The report was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, as part of the work programme of the Governance Reviews and Partnerships Division, headed by Martin Forst.
The report was prepared under the strategic direction of Stephane Jacobzone, Head of Unit for Evidence, Monitoring and Policy Evaluation, as part of a project managed by Iván Stola, policy analyst. Iván Stola and Claire Salama, policy analysts, co-ordinated the drafting of the report.
Iván Stola drafted the first chapter on the institutional set-up for planning, monitoring and evaluation. Claire Salama and Iván Stola drafted the second chapter on identifying clear and sound policy priorities, and benefited from the advice of Adam Knelman Ostry, Head of Unit for Public Governance Reviews. Claire Salama is the author of the third chapter on monitoring the results of the strategic plan. Iván Stola and Claire Salama prepared the fourth chapter on policy evaluation, with inputs from Anne-Pauline de Cler. Claire Salama and Lizeth Fuquene drafted chapter five on promoting evidence-informed policy making in Nuevo León. The action plan to implement the recommendations of this Review was drafted by Claire Salama. General support was provided by Diego Millan, Shashwat Koirala, Léa Druet, Chloé Bridier, Lorena Figueiredo, Federico Manolio and Teresa Lazzaroni Andina.
The report was prepared for publication by Ciara Muller. Meghan Hennessy edited the report and provided administrative assistance. The OECD Mexico Centre, notably Alejandro Camacho, also provided very valuable help, including for finalising the Spanish publication.
The OECD secretariat expresses its gratitude to the Government of the State of Nuevo León, the Nuevo León Council for Strategic Planning, for the fruitful co-operation. The report benefitted from rich exchanges with the various departments of the state administration of the government of Nuevo León as well as with the commissions and staff of the council. The secretariat would like to thank the team of the Executive Office of the Governor, headed by Maria Ethelvina Suarez Flores, in particular Mauricio Francisco Coronado García, Director of Evaluation. The OECD would also like to thank the Technical Secretariat of the Nuevo León Council, headed by Jesús Viejo González, with special thanks to Ana Fernandez Hierro, Managing Director in the Nuevo León Council. The OECD also wishes to thank Gerardo Guajardo Cantú and Ernesto Ibarra Torres, for their commitment in the initial stages of this Review in 2019.
This benefitted from two fact-finding missions, which took place on 25-28 February 2019 and on 8-12 July 2019, as well as from several workshops. Special thanks to the Executive Office of the Governor and the Nuevo León Council for their support in organising this process. The OECD would also like to thank all government and non-governmental institutions that participated in interviews or workshops. The OECD would also like to extend its gratitude to the peer reviewers for sharing their valuable knowledge and experience, in a personal capacity: Patricia Milena Moreno Agudelo, Advisor, National Department of Planning, Colombia and Bruce Wang, Senior Analyst, Privy Council Office, Canada. The OECD would also like to thank Rozenn Desplatz and Adam Baiz, from France Strategie, Pedro Antonio Bejarano Silva, Undersecretary of investment planning of the city of Bogota, Colombia, Clara Richard from INASP and Martin Alessandro, international consultant from Argentina, for participating in the workshops.