This report was prepared by Sofia Dromundo Mokrani and Olga Rastrigina in the OECD’s Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, with inputs from Ariane Aumaitre Balado as an intellectual service provider to the OECD, and under the supervision of Theodora Xenogiani. Editorial assistance was provided by Assa Fofana and Natalie Corry.
The project was funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument, and implemented by the OECD, in co‑operation with the European Commission. Co‑operation with the Government of Spain, through the State Public Employment Service (SEPE), and the Reform and Investment Task Force of the European Commission (SG REFORM) has been instrumental in the project, with María Belén Rebollo Moral, Almudena Jaspe Rodríguez, Patricia Cediel García, María Dolores Novella Domínguez, and Melitona Real Yustres from the Sub-Directorate General for Active Labour Market Policies of SEPE and Elisa Gomez Aleman from the European Commission.
The project benefitted from input to self-assessment questionnaires, discussions, in-person and virtual consultations and a mutual learning event with diverse stakeholders from across the Spanish National Employment system and beyond, between March 2024 and March 2025. These included representatives from all Public Employment Services and some collaborating entities: Andalusian Employment Service, Balearic Islands Employment Service (SOIB), Basque Employment Service (Lanbide), Canary Islands Employment Service, Cantabrian Employment Service, Employment Service of Navarra (SNE‑NL), Extremadura Public Employment Service (SEXPE), State Foundation for Training in Employment (FUNDAE), Government of the Community of Madrid (General Sub-Directorate for Evaluation, Monitoring and Control of Training; Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment, Directorate‑General for Public Employment Service), Ingeus, Public Employment Service of Castilla y Len (ECYL), Public Employment Service of the Principality of Asturias (SEPEPA), Regional employment and training service of the region of Murcia (SEF), Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha (Ministry of Economy, Business and Employment, General Directorate of Employment, Social Dialogue and Occupational Health and Safety), Regional Government of Cataluña (Department of Equality and Feminism), Regional Government of Galicia (Department of Social Policy and Equality; Ministry for Employment Promotion and Equality, General Directorate for Employment Training and Guidance), Regional Government of La Rioja (Ministry for Regional Development, Directorate‑General for Employment, Social Dialogue and Labour Relations), SEPE (Provincial Directorate of Ceuta; Sub-Directorate General for Active Employment Policies), Solidarity Foundation “Fundación Amaranta”, Spanish Red Cross, and Valencian Employment and Training Service (LABORA).