This report is the product of a collaborative effort between the Eastern Partnership economies participating in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the OECD secretariat, the European Union and UNICEF.
The report was drafted by Thomas Radinger and Daniel Salinas. Statistical support was provided by Guillaume Bousquet and research assistance by Lucía Alonso and Zhasmin Avetisyan. Elizabeth Fordham and Miyako Ikeda provided overall guidance and feedback at various stages of the report. It was prepared under the responsibility of Paulo Santiago, Head of the Policy Advice and Implementation Division, and Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the OECD Secretary-General. Pirkko Kokkosalo and Sophie Limoges provided administrative support and oversaw the publication. Eleonore Morena copy-edited this report.
This report also benefitted from the input and expertise of Kinga Bereza-Husak, Georgiana Plesu, Adrien Olszak-Olszewski, Miguel Angel Alvarez Espinosa and Giorgio Guazzugli Marini from the European Commission and Maida Pasic (Regional Education Advisor), Talha Zakria (Education Specialist) and Anna Gabrielle Alejo (Education Consultant) from the UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office.