This publication is the work of the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV), under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director. It was prepared by GOV’s Open Government Unit, under the direction of Alessandro Bellantoni, Head of Unit, and co‑ordinated by Karine Badr. The report was drafted by Carlotta Alfonsi, Emilie Cazenave, Craig Matasick and Paulina Lopez Ramos. Specialist contributions were received from Jeanne Bollée, Arturo Rivera Perez and Chiara Varazzani. Hallie Detrick, Rebecca Kachmar and Andrée Gorman contributed to research assistance. The report benefitted from editorial assistance from Hallie Detrick and was prepared for publication by Meral Gedik.
The draft report was sent to and benefited from comments from Members of the OECD Public Governance Committee (PGC), Working Party on Open Government, Health Committee, Network of Senior Officials from Centres of Government and Experts Group on Public Communication . Colleagues from the OECD Directorates of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Public Affairs and Communication, Science, Technology and Innovation, as well as the Development Centre also provided comments.
The report is financially and substantially supported principally by the United Kingdom’s Government Communication Service International (GCSI), with additional support from KDI School of Public Policy and Management (2019-2020 KDI School Faculty Research Grant), and the Federal Republic of Germany’s Foreign Office (in the context of its Citizens’ Voice project in Middle East and North African countries). Chapter 5 was supported and co-authored by Professor Taejun (David) Lee of KDI School of Public Policy and Management. The Club of Venice and the Open Government Partnership contributed to expanding the field of respondents to the OECD survey and provided comments to the Report.