This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director, and Martin Forst, Head of the Governance Reviews and Partnerships Division. It was drafted under the strategic direction of Sara Fyson, Head of the Public Governance Reviews Unit. The review was managed and co-ordinated by Jeroen Michels and Johannes Klein, policy analysts in the OECD Public Governance Reviews Unit.
The report was drafted by Jeroen Michels and Johannes Klein with the help of Ismail Bazine, Giulio Iacobelli, Teresa Lazzaroni Andina and Julia Staudt. The report benefitted from inputs and comments from Axel Mahot, Brian Finn, Karine Badr and Richard Alcorn. Sally Washington played an advisory role on the project and provided substantive inputs and comments. Jennifer Allain provided editorial support. Ciara Muller prepared the manuscript for publication. Gabriella Scaduto-Mendola provided management and administrative support.
The OECD Secretariat wishes to express its gratitude to the Irish Public Service for the dedication and commitment to this project. In particular, the OECD would like to thank the team of the Social Policy and Public Service Reform Division of the Department of the Taoiseach, in particular Elizabeth Canavan, Barry Vaughan, Liam Harding and Shane Donnelly. The Secretariat also expresses its gratitude to officials from the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, namely Marianne Cassidy, Jasmina Behan and Beverley Sherwood and the team from the Public Service Transformation Division. Fergal Lynch from the University of Galway provided valuable comments throughout the project. The OECD would also like to acknowledge the continuous support of Vladimir Isaila and Thomas Giacoletto, policy officers in the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support of the European Commission.
This report would not have been possible without the important contribution of peer reviewers who shared their extensive country-based knowledge and experience of policy development during the process:
Pétur Berg Matthíasson, Deputy Director, Prime Minister's Office, Department of Policy Coordination, Government of Iceland
Paulo Areosa Feio, Director / Director-general, Competence Centre for Planning, Policy and Foresight in Public Administration, Government of Portugal
Simon Parker, Director for Transformation and Policy Capability Strategy Group, Department for Education, Government of the United Kingdom
Sally Washington, Executive Director for Aotearoa, The Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG).