This report was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV) under the leadership of the Director, Marcos Bonturi.
This report was drafted by Jamie Berryhill and Kevin Richman under the leadership of Piret Tõnurist, Lead in Systems Thinking, with contributions and co-ordination from Marco Daglio, Head of the Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) within the Open and Innovative Government Division (OIG). Comments and input were provided by Paulo Magina and Matthieu Cahen of the Infrastructure and Procurement Division of GOV. OPSI would also like to recognise the support of Fleur Dsouza, former New Zealand secondee to the Public Sector Integrity team, and the contributions and indispensable assistance of Barbara Topic.
Draft versions of this report were shared and discussed with OPSI’s National Contact Points (NCPs), representatives of the European Commission through DG Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) and members of the Slovenian Public Administration.
The report benefitted from the inputs, reflections and contributions of numerous Slovenian stakeholders, obtained through interviews, discussions, workshops and correspondence. This report would not have been possible without the support of the Ministry of Public Administration. OPSI is particularly grateful to the Ministry staff for their assistance in collecting data and information, organising fact-finding missions and workshops for the team in Ljubljana, and providing feedback throughout the development of the report. The team would especially like to thank Sašo Matas, Urška Skok Klima, Jelena Tabaković and Matija Kodra.
The OECD would also like to express its gratitude to the European Commission, in particular to Mina Shoylekova from the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM), for providing the space, knowledge, guidance and co-operation to approach old problems in new ways. The European Commission Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), specifically Justyne Balasinska and Natalia Fiedziuk, also provided valuable co-operation, input and guidance.
Special thanks go to Stephen Flynn and Deborah Merran for their administrative support and to Liv Gaunt for editorial assistance.