This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director. The report was co-ordinated and drafted by Vincent van Langen, under the guidance and supervision of Martha Baxter, in the Regulatory Policy Division (REG). It was prepared with the encouragement and support of Gillian Dorner, Deputy Director of GOV, Anna Pietikäinen, Head of REG, and Daniel Trnka, Deputy Head of REG. Substantive comments on the report were provided by Anna Pietikäinen. Jennifer Stein co-ordinated the editorial process and Andrea Uhrhammer provided editorial support.
The report would not have been possible without the support of the PUC and its staff. The OECD would like to thank, in particular, the following colleagues for their assistance in collecting data and information, for their support in organising and conducting the mission to Riga, as well as for providing feedback at different stages of the review: Alda Ozola, Chair of the Board of Commissioners, Intars Birziņš, Imants Mantiņš, Rota Šņuka and Anna Upena, Commissioners, Jānis Miķelsons, Executive Director, Lija Makare, Head of International Relations, and Maruta Purviņa, Deputy Director of the Economic Analysis Department. Special thanks are also extended to representatives from the internal PUC teams and external stakeholders that participated in fact-finding interviews and provided data and information that contributed to the analysis presented in the report.