This Scan was prepared by the Public Governance Directorate (GOV) of the OECD, headed by Elsa Pilichowski. It was developed under the strategic direction of Alessandro Bellantoni, Head of the Open Government, Public Communication and Civic Space Unit of the Open and Innovative Government Division in GOV.
The process was co-ordinated by Carlotta Alfonsi and Karine Badr of the Open Government, Public Communication, and Civic Space Unit. Carlotta Alfonsi drafted the report with support from Laura Chapman. The Scan benefited from expert input by Distinguished Professor Jim Macnamara of the University of Technology, Sydney.
The OECD Secretariat wishes to express its gratitude to and acknowledge all the institutions and individuals that have contributed to this Scan. In particular, the OECD would like to thank the leadership of the Government Communication Service of the UK’s Cabinet Office, particularly CEO Simon Baugh and Executive Director Alex Aiken, for initiating and supporting this project, and Fiona Speirs, Deputy Director, for her dedication and commitment throughout the process, and for mobilising all relevant stakeholders. The authors would equally like to thank all the officials, researchers and civil society actors who provided evidence for this analysis for their availability and their thorough responses to the OECD’s survey for Departments.
The authors are especially grateful to the peers from the governments of Canada and Finland for their participation, advice and contributions to the analysis: Tracey Headley, Director, Communications and Federal Identity Policy Centre, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, and Melanie Sullivan, former Executive Director, Communications Community Office (CCO), Privy Council Office, from the Government of Canada; and Alma Snellman, Communications Specialist in the Finnish Prime Minister’s Office.
Finally, the authors would like to thank Mauricio Mejia, Craig Matasick, Emma Phillips, Ollin Perez-Raynaud, Benjamin Welby, Cale Hubble, Chiara Di Stefano, Elizabeth Manning, Andrea Uhrhammer, Sara Sreberny-Mohammadi, and Sandra Guldborg for their helpful comments and reviews.