The report was developed by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director. The report was produced by GOV’s Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI), headed by Marco Daglio, under the supervision of Carlos Santiso, Head of GOV’s Open and Innovative Government Division (OIG). The report was drafted under the guidance of Piret Tõnurist (Project Manager) by Jack Orlik and Julia Staudt (Policy Analysts) with support from Rodrigo Dal Borgo (Policy Consultant) at OPSI. It drew on the expert knowledge of consultants Elina Griniece, Anete Vingre and Mihai Chereji. It benefitted from conversations with and comments from Laura Kreiling, Philippe Larrue, Michael Keenan, David Winickoff, Stephan Raes, Angela Hanson, Heather Buisman, Misha Kaur and Bruno Monteiro from the OECD, Arnault Morisson of the Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform and Cristian Matti of the European Commission Joint Research Centre.
A wide range of individuals have contributed to the success of the project. The OECD thanks the LIAA team Anda Paegle, Elīna Peiseniece and Inta Raiena for their close partnership on the project and coordination of research in Latvia, and Kaspars Rožkalns, Laura Štrovalde and Ņikita Kazakevičs for their guidance and insights. Special thanks also go to earlier contributors to the project including Natālija Pavļuha, Jānis Nīgals, Lauma Muižniece, Andrejs Berdņikovs (LIAA), Chiara Bleckenwegner (former OECD consultant). The OECD would like to give special thanks to all those who contributed their knowledge through research interviews to better understand innovation ecosystem case studies and the context in Latvia, and who participated in online and in-person workshops and interventions. Special support in the form of workshop facilitation and analytical input was provided by design researcher and ecosystem expert Cristian Matti from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and Bruno Monteiro of the OECD.