This OECD report was prepared by the Public Governance Directorate (GOV) of the OECD under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director for Public Governance, and overall supervision of Tatyana Teplova, Senior Counsellor for Gender, Justice and Inclusiveness and Head of the Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development Division in GOV.
The report was overseen by Tatyana Teplova and co-ordinated by Pınar Güven (OECD Policy Analyst). Major drafting contributions were provided by Pınar Güven and Capucine Kerboas (Chapter 1); Lyydia Alajääskö and Valentina Patrini (Chapter 2); Veronika Fajmonová and Meeta Tarani (Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 7); and Scherie Nicol (Chapter 6). The authors thank Jonas Fluchtmann, Sophia Katsira, Sebla Kazancı, Réka Mihácsi, Giulia Morando, Arnault Pretet and Laura Uribe for their contributions and feedback. Susan Sachs edited the manuscript. Editorial assistance and administrative support were provided by Melissa Sander and Luís Dias de Carvalho.
The OECD is deeply grateful to the policymakers, representatives and officials from the Czech Republic Gender Equality Department; Office of the Government; Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports; Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Justice; Ministry of the Interior; Czech Statistical Office; Cabinet of the Minister of Science, Research and Innovation; Government Council for Gender Equality and its Committee on the Institutional Framework for Gender Equality; Office of the Public Defender of Rights; and Permanent Commission on Family and Equal Opportunities as well as from the Budget Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. Meetings were also conducted with non-governmental organisations.
The OECD extends its sincerest thanks to the peer experts of OECD countries who dedicated their time and expertise to provide inputs on behalf of their countries for this report. In particular, the OECD would like to express its gratitude to Michael Huber and Ursula Rosenbichler of the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport of Austria.
The OECD also extends its sincerest thanks to the European Union for its financial contribution to the project through the Technical Support Instrument.