance Directorate of the OECD. The work was led by Tatyana Teplova, head of Division, OECD Public Governance Directorate, under the guidance of Elsa Pilichowski, Director of the Public Governance Directorate. Strategic advice was provided by Gita Kothari, Deputy Director, OECD Legal Affairs Directorate and Gandia Robertson, Advisor at the Office of the Secretary General
This publication is the result of contributions from a wide range of sources and expertise. The report was overseen by constitutional experts Josep Maria Castellá, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Barcelona and Member of the Venice Commission; Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law (Emeritus), Harvard Law School; and Guillaume Tusseau, Professor of Public Law, Sciences Po and former member of the French Superior Council of the Judiciary. Their outstanding guidance and detailed review is gratefully acknowledged. The work was reviewed by the OECD Public Governance Committee, consisting of representatives of 38 members of OECD.
The report was co-ordinated by María Pascual, Justice Policy Analyst at the OECD Public Governance Directorate. The introduction and Chapter 2 were drafted by Professor Mark Tushnet, with direction and input from Tatyana Teplova, Gandia Robertson and María Pascual. Chapter 3 was drafted by Evan Rosevear, University of Toronto, and Sam Bookman, Harvard Law School, under the guidance of Monika Queisser, Senior Counsellor of the OECD Employment and Social Affairs Directorate. Helpful guidance was also provided by Ulrich Becker, Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Social Law and Social Policy. Substantial drafting contributions in relation to gender equality and women’s rights were provided by Carolina Silva-Portero, Harvard Law School. The Chapter also benefitted from valuable comments and inputs from colleagues the Environmental Affairs Directorate, Science and Technology Directorate, the Digital Government Unit at the Public Governance Directorate and the Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity at the OECD.
Significant contributions to Chapters 4 and 6 were provided by Francisco Cardona, Senior Consultant, and Maria Pascual, directed by Tatyana Teplova and with support from Juan José Martinez Layuno, Justice Consultant at the OECD. Chapter 4 also benefitted from valuable comments and inputs from Alessandro Bellantoni, Claudia Chwalisz, David Goessman and Mauricio Mejía from the OECD Open Government Unit at the Public Governance Directorate.
Chapter 5 was written by Cheryl Saunders, Selena Bateman and Joshua Quinn-Watson from the Constitution Transformation Network, Melbourne Law School, under the guidance of Dorothée Allain-Dupré, Head of Regional Development and Multi-level Governance Division from the OECD Centre on SME, Entrepreneurship, Regions and Cities (CFE). Valuable inputs and comments received from Varinia Michalun, Stephan Visser and Yingyin Wu from the Regional Development and Multi-level Governance Division (CFE) are gratefully acknowledged.
Chapter 7 was drafted by Camila Vammalle, Senior Policy Analyst, and Scott Cameron, Policy Analyst, under the guidance of Jon Blondal, Head of the OECD Public Management and Budgeting Division. Chapter 8 was drafted by Lukasz Rawdanowicz and Kimiaki Shinozaki, with guidance from Sveinbjorn Blondal, Head of the Macroeconomic Policy Division within the OECD Economics Department. Valuable comments and inputs were received from Mamiko Yokoi-Arai, Deputy Head of the Financial Markets Division at the OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs.
Special appreciation is due to the generous comments and contributions from the OECD Secretariat colleagues Janos Bertok, Deputy Director of the OECD Public Governance Directorate, Gregor Virant, Head of SIGMA Programme, OECD Public Governance Directorate, and Camila Saffirio, Advisor in the OECD Public Governance Directorate.
This report was compiled and formatted by Meral Gedik with support from Melissa Sander, while Randall Holden provided editorial assistance.