This OECD Report is published by the Public Governance Directorate of the OECD under the guidance of Marcos Bonturi, Director for Public Governance, Janos Bertok, Acting Director for Public Governance and overall supervision of Tatyana Teplova, Senior Counsellor for Gender, Justice and Inclusiveness and Head of Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development Goals Division. The Report is published as part of the project “Fostering institutional efficiency and public-governance effectiveness in Colombia as strategic enablers to sustain inclusive growth and bring Colombia closer to the OECD" supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The project is led by Adam Ostry, Head of Unit, Public Governance Reviews and Senior Policy Analyst.
The Report was overseen by Tatyana Teplova. The component on access to justice was coordinated by Chloe Lelievre (Policy Analyst), Martyna Wanat (Policy Analyst), and María Pascual Dapena (Policy Analyst). The component on gender equality was coordinated by Pinar Guven (Policy Analyst), Public Governance Directorate, OECD. The Report was primarily authored by Alejandra Saffon, OECD’s in-country consultant. The OECD thanks Amy Coetzee, Gamze Igrioglu and Meeta Tarani for their contributions. Cicely Dupont-Nivore provided administrative support and Patricia Marcelino provided coordination support. Mary Bortin provided editorial support. Adem Kocaman laid out and produced the report.
The OECD is grateful for the counsel provided by experts at Government of Colombia including authorities from the National Planning Department, the High Presidential Advisor for Women’s Equal, the Ministry of Justice (particularly the Formal Justice and Alternative Dispute Resolution Divisions). The Report also benefitted from the views of experts at the Local Governments of Chocó, Quibdó, Putumayo, and Mocoa.
The OECD extends special thanks to the peer-reviewers, Lara Ferguson Vázquez de Parga, Technical Advisor, INMUJER, Spain, and Mariela Puga, Regional Coordinator of the National Direction of Access to Justice in the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Argentina, who dedicated their time and expertise to conducting the assessment alongside the OECD team, as well as for providing inputs for this Report. The OECD is also grateful to the peers Socorro Prous, SG for General Affairs and Coordination, Secretariat of State for Public Function-Ministry of Finance and Public Function, Spain and Celia Marin, Magistrate of the Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City, Mexico for their time, expertise and insights during the fact-finding missions to Bogotá and Mocoa.