Under the direction and oversight of Elsa Pilichowski, OECD Director for Public Governance, János Bertók, OECD Deputy Director for Public Governance, and Paulo Magina, Acting Head of the Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division, this report was co-ordinated by Kenza Khachani with the support of Simon Cox. The authors of the report are Kenza Khachani, Lisa Vanden Eynden, and Simon Cox from the Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division and Vaia Stergiopoulou (external consultant). Lalit Golani, Policy Analyst of the Anti-corruption and Integrity Division also contributed to this report. Dovile Bogusyte provided editorial assistance.
The OECD expresses its gratitude to the Greek Government for its commitment to this work and to all those who made this report possible. In particular, the OECD thanks Ms Alexandra Rogkakou, the Interim Governor of the National Transparency Authority (NTA), Mr Ioannis Foustanakis, Director of Strategic Planning & Behavioral Analyses, Mr. Georgios Kasapas, who led the coordination of the project, Ms. Georgia Kaoura, Ms. Olga Badeka, Ms. Erini Koumparouli, Mr. Ioannis Fountoudikis, Ms. Aspasia Fatsiadiou, Mr. Argyrios Tsomokos and Ms. Maria Konstantinidou. The OECD also expresses its gratitude to Ms. Maria Poulaki and Ms. Marilena Sideri from the Hellenic Single Public Procurement Authority (HSPPA), and Mr. Panagiotis Tompoulidis, Mr Tzanetopoulos Konstantinos, Ms. Maria Kylintirea and Ms. Dimitria Lampropoulou, from the General Secretariat for Commerce.
The successful completion of this report would not have been possible without the engagement and input of key stakeholders of the public procurement system from both the public and private sector. The OECD extends its thanks to the Hellenic Competition Council, the Hellenic Court of Audit, the Hellenic Labour Inspectorate, the Independent Authority for Public Revenue, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Digital Governance, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport, the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, the National Centralised Health Procurement Authority, the Papageorgiou Hospital, the Region of Attica, the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, the Panhellenic Association of Technical Companies, and Transparency International Hellas. The OECD would like to particularly thank Ms. Chrysanthi Kantziou and the National Centralised Health Procurement Authority for their support in piloting the framework.
The OECD also thanks the European Commission for its financial support through the Technical Support Instrument. In particular, the OECD thanks Mr. Kjartan Björnsson, Deputy Director of the Reform and Investment Task Force (SG REFORM) and Mr. Nikolaos Kleniatis from his team who coordinated the project.