This study was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV), under the leadership of its Director, Marcos Bonturi.
This report was drafted by Cristina Mendes and Kevin Richman under the supervision of, and with contributions from Daniel Gerson, lead of the Public Employment and Management project. Edwin Lau, head of the Public Expenditure and Budgeting division, provided strategic orientations. Valuable comments and input were provided by colleagues in the OECD Observatory for Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) Marco Daglio and Alex Roberts. OPSI former colleague Supriya Trivedi designed the leadership skills framework, and former colleague Matt Kerlogue designed the beta version of the innovation skills framework used in this report.
This study also benefited from the insights provided by two peer reviewers: Simon Claydon, UK Revenue and Customs, and Chair of the Public Employment and Management Working Party, and Roland Edwards, US Department of Homeland Security.
Draft versions of this report have been shared and discussed with members of the Public Employment and Management working party (PEM), the Public Governance Committee (PGC), and the OECD’s Global Network of Schools of Government. The report benefits greatly from detailed input from the PEM, which provided data and many rich case studies that are highlighted throughout.
The study benefitted from the inputs, reflections and contributions of numerous Brazilian stakeholders, obtained through interviews, discussions, workshops and correspondence. This study would not have been possible without the commitment and support of the Escola nacional de administração pública (ENAP) and their open and committed staff and Presidency members. We are particularly thankful for the unique assistance in collecting data and information, organising the team’s fact-finding missions and workshops in Brasilia and providing feedback throughout the development of the review. The team would like to thank in particular Francisco Gaetani, Aline Soares, Diogo Costa, Guilherme de Almeida, Paulo Marques, Fernando Filgueiras, Diana Coutinho, Regina Souza, Marizaura Camões, Pedro Vilela, Rafael Cedro, Luna Viana, João Guilherme Granja and Jeanne Lina.
The OECD also expresses its gratitude to the Ministry of Economy (Ministério da Economia), then Ministry of Planning, Development and Management (Ministério do Planejamento, Desenvolvimento e Gestão), for its cooperation and input, in particular Gleisson Rubin, Luis Felipe Monteiro, Wagner Lenhart, Joelson Velloso, Soraya Brandão, Tito Froes, Luanna Roncaratti and Rodrigo Machado Molina.
Special thanks to Elisabeth Huggard and Javier Gonzalez for their administrative support and to Liv Gaunt for editorial assistance.