The report was prepared by the Public Governance Directorate (GOV), under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, OECD Director for Public Governance, and Nejla Saula, Acting Head of the Anti‑Corruption and Integrity in Government Division (GOV/ACIG). The report was co-ordinated by Frédéric Boehm and Laura Córdoba Reyes. The review was drafted by Frédéric Boehm (Chapter 1), Laura Córdoba Reyes (Chapters 2 and 3), Makeddah John (Chapter 4), Pelagia Patsoule (Chapter 5) and Pauline Bertrand (Chapter 6). The report greatly benefitted from the insights, review and comments from Elena Koncevičiūtė, from Darius Matusevicius, Lalit Golani, Sangyeon Han and Tuzla Lathiff for Chapter 4, from Chloé Lelievre and Mariane Piccinin Barbieri for Chapter 5, from Sandrine Hannedouche-Leric and Brooks Hickman for Chapter 3 and 5, as well as from Charles Baubion, Craig Matasick, Nuria Villanova and Liudas Zdanavicius for Chapter 6. Camila Gomes provided unvaluable support with background research. The report was prepared for publication by Eleonore Morena. Administrative support was provided by Alexandra Favi, Charles Victor, Michaela Faux, Neringa Gudziunaite, Samantha Sánchez and Valentin Py.
The OECD expresses its gratitude to the Office of the General Comptroller of the Union (Controladoria-Geral da União) for its leadership, constructive discussions and support provided throughout the Integrity Review process. Special thanks are addressed to Patricia Alvares de Azevedo Oliveira, Renata Alves de Figueiredo, Tatiana Petry, Monique Cerqueira Zuidema, João Paulo Alexandre de Sousa, Giuliana Biaggini D. B. Belisario, Joelisson Alves de Oliveira, André Spencer de Souza Holanda and Maria Fernanda Colaco Alves for their essential role in the co-ordination, discussions and directions of the Review.
This Review also reflects the contributions and the assistance of a number of participants from across the Brazilian public sector that took part in the different project activities (fact-finding mission conducted in June 2022, virtual meetings, review of the report, etc.), including: the Federal Court of Accounts (Tribunal de Contas da União), the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (Ministério Público Federal), the Federal Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal), the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic (Secretaria-Geral da Presidência da República), the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária), the Ministry of Economy (Ministério da Economia), the Ministry of Health (Ministério da Saúde), the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services (Ministério da Gestão e da Inovação em Serviços Públicos), the National Council of Justice (Conselho Nacional de Justiça), the National School of Public Administration LideraGOV Programme (Escola Nacional de Administração Pública Programa LideraGOV), the Public Ethics Commission (Comissão de Ética Pública), the Special Secretariat for State Modernisation (Secretaria Especial de Modernização do Estado), the Superior Electoral Court (Tribunal Superior Electoral), representatives of Integrity Management Units (Unidades de Gestão de Integridade), and several units within the Office of the General Comptroller of the Union including the Federal Secretariat of Internal Control (Secretaria Federal de Controle Interno), the National Secretariat for Access to Information (Secretaria Nacional de Acesso à Informação), the Office of the Federal Inspector General (Corregedoria-Geral da União), the Office of the Ombudsman General (Ouvidoria-Geral da União), the Private Sector Integrity Secretariat (Secretaria de Integridade Privada) and the Secretariat of Public Integrity (Secretaria de Integridade Pública).
The OECD is also grateful to the civil society and private sector organisations for their valuable insights and perspectives in the development of the report, in particular Transparency International Brazil (Transparência Internacional Brasil), the National Confederation of Commerce (Confederação Nacional do Comércio), the National Confederation of Industry (Confederação Nacional da Indústria) and TIM (company awarded the Pro-Ethics Seal).