The Review was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director. It was developed under the strategic direction of Martin Forst, Head of the Governance Reviews and Partnerships Division, Miriam Allam, Head of the MENA-OECD Governance Programme, and Arnault Prêtet, Acting Head of the Public Governance Reviews Unit.
Javier Baraibar, Simon Callewaert, Charlotte Denise-Adam, Manon Epherre-Iriart, Yusuf Ashmawi, Arnault Prêtet, and Gonzalo Rosillo Odriozola co-authored the report and were responsible for the data collection and analysis.
The report was co-ordinated by Charlotte Denise-Adam and Simon Callewaert. Ciara Muller with the support of Paulina López Ramos and Timothy Tennant prepared the manuscript for publication and controlled the quality.
This Review would not have been possible without the significant commitment and support of the National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development. The authors are particularly thankful to Executive Director Dr. Sherifa Fouad Sherif; Director of the Governance Centre Dr. Asmaa Ezzat; Senior Economic Researchers Mohamed El Regdawy and Engy Ahmed; Economic Researchers Miran Harfoush, Hania El Behairy, Chantal Aboelnaga, and Rana Shaalan; former Policy Analyst May Hosny, and former Economic Researcher Sarah Bahgat for their contributions, support, and for facilitating all exchanges between the OECD and stakeholders in order to collect and verify data.
The authors would like to extend their gratitude to the Ministry of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation (MPEDIC) as the national coordinator of all OECD ongoing activities in Egypt. In addition, we would like to thank all other entities who participated in the activities organised as part of the project, notably the Central Agency for Organization and Administration (CAOA), Ministry of Justice, National Council for Women (NCW), Egypt Post, Caritas, Helm Egypt, University of Cairo, Ain Shams University, Hertie School of Governance, Thunderbird School of Global Management, and UN University Portugal.
Several peers from OECD countries participated in the fact-finding missions and capacity-building activities, providing invaluable insights that were integral to the present analysis. The authors wish to warmly thank:
Mr Thomas Prorok, Managing Director of the KDZ centre for Public Administration Research, Austria
Mr Peter Wollaert, Managing Director of CIFAL Flanders, Belgium
Mr Leslie Seidle, former official of the Institute for Research on Public Policy, Canada
Mr Sebastien Treyer, Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, France
Ms Teresa Siles Suárez, Director, and Mr Fernando Soto Mora Vice-Director of The National Institute of Public Administration, Spain
Mr Paulo Areosa Feio, Director-General, Competence Centre for Planning, Policy and Foresight in Public Administration, Portugal
Mr Adam Ostry, international consultant on public governance and former Canadian high-level civil servant.