This publication was produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the programme of work of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC).
The report was conducted in close collaboration with the regional government of Andalusia, Spain. Special thanks are due to Cristóbal Sánchez, Secretary-General of Industry and Mines, Manuel Vasquez Mora Technical Advisor of Mines, as well as to Ángel Andrés, Head of the Mines Service, and Carmen Álvarez Technical Advisor, for their support throughout the process.
The OECD team elaborating the report included Andres Sanabria, project co-ordinator, under the supervision of Jose Enrique Garcilazo, Head of the Regional and Rural Policy Unit in the Regional Development and Multilevel Governance Division, led by Alain Dupeyras. Chapter 2 was drafted by Fernando Riaza, Chapter 3 by Andres Sanabria, Juan Biset and Yancy Vaillant, and Chapter 4 by Andres Sanabria. The review benefitted from comments by other CFE colleagues, including Stefano Barbieri, Gareth Hitchings and Lisanne Raderschall, economists and policy analysts. Saliha Beaumont co‑ordinated virtual meetings and missions and Pilar Phillip led the publication process. Eleonore Morena copy-edited and formatted the report.
Special thanks are due to Juan Biset, former Vice-minister of Mining of Argentina and external peer reviewer of this report, and Yancy Vaillant, Professor at TBS Business School, for accompanying the team in the development of the review and collaborating with valuable input in the drafting.
The OECD is also grateful for comments and support received by a number of people in Andalusia and Spain, who provided valuable comments during the OECD mission and detailed feedback on the report. They include Agustín Galán, Vice-rector of the Campus de la Rábida at the International University of Andalusia (UNIA), Aniceto Zaragoza, General Manager at OFICEMEN, Carlos Ramirez, General Manager at the AFA, Carmen Sillero, Head of Division at the IDEA, Juan Coullaut, General Manager at CRS Ingeniería, Pepe Pastor, General Secretary at the AEMA, Ricardo Lopez, Managing Director at the AFCA, Priscila Moreno, Executive Manager at AMINER, Rafael Salgueiro, Professor at the University of Seville, Roberto Martínez Orio, Head of the Mineral Resources Area at the IGME, and Rodrigo Chanez, Head of the Mine Safety Unit at MITECO.
Finally, we would also like to thank the experts from the OECD Mining Regions and Cities Network who provided detailed feedback to the report including Chris McDonald, Branch Manager at Northern Australia Development Taskforce, Cristian Salas, Director of the UCN Public Policy Institute of Antofagasta in Chile, Ilkka Nykänen, Senior Advisor at Business Joensuu Oy, Finland, Kristiina Jokelainen, MIREU and Smart North, Fabio Ferii, Education Manager at the EIT, Lorena Jurado, Business Development Director at the EIT, Luis Martins, President of the Mineral Resources Cluster of Portugal, Jeff Geipel, Managing Director, Shared Value Mining at Engineers Without Borders Canada and. Santiago Cuesta, General Director of the ICAMCYL Foundation in Spain.