This report was prepared by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director. This work was conducted as part of the OECD’s Local Employment and Economic Development (LEED) Programme with financial support from the Government of Poland.
The primary authors of this report are Lars Ludolph, Economist CFE/LESI Division, Piotr Stronkowski, Labour Market Consultant, Lucas Leblanc, Policy Analyst CFE/LESI Division, and Cem Özgüzel, Economist CFE/EDS Division, under the supervision of Jonathan Barr, Deputy Head of the CFE/LESI Division, who coordinated the overall project. Karen Maguire, Head of the CFE/LESI Division, provided overall guidance and feedback on the development of the report. Anna Rubin, Policy Analyst CFE/LESI Division, provided valuable comments.
Polish government officials played an important role in the co-ordination of this project, and provided constructive feedback on the development of the report. In particular, the OECD would like to thank Przemysław Herman, Małgorzata Jabłecka-Kiluk, Paulina Tarsa, Julia Korcz and Monika Strzyga from the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy.
The OECD would also like to thank all national and local representatives that shared their views for this project in online interviews and workshops.