This publication was produced in 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). This report was prepared by the Regional Development and Multi-level Governance Division of the OECD, headed by Dorothée Allain-Duprè. The process that led to the final version of this publication was directed by Nadim Ahmad, Deputy Director of CFE. It was co-ordinated by Michelle Marshalian and was approved by the Regional Development Policy Committee.
The report was drafted and co-ordinated by Michelle Marshalian (Chapters 1 and 2), and co-authored by Lisanne Raderschall (Chapter 3) and Dalila Cervantes-Godoy from the Directorate for Trade and Agriculture (Chapter 4). It benefited significantly from the guidance of Dorothée Allain-Duprè, Head of RDG, and Jose Enrique Garcilazo, Deputy Head of RDG. Contributions from other OECD Secretariat members included Urban Sila (ECO), Michael Keenan and Andres Barreneche (STI), Paolo Veneri, Franciso Martes Porto Macedo, Alexandre Lembcke, Maximilian Günnewig-Mönert and Philip Chan (CFE).
The report greatly benefited from the expertise of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG), notably Valerie Donzel, Sylvianne Gostelli, Lukas Gunti, Sabine Kollbrunner, Marc Plancherel, Fabienne VanDamme, Alexander Wuerzer (SECO), Jean-Marc Chappuis, Daniel Baumgartner and Vinzenz Jung (FOAG). We received critical feedback from colleagues managing data on national statistics in Switzerland, notably Sam Banatte, Pierre Sollberger and David Tesar (OFS). Substantial reflection for this work came from the consultations with Heike Mayer, University of Bern, who is part of the academic advisory committee for this report and project.
Consultations for this report included valuable insights given by Eric Jakob (SECO); Emile Dupont, Angelina Keller, Marc Pauchard, Inès Rosetti (Innosuisse); Jon Erni (Graubünden Digital); Gianluca Giuliani (Flury&Giuliani GmbH); Roland Scherer (University St. Gallen); Patrick Albert , Margaret Collaud, Paul-Albert Nobs (ARI-SO); Regula Egli (SERI); Nicole Bachmann Raschle (Canton of Lucerne); Christoph Lang (Zentralschweiz Innovativ); Bruno Imhof (Zentralschweiz Innovativ); Miriam Shergold (Swiss Conference of Cantonal Directors of Public Education); Georg Bregy, Claude Pottier (Canton of Wallis); Markus Hodel (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences); Matthieu Delaloye (University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland); Pierre-Alain Berret, Cédric Koller, Claude-Henri Schaller (Canton of Jura); Samuel Hess (Canton of Basel-Stadt); Thomas Kübler (Canton of Basel-Landschaft); Christof Klöpper, Frank Kumli, Sébastien Meunier, Frédéric Nicolet (Basel Area); Prof. Dr. Hans-Florian Zeilhofer (University of Basel); Georges Humard (HUMARD Automation SA); Mireille Gasser (Arc jurassien); Guillaume Lachat, Emilie Moreau (TalentisLAB); Raphaël Conz, Raymond Cron, Raphaël Tschanz (Switzerland Innovation); Magali Estève, Astrid Gerz (AGRIDEA); Nathanaël Dériaz, Jean-Baptiste Leimgruber, Philippe Leuba, Véronique Martrou, Samuel Monachon (Canton of Vaud); Urs Zaugg (Canton of Fribourg); Caroline Choulat, Jean-Kley Tullii (Canton of Neuchâtel); Julien Bugnon, Philippe Michiels (DICIFOOD); Dr. Jean-Marc Brunner (Microcity); Nathalie Lesselin (Kokoro Lingua); Jean-Michel Stauffer (Innovaud).
Special thanks are due to Jeanette Duboys (CFE) who prepared the report for publication, and to Nikki Trutter, François Iglesias and Pilar Philip (CFE) for editorial support.