This report is the outcome of a project carried out by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the Programme of Work of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC), in co-operation with the OECD Development Co‑operation Directorate (DCD) led by Pilar Garrido, Director, as part of the Programme of Work of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). The project was funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Service Agency Communities in One World (SKEW) by Engagement Global.
The project and the underlying policy dialogue were managed by Stefano Marta, Co-ordinator of the OECD Programme A Territorial Approach to the SDGs, CFE, in co‑operation with Rachel Morris, Policy Analyst, DCD, under the supervision of Aziza Akhmouch, Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division, and Soo-Jin Kim, Deputy Head of Division, CFE, as well as Haje Schütte, Deputy Director of DCD and Head of the Financing for Sustainable Development Division and Olivier Cattaneo, Team Lead, Policy Analysis and Strategy, DCD. The report was drafted by a joint team including Lorenz Gross and Joshua Monje-Jelfs, CFE, as well as Rachel Morris and Christian Steidl, DCD, with inputs from Aline Matta and Vincent Winterhager, CFE.
The OECD is grateful to the BMZ, GIZ and SKEW for the excellent collaboration, their active engagement and relentless support to carry out interviews, organise workshops and provide feedback on interim results, in particular Daphne Gross-Jansen and Gerlinde Sauer from the BMZ, Dieter Anders and Jelena Jorczik from GIZ, as well as Bart Denys, Sebastian Ohlmeyer, Christopher Rohles, Inga Steude, Bas van Asselt and Katrin Weible from SKEW.
The OECD is also grateful to all representatives from the German federal government, federal states and municipalities who have participated in interviews and workshops. Thanks are also conveyed to the international peer reviewers for sharing their best practices and providing strategic guidance, namely Ine Baetens (Region of Flanders, Belgium), Hanne Albert and Heleen Voeten (Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities, Belgium), Marit Baelus (Municipality of Brasschaat, Belgium), Marina Avdibegovic, Xavier d’Argoeuves, Axel Raphalen and Marie Rodriguez (Government of France), Anne-Claire Gaudru (City of Toulouse, France), Lorenza Biasetto (Province of Trento, Italy), Pilar Moreno (Government of Spain), Noemi de la Fuenta Pereda (Basque Country, Spain), Javier Sánchez Cano (Region of Catalunya, Spain) and Nicola Gharbi (City of Madrid, Spain).
Thanks are extended to François Iglesias and Pilar Philip in the CFE for preparing the report for publication, as well as to Eleonore Morena for editing and formatting the report.