This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership 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 in GOV. It was drafted by Simon Cox and Kenza Khachani, Policy Analysts in the Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division. Mathis Daniscare, Tenzin Dekyi and Pauline Gautrot of the OECD and Dana Mitea, independent consultant, contributed to the development of the report. Alice Berggrun, Viktoria Chernetska and Jacobo Garcia Villarreal provided valuable comments. The report was prepared for publication by Dovile Bogusyte.
The OECD expresses its gratitude to the Ministry of Justice, the National Agency for Public Procurement and the National Integrity Agency for their support. The OECD would especially like to thank Răzvan Boştinaru, Raluca Martian, Sorin Manole, Andreea Vlasceanu and Daniel Belingher, who served as the main counterparts during the preparation of the report. The OECD would also like to thank the following entities for their active participation and contributions: Bucharest Sector 6, the Central Harmonisation Unit for Public Internal Audit, the City of Cluj-Napoca, the Competition Council, the County Council of Harghita, the Court of Accounts, the Fight Against Fraud Department, the General Secretariat of the Government, Hidroelectrica, Metrorex, the Ministry for Development, Public Works and Administration, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests, the Ministry of European Investments and Projects, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration, the National Anticorruption Directorate, the National Council for Solving Complaints, the National Investment Company, the National Maritime Ports Administration Company Constanța, the National Office for Centralised Public Procurement, the National Railway Company, the National Uranium Company, Nuclearelectrica, Oradea Municipality, Romsilva, Transgaz, the Centre for Advanced Research in Management and Applied Ethics, the Expert Forum, Transparency International Romania, the American Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania.
This project was funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument, and implemented by the OECD, in cooperation with the European Commission. The OECD expresses its gratitude to the European Commission for its support for this project, particularly Mr. Kjartan Bjornsson, Head of Unit for Governance and Public Administration, and Mr. Angelos Binis, Ms. Aleksandra Marchewka, Ms. Katiuska Tarquis Marin and Ms. Eloise Perche, co-ordinators of the project for SG REFORM.