The report was prepared by the Public Governance Directorate (GOV), under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director, and the guidance of Nejla Saula, Head of the Anti‑Corruption, Integrity and Open Government Division (GOV/ACIOG). The report was co-ordinated by Laura Córdoba Reyes. The review was drafted by Frédéric Boehm (Chapter 1, based on a first draft by Juliette Martínez-Rossignol), Laura Córdoba Reyes (Chapters 2 and 3), Frédéric Boehm and Laura Córdoba Reyes (Chapters 5, 6 and 7 based on first drafts by Evelyn Villarreal and Miguel Peñailillo), and Pauline Bertrand (Chapters 4, 8 and 9). The report greatly benefitted from the insights, review and comments from Jesper Johnsøn and Elena Koncevičiūtė, from Carissa Munro for Chapter 2, from Maria Pascual Dapena and Marie Whelan for Chapter 4, from Ingrid Hampe and Vitor Geromel for Chapter 5, from Darius Matusevicius, Henna Kjellberg, Lalit Golani and Tuzla Lathiff for Chapter 6, from Franco Schiappacasse for Chapter 7, as well as from Craig Matasick for Chapter 9. The report was prepared for publication by Meral Gedik. Administrative support was provided by Alexandra Favi, Isabella Cabal Mazuera and Valentin Py.
The OECD expresses its gratitude to the Directorate General of Government Ethics and Integrity (Dirección General de Ética e Integridad Gubernamental, DIGEIG) for its leadership, constructive discussions and support provided throughout the Integrity Review process. Special thanks are addressed to the Director General of the DIGEIG, Milagros Ortiz Bosch, for her leadership and commitment; to the Minister of the Presidency, José Ignacio Paliza, for his support; and to Carlos Rosado, Hilari Mercedes Brito, Estrella María Méndez Sosa and Rosa Rosario for their essential role in the co-ordination of the Review.
This Review also reflects the contributions and the assistance of a number of participants from across the Dominican Republic public sector that took part in the different project activities (fact-finding mission conducted in March 2025, virtual meetings, review of the report, etc.), including: the Central Electoral Board (Junta Central Electoral, JCE), the Chamber of Accounts of the Dominican Republic (Cámara de Cuentas de la República Dominicana, CCRD), the National Congress (Congreso Nacional), the General Directorate of Public Procurement (Dirección General de Contrataciones Públicas, DGCP), representatives of the Government Integrity and Regulatory Compliance Commissions (Comisiones de Integridad Gubernamental y Cumplimiento Normativo, CIGCN), the Higher Judicial Council (Consejo del Poder Judicial, CPJ), the Ministry of Education (Ministerio de Educación, MINERD), the Ministry of Finance and Economy (Ministerio de Hacienda y Economía), the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Ministerio de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología, MESCyT), the Ministry of the Presidency (Ministerio de la Presidencia), the Ministry of Public Administration (Ministerio de Administración Pública, MAP), the National Centre for the Promotion and Development of Non-Profit Associations (Centro Nacional de Fomento y Promoción de las Asociaciones Sin Fines de Lucro, CASFL), the National Institute of Public Administration (Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública, INAP), the National Police (Policía Nacional, PN), the National School of Internal Control (Escuela Nacional de Control Interno, ENCI), the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic (Contraloría General de la República, CGR), the Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Procuraduría Especializada de Persecución de la Corrupción Administrativa, PEPCA), and the Vice Ministry for Relations with Civil Society (Viceministerio de Relaciones con la Sociedad Civil).
The OECD is also grateful to the civil society, private sector and international organisations for their valuable insights and perspectives in the development of the report, in particular the Business Action for Education (Acción Empresarial por la Educación, EDUCA), the FLACSO Dominican Republic Programme (Programa FLACSO República Dominicana, FLACSO RD), the German Technical Cooperation, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Justice and Institutional Development Foundation (Fundación Justicia e Institucionalidad, FINJUS), the Juan XXIII Centre (Centro Juan XXIII), the National Council of Private Enterprise (Consejo Nacional de la Empresa Privada, CONEP), and the Political and Social Studies Centre of the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (Centro Universitario de Estudios Políticos y Sociales de la Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, CUEPS–PUCMM).
The report draws extensively on contributions provided by delegates to the OECD Working Party on Public Integrity and Anti-Corruption (PIAC) and the OECD Public Governance Committee (PGC) whose contributions are gratefully acknowledged.
The Foreword and Acknowledgements were added to this publication by the OECD Secretariat.