The OECD Secretariat wishes to express its gratitude to all those who contributed substantively to the preparation of this report.
This Report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV), under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director for Public Governance. It was developed under the strategic direction of Nejla Saula, Head of Division, and David Goessmann, Head of the Open Governance Unit within the Anti-Corruption, Integrity and Open Government (ACIOG) Division.
This report was drafted by Charlotte Denise-Adam, Policy Analyst, Manon Epherre-Iriart, Policy Analyst, and Giulia Cibrario, Policy Analyst. David Goessmann, Head of Unit and Raphaël Pouyé, Policy Analyst, provided strategic comments throughout the document.
This report was developed in close collaboration with the European Commission – Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) – Unit E1: Administrative Capacity Building & Solidarity Instruments. Francesco Amodeo participated in the conceptualisation of the report. Dominika Chroszcz and Klaudia Dywel provided strategic comments on all chapters.
Project teams from the 11 EU regions and cities involved provided feedback to this report. The OECD would like to thank Magdalena Jochemczyk, Agnieszka Stroińska (GZM Metropolis, Poland), Ewa Paderewska (Centre for European Transport Projects in Poland – CEUTP), Daniela Ferrara, Anna Maria Linsalata, Raffaella Gentile (Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy), Ilaria Dallasta (Union of Municipalities of Appennino Reggiano, Italy), Massimiliano Pacifico (Lazio Region, Italy), Fabrice Saint, Mathilde Adriassens (Normandy Region, France), Barbara Szafir, Dominika Stan, Agata Woźniak (Marshal’s Office of the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland), Marta García Hospital (Cantabria Region, Spain), Xavier Mestre Rosanes (Government of Catalunya, Spain), Simona Iliescu (City of Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania), Gilda Niculescu (South Muntania Regional Development Agency – SMRDA, Romania), Ruxandra Pavel (Dambovita County Council, Romania), Sona Karikova, Milan Hagovski (City of Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic), Frédérique Van Nyen, and Quentin Richard (Brussels Region, Belgium).
The report also benefitted from strategic comments by Gillian Dorner, Deputy Director of the OECD Public Governance Directorate.
This report benefitted from consultation with Delegates to the Working Party on Open Government.
Neringa Gudziunaite and Valentin Py provided editorial assistance.
This report is a deliverable of the project “Innovative Implementation of the Partnership Principle in Cohesion Policy”, a collaboration between the OECD and the European Commission – DG REGIO. The OECD extends its sincere thanks to the European Commission for its financial support for this project.