This OECD Report is published 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 Dilanthi Amaratunga (Chapter 6), Ana Valentina Aponte (Chapter 2), Jacobo Garcia Villarreal (Chapter 5), Kinkini Hemachandra (Chapter 6), Clara Patricia Martin (Chapter 2), Giulia Morando (Chapters 1, 2, 4 and 5), Scherie Nicol (Chapter 5), and Alejandra Saffon (Chapter 3). Annex A was prepared by experts of the Colombian Observatory for Women (Ana Valentina Aponte and Clara Patricia Martin). Erika Bozzay, Kenza Khachani, and Ana Maria Ruiz Rivadeneira provided inputs and comments to Chapter 5. The OECD also thanks Nina Guibère, Sebla Ayşe Kazancı, and Erin Kelleher for their contributions. The authors also appreciate the suggestions and recommendations of experts of the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (Alessandro Goglio and Sarah Kups), the OECD Development Centre (Pierre De Boisséson, Alejandra Maria Meneses and Hyeshin Park) and the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (Michelle Harding). Victoria Elliott edited the manuscript. Editorial assistance and administrative support were provided by Melissa Sander.
The OECD is deeply grateful to policy makers and officials from Colombia’s Presidential Council for Women’s Equality; the Colombian Observatory for Women; the National Planning Department; the Ministry of Finance; the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation; the Ministry of Justice; the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies; the Ministry of Health; the Ministry of Labour; the Ministry of Commerce; the Ministry of Mines and Energy; the National Department of Statistics; the Presidential Department for Social Prosperity; the National Infrastructure Agency; the Central Bank; Colombia Compra Eficiente; the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management; and the departments of Boyacá and Huila. Meetings were also held with representatives of UN Women.
The OECD extends its sincerest thanks to the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) for its financial contribution to the project.