‌‌‌‌‌The OECD Working Party on State Ownership and Privatisation Practices facilitates policy dialogue and information exchange between OECD Member countries and key partners on improving corporate governance of state-owned enterprises and implementing privatisation policies. The Working Party was formed in 2001 to assist in the application of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance specifically to state-owned enterprises. In support of this mission, the Working Party developed, and now oversees implementation of, the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises.

 

Members of the Working Party include all 35 OECD Member countries and the EU Commission. The following countries have been invited to participate on a regular basis: Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Lithuania, Russia and South Africa. The table below provides a list of government agency(ies) responsible for the ownership, or for coordinating the oversight, of state-owned enterprises in those countries, along with links to their websites when possible.

 

Further information about the Working Party’s participants and mandate can be found here.

 

Working Party Members
Country	Government agency(ies) charged with state ownership
‌  Australia	Government Businesses Advice Branch, Department of Finance and Deregulation
Austria	State Holding Company – ÖBIB (in German)
Belgium	Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement
Canada	Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Chile	System of Enterprises, Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism (in Spanish)
Czech Republic	Department for State Property Management, Ministry of Finance
Denmark	Finance Ministry (in Danish)
Estonia	Ministry of Finance
Finland	Ownership Steering Department, Prime Minister’s Office
France	Agence des Participations de l’État
Germany	Privatisation and Ownership Unit, Ministry of Finance (in German)
Greece	Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund General Secretariat of Public Property, Ministry of Finance (in Greek)
Hungary	Hungarian National Asset Management Inc. – MNV
‌  Ireland	New Economy and Recovery Authority, National Treasury Management Agency
‌  Israel	Government Companies Authority (in Hebrew)
Italy	Finance and Privatisations Directorate, Department of Treasury
Iceland	Ministry of Finance
Japan‌	Ministry of Finance
Korea	Public Institutions Policy Bureau, Ministry of Strategy and Finance
Latvia	Cross-Sectoral Coordination Centre
‌  Luxembourg	Ministry of Finance
Mexico	Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit
Netherlands	Ownership Unit, Ministry of Finance (in Dutch)
New Zealand	Commercial Operations, Treasury
Norway	Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
Poland	Ministry of Treasury
Portugal	Secretariat of the General Directorate of Treasury and Finance (in Portuguese)
Slovak Republic	National Property Fund of the Slovak Republic (in Slovak)
Slovenia	Slovenian Sovereign Holding
Spain	Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI), Ministry of Finance and Public Administration (in Spanish)
Sweden	Government Offices of Sweden
Switzerland	Federal Department of Finance
Turkey	Directorate General of State-Owned Enterprise, Undersecretariat of Treasury Privatisation Administration, Prime Ministry
United Kingdom	UK Government Investments
United States	Department of State
Other Countries
Country	Government agency(ies) charged with state ownership
Brazil	Department for SOEs, Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management (in Portuguese)
China	State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC)
Colombia	Directorate of State Ownership, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
Costa Rica	Ministry of the Presidency
India	Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Indonesia	Ministry of State Enterprises (in Indonesian)
Kazakhstan	Ministry of National Economy Samruk-Kazyna
Lithuania	State-Owned Enterprise Governance Coordination Department
Philippines	Governance Commission for Government Owned or Controlled Corporations (GOCCs)
Russia	Federal Agency for Management of State Property – Rosimushchestvo (in Russian)
South Africa	Department of Public Enterprises