This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV), under the direction and leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director, and of János Bertók, Deputy Director, and the guidance of Paulo Magina, Head of GOV’s Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division. The report was co-ordinated by Jack Radisch, Head of the Risk Governance Unit. The main authors were Jack Radisch and Nestor Alfonzo Santamaria (Senior Analyst for Risk Governance). Adrien Valentin, Elsa Rother, Letizia Andrés and Fabiola Mendoza provided desk research, validated and analysed survey responses and formulated data inputs. Editorial support was provided by Dovile Bogusyte and Deirdre Kiernan.
The Secretariat gratefully acknowledges the many countries and delegates of the OECD High Level Risk Forum who responded to the ‘Survey on the Governance of Critical Risks’, and the ‘Survey on Good Governance of Critical Infrastructure’. Special thanks go to these officials for assisting in the survey design, providing detailed responses and supporting the process throughout by identifying and sharing good practices.
The Foreword and Acknowledgements were added to this publication by the OECD Secretariat