This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV), under the leadership and oversight of Elsa Pilichowski, Director, János Bertók, Deputy Director of GOV, and Paulo Magina, Acting Head of GOV’s Infrastructure and Public Procurement (IPP) Division. This report was co-ordinated and drafted by Masayuki Omote and Sanda Jugo, Policy Analysts in IPP, with the support of Erika Bozzay, Acting Deputy Head of IPP. Sára Kende, Junior Policy Analyst in the same division also contributed to the report. Dovile Bogusyte provided editorial assistance.
The report was funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument, and implemented by the OECD, in co-operation with the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (SG Reform) of the European Commission. The OECD expresses its gratitude to the European Commission for their support for this project, particularly Mr. Kjartan Björnsson, Deputy Director & Head of Unit Governance and Public Administration, and Mr. Thomas Giacoletto, Policy Officer and co-ordinator of the project in SG Reform.
This report would not have been possible without the support of the Ministry of Public Administration of Slovenia. The team is particularly grateful to the Ministry staff for their assistance in collecting data and information, organising fact-finding missions for the OECD team in Ljubljana, and providing feedback throughout the development of the report. The OECD particularly expresses its gratitude to Mr. Sašo Matas, Ms. Urška Skok-Klima, and Ms. Nuša Peperko of the Public Procurement Directorate, Ministry of Public Administration. The OECD would also like to thank all contracting authorities who provided key insights into the Slovenian procurement system for the purpose of this report.