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This report was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance as part of its mission to be the leading international source of policy solutions, data, expertise and good practice for governments and other stakeholders seeking to strengthen public policymaking and the strategic capacity of governments.

Under the direction and oversight of Marcos Bonturi, OECD Director for Public Governance, and Jnos Bertk, Head of the Public Sector Integrity Division, this report was prepared by Minjoo Son, Policy Analyst, guided by Paulo Magina, Head of the Unit, and Matthieu Cahen, Deputy Head of Unit, from the Public Procurement Unit of the Public Sector Integrity Division. Preliminary works on building the evidence base were carried out by Kjersti Berg, Senior Adviser on Public Procurement and Innovation, Agency for Public Management and eGovernment, Norway, who was seconded to the OECD from January to October 2017. Inputs were also provided by Andy Cochrane, Kenza Khachani, Lena Diesing, Agnieszka Szczypiska, Fleur DSouza and Lara Gruben. Editorial assistance was provided by Andrea Uhrhammer and Randy Holden. The report was prepared for publication by Meral Gedik, Thibaut Gigou and Laura McDonald. Alpha Zambou provided administrative assistance.

This report was prepared in close consultation within the OECD, especially with the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, as well as the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, Economics Department, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, and Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation. In particular, it benefited from valuable comments by Lucia Cusmano, Peter Hoeller, Chris Pike, Despina Pachnou, Silvia Appelt, Fernando Galindo-Rueda, Julien Gourdon and Pinar Guven.

This report integrates data and evidence collected through 2017 OECD Survey on Strategic Use of Public Procurement to Support SMEs. Responses were received from 32 OECD countries Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and 5 non-OECD countries Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Thailand and Ukraine. Some SME and business associations were consulted through questionnaire disseminated through the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD.

It benefited input from senior public procurement officials participating in the OECD Working Party of Leading Practitioners on Public Procurement. The report was approved by the Working Party on 6 September 2018 and declassified by the Public Governance Committee on 24 September 2018.