The report was prepared by the Directorate of Public Governance (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, OECD Director for Public Governance, and oversight by Julio Bacio Terracino and Shana Krishnan, respectively Head and Deputy Head of GOV’s Public Sector Integrity Division. The report was co-ordinated and drafted by Petra Burai with substantial input from Viktoriya Minovska of the Public Sector Integrity Division. The report benefitted from the insights and comments from Pauline Bertrand, Frederic Boehm and Laura Córdoba Reyes of the Public Sector Integrity Division. Meral Gedik provided editorial support and prepared the report for publication.
The OECD thanks the members of its expert community, the Working Party of Senior Public Integrity Officials (SPIO), for sharing their experiences to benefit the report: Australia, Chile, Colombia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Poland, United States, Argentina and Ukraine.
The OECD thanks in particular Nicole Donkers and Ciresica Feyer of the European Commission's DG REFORM for their support and contributions to the report.
The OECD expresses its gratitude to the units and employees of the Commission for Anti-Corruption and Illegal Assets Forfeiture (CACIAF) who responded to the questionnaires and participated in the fact-finding meetings for their co-operation and support throughout the project. In particular the OECD thanks Ivelina Evgenieva for co-ordinating all the activities and facilitating strong cooperation throughout the project activities.