Under the leadership and oversight of Elsa Pilichowski, Director of the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV), János Bertók, Deputy Director of GOV, and Paulo Magina, Acting Head of GOV’s Infrastructure and Public Procurement (IPP) Division, this report was co-ordinated and drafted by Sanda Jugo, Policy Analyst in IPP, with the support of Erika Bozzay, Acting Deputy Head of IPP. The Government Transparency Institute contributed to the drafting of Chapters 2 and 3 and provided quantitative analysis.
The report was funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument, and implemented by the OECD, in co-operation with the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG Reform) of the European Commission. The OECD expresses its gratitude to the European Commission for their support for this project, particularly Mr. Daniele Dotto, former Deputy Directorof DG Reform, Mr. Kjartan Björnsson, Deputy Director & Head of Unit Governance and Public Administration, and Mr. Thomas Giacoletto, Policy Officer and co-ordinator of the project in DG Reform.
This report would not have been possible without the support of the Ministry of Public Administration of Slovenia. The team is particularly grateful to the Ministry staff for their assistance in collecting data and information, organising fact-finding missions for the OECD team in Ljubljana, and providing feedback throughout the development of the report. The OECD particularly expresses its gratitude to Mr. Sašo Matas, Ms. Urška Skok-Klima, and Ms. Nuša Peperko of the Public Procurement Directorate, Ministry of Public Administration.
Engagement and consultation with key stakeholders were critical for the successful completion of this report. In particular, the OECD would like to thank the National Review Commission for Reviewing Public Procurement Award Procedures (DKOM), the Court of Audit of Slovenia, the Competition Protection Agency, the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, the Municipality of Ljubljana and Transparency International Slovenia for their support during the development of the report. The team would also like to thank all contracting authorities, economic operators and other stakeholders who provided key insights into the Slovenian procurement system.