This publication is the work of the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV), under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director. It was produced under the overall steering of the OECD Public Governance Committee and its Working Party on Open Government (WPOG). It was prepared by the Innovative, Digital and Open Government Division, under the overall direction of Carlos Santiso and overseen by Alessandro Bellantoni, Head of the Open Governance Unit until January 2024, and David Goessmann, Acting Head of the Open Governance Unit since then. Claire Mc Evoy and Deniz Devrim conceptualised the guide and led the research and drafting process as lead authors, with support provided by Marie Whelan, Renan Barbosa Fernandes, and Antonis Stoufis. Parts of the guide were drafted by Jacqueline Wood, with support from Carla Musi (Recommendation 10), Arturo Rivera Perez (Recommendation 7), Mauricio Mejia Galvan (Recommendation 9) and Emma Cantera and Marie Whelan (Recommendation 4). Specialist contributions were gratefully received from Carlotta Alfonsi, Karine Badr, Gallia Daor, Craig Matasick, Carissa Munro, Arturo Rivera Perez, and Daniel Trnka.
The following persons reviewed the publication and provided comments and content: Joanne Caddy, Conor Das-Doyle, Gillian Dorner, Carissa Munro, and Carlos Santiso from the Directorate for Public Governance; Giuseppe Bianco, Julia Carro, Gallia Daor, Lisa Robinson and Jeremy West from the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation; and Liliana Suchodolska from the Directorate for Statistics and Data. The report benefitted from editorial assistance from Andrea Uhrhammer and Sara Vincini and was prepared for publication by Adem Kocaman and Meral Gedik.
Members of the OECD Public Governance Committee (PGC) and its Working Party on Open Government provided comments on the draft report. The authors are thankful to the Observatory of Civic Space Advisory Board members for their ongoing guidance and advice throughout the process. Special thanks go to Waltraud Heller from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, who provided comments and feedback to the draft. The report was supported by grants from the Ford Foundation and the Robert Bosch Stiftung.