This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV), under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director for Public Governance. It was developed under the strategic direction of Gillian Dorner, Deputy Director of the OECD Public Governance Directorate and Nejla Saula, Head of the Anti-Corruption, Integrity and Open Government Division (ACIOG).
The Review process was led by Karine Badr under the supervision of David Goessmann, Head of the Open Governance Unit within ACIOG. The chapters were drafted by Nina Lenglinger and Ollin Pérez-Raynaud, with contributions from Giulia Cibrario, Renan Fernandes, Raphaël Pouyé and Antonis Stoufis. Additional support was provided by Catherine Burke, Haris Khan, Jad Safwan and Benedict Stefani.
The publication benefited from comments and substantive inputs from colleagues across the OECD Public Governance Directorate, including: Alana Baker, Charles Baubion, James Drummond, Cameron Knott, Craig Matasick, Julian Olsen and Emma Phillips, as well as from Lucie Cerna from the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills.
Sections of the Review analysing Australia’s legal frameworks draw on material provided by the Library of Congress.
Meral Gedik, Nuria Villanova and Valentin Py provided editorial assistance and prepared the Report for publication. The Foreword and Acknowledgements were added to this publication by the OECD Secretariat.
The OECD Secretariat wishes to express its sincere gratitude to all those who contributed substantively to the preparation of this report. It also acknowledges the excellent collaboration and valuable insights provided by stakeholders from the Australian government, civil society organisations, foundations and academia consulted for the Review (listed in Annex A). Special thanks go to Mark Groote, Melanie Mackenzie, Robyn Ross, Alex Fischer, Hugh Piper and Liz Vahtrick from the Australian Department of Home Affairs, as well as to Subho Banerjee, Bradley Carron-Arthur, Kevin Leong, Simon Alperstein and Andrew Schmidt from the Australian Public Service Commission for their dedicated engagement and support throughout the duration of the Review process.
The Review would not have been possible without the important contribution of peer reviewers, who shared their extensive country-based knowledge and experience during the fact-finding mission and throughout the review process, namely Jayne Foster, Lead of The Policy Project, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand; Maria Wakeham-Hartonen, Senior Specialist and Chief of Staff, Department of Democracy and Rule of Law, Ministry of Justice, Finland; and Grégoire Tirot, Head of Innovation and Citizen Participation at the Government Directorate for Public Transformation, Prime Minister’s Office, France. The OECD would also like to thank Joël Denis, Director General of Strategic Policy and International Affairs, Canadian Heritage; and Ricardo Poppi, Product Manager, Brazil Participativo, who provided input in writing. Their contributions regarding good practices and lessons learned from their own countries are also integrated throughout the report.
The OECD Secretariat extend its sincere gratitude to the OECD Public Governance Committee and its Working Party on Open Government for their valuable feedback and review of the report.