This review was conducted by the Directorate for Public Governance (GOV) in collaboration with the Economics Department (ECO), the Directorate for Education and Skills (EDU) and the Directorate for Labour, Employment and Social Affairs (ELS). It has benefited from excellent collaboration with the government of Luxembourg.
The review was led and co-ordinated by Claire Salama, a public policy analyst (GOV), and written by a multidisciplinary team at the OECD. Claire Salama wrote Chapter 1 on how to evaluate Luxembourg’s response to COVID-19 and Chapter 3 on crisis management. Nestor Alfonzo-Santamaria (GOV) prepared Chapter 2 on emergency anticipation and preparedness policies, with assistance from Adrien Valentin (GOV) and contributions from Jack Radisch (GOV). Caroline Berchet (ELS) wrote Chapter 4 on health system resilience in the face of the pandemic, with contributions from Philip Haywood (ELS). Chapter 5 on education policy during the crisis was written by Diana Toledo Figueroa (EDU), Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin (EDU) and Quentin Vidal (EDU). Filippo Cavassini (ECO), Federica De Pace (ECO), Florian Gache (ECO) and Axel Mathot (GOV) wrote Chapter 6 on economic and fiscal policies to mitigate the impacts of the crisis, with contributions from Sylvie Montout. Chapter 6 also benefited from comments from and discussions with the delegates on the Economic and Development Review Committee (EDRC). Finally, Chapter 7, on social and employment policies in the face of the crisis, was written by Vanda Almeida (ELS) and Emily Farchy (ELS), with contributions from Agnès Puymouyen (ELS) and was supervised by Sebastian Königs (ELS). The report was prepared for publication by Meral Gedik, with administrative support from Lyora Raab and Deborah Merran. Isabelle Delpech provided copy editing.
The review was produced under the guidance of senior staff, including Elsa Pilichowski (Director of GOV), Jon Blondal (Head of the GOV Public Management and Budgeting Division), Gillian Dorner (Senior Advisor to GOV), Alvaro Pereira (Director of ECO), Isabell Koske (Deputy Director of ECO), Stefano Scarpetta (Director of ELS), Mark Pearson (Deputy Director of ELS), Francesca Colombo (Head of the ELS Health Division), Frederico Guanais (Deputy Head of the ELS Health Division), Stephane Carcillo (Head of the ELS Jobs and Income Division), Andreas Schleicher (Director of EDU), Tia Loukkola (Head of the EDU Innovation and Measuring Progress Division) and Paulo Santiago (Head of the EDU Education Policy Advice and Implementation Division), provided feedback and comments on this review. The OECD is also grateful for comments from Stephane Jacobzone, Senior Advisor in GOV.
The OECD Secretariat would like to express its thanks to the Ministry of State and the High Commission for National Protection for their constructive co-operation, which made this review possible. The Secretariat would like to thank in particular Luc Feller, High Commissioner for National Protection, and Myriam Heirendt, international and general affairs researcher, for their support and commitment throughout this project. At the Ministry of State, the report benefited from close collaboration with Jacques Flies, Secretary‑General of the Governmental Council, and Jeff Feller, Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister.
The Secretariat also thanks Guy Bley and Jeff Schlentz (High Commission for National Protection); Pol Henrotte (Ministry of Home Affairs); Tom Rausch and Jean-Claude Schmit (Ministry of Health); Alex Folscheid and Claude Sevenig (Ministry of Education, Children and Youth); Frank Reimen, Françoise Schlink, Gilles Scholtus and Tom Feltgen (Ministry of the Economy); Serge Allegrezza, Marc Pauly, Leila Deshayes and Pauline Perray (National Institute for Statistics and Studies); Selma Boz, Pierre Frisch and Jacques Schmit (Ministry of Finance); Eva Kremer (Société Nationale de Crédit et d’Investissement); and Mireille Zanardelli and Tom Oswald (Ministry of Social Affairs) for their valuable feedback on the thematic chapters of this report.