This Policy Toolkit was jointly produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, and the OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF), led by Carmine Di Noia. The Policy Toolkit was approved by the OECD Committee on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (CSMEE) and the OECD Investment Committee (IC). It also benefited from consultations with the OECD Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC) and the European Commission (EC)’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO).
The Policy Toolkit is the main output of the first phase of a multi-year OECD project conducted with DG REGIO’s support to develop policy recommendations on how national and subnational governments can strengthen FDI-SME linkages and increase the potential for productivity and innovation spillovers to local economies.
Sandrine Kergroach, Head of the SME and Entrepreneurship Performance, Policy and Mainstreaming Unit (CFE), and Martin Wermelinger, Head of the Investment Qualities and Incentives Unit (DAF), coordinated the overall project and supervised the development of the Policy Toolkit. Céline Kauffmann, Head of the Entrepreneurship, SME and Tourism Division (CFE), and Ana Novik and Stephen Thomsen, respectively Head and Deputy Head of the Investment Division (DAF) provided guidance.
Part I (Policy Toolkit) including Chapter 1 on the “Conceptual framework and diagnostic tools” and Chapter 2 on “Tools for policy, regulatory and institutional assessment” were prepared by Stratos Kamenis (DAF). Thanks are also due to José Enrique Garcilazo (CFE), Fares Al Hussami (DAF) and Marco Marchese (CFE) for specific comments on the conceptual framework.
Part II (EU country approaches to FDI-SME policy) was prepared by Stratos Kamenis (DAF) and Chiara Petroli (CFE), who respectively authored Chapter 4 on “The institutional environment and governance of FDI-SME policies” and Chapter 5 on “The policy mix for strengthening FDI-SME linkages and spillovers”. Stratos Kamenis and Chiara Petroli coordinated the policy and institutional mapping with more than 100 institutions across the 27 EU Member States. Thanks are due to Polina Knutsson (SDD), Juan Felipe Rodrigo Lopez (CFE), Oualid Mokhantar (CFE), Takashi Yukizawa and Thanh Tran for the collection and analysis of policy and institutional information.
Shayne Maclachlan and Pilar Philip (CFE) helped prepare the report for publication. Heather Mortimer Charoy (CFE) and Angèle N’Zinga (DAF) provided project and administrative assistance.