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Contributors to This Publication CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS PUBLICATION Many people have contributed to the development of this publication. The following lists the names of the country representatives, researchers and experts who have actively taken part in the preparatory work leading to the publication of Education at a Glance – OECD Indicators 2011. The OECD wishes to thank them all for their valuable efforts. INES Working Party Mr. Paul CMIEL (Australia) Ms. Nadine DALSHEIMER-VAN DER TOL (France) Ms. Shannon MADDEN (Australia) Ms. Florence DEFRESNE (France) Mr. Scott MATHESON (Australia) Ms. Florence LEFRESNE (France) Ms. Margaret PEARCE (Australia) Ms. Valerie LIOGIER (France) Mr. Andreas GRIMM (Austria) Ms. Claude MALEGUE (France) Ms. Sabine MARTINSCHITZ (Austria) Mr. Christophe PEPIN (France) Mr. Mark NEMET (Austria) Ms. Pascale POULET-COULIBANDO (France) Mr. Markus SCHWABE (Austria) Ms Marguerite RUDOLF (France) Mr. Wolfgang PAULI (Austria) Mr. Claude SAUVAGEOT (France) Mr. Philippe DIEU (Belgium) Ms. Alexia STEFANOU (France) Mr. Liës FEYEN (Belgium) Mr. Heinz-Werner HETMEIER (Germany) Ms. Nathalie JAUNIAUX (Belgium) Mr. Martin SCHULZE (Germany) Mr. Guy STOFFELEN (Belgium) Ms. Eveline VON GAESSLER (Germany) Mr. Raymond VAN DE SIJPE (Belgium) Ms. Roy CHOURDAKI (Greece) Ms. Ann VAN DRIESSCHE (Belgium) Ms. Maria FASSARI (Greece) Ms. Ana Carolina SILVA CIROTTO (Brazil) Ms. Dimitra FARMAKIOUTOU (Greece) Mr. Patrice DE BROUCKER (Canada) Ms. Anna IMRE (Hungary) Ms. Amanda HODGKINSON (Canada) Ms. Judit KADAR-FULOP (Hungary) Mr. Keith LOWE (Canada) Mr. Tibor KONYVESI (Hungary) Mr. Janusz ZIEMINSKI (Canada) Ms. Judit KOZMA-LUKACS (Hungary) Mr. Gabriel Alonso UGARTE VERA (Chile) Mr. Laszlo LIMBACHER (Hungary) Mr. Cristian Pablo YANEZ NAVARRO (Chile) Ms. Eva TOT (Hungary) Ms. Michaela KLENHOVA (Czech Republic) Mr. Gunnar ARNASON (Iceland) Mr. Lubomir MARTINEC (Czech Republic) Mr. Julius BJORNSSON (Iceland) Mr. Leo Elmbirk JENSEN (Denmark) Ms. Asta URBANCIC (Iceland) Ms. Liv Maadele MOGENSEN (Denmark) Mr. Pat McSITRIC (Ireland) Ms. Karin BLIX (Denmark) Ms. Nicola TICKNER (Ireland) Ms. Lone SOLBJERGHOJ (Denmark) Mr. Yoav AZULAY (Israel) Ms. Kristi PLOOM (Estonia) Mr. Yosef GIDANIAN (Israel) Mr. Anders HINGEL (European Commission) Mr. Giovanni BIONDI (Italy) Ms. Lene MEJER (EUROSTAT, European Commission) Ms. Maria Gemma DE SANCTIS (Italy) Mr. Fernando REIS (EUROSTAT, European Commission) Ms. Paola DI GIROLAMO (Italy) Mr. Ville HEINONEN (Finland) Ms. Maria Teresa MORANA (Italy) Mr. Matti KYRO (Finland) Ms. Claudia PIZZELLA (Italy) Mr. Reijo LAUKKANEN (Finland) Mr. Paolo TURCHETTI (Italy) Ms. Riikka RAUTANEN (Finland) Mr. Jugo IMAIZUMI (Japan) Mr. Mika TUONONEN (Finland) Mr. Soichi MURAKAMI (Japan) Mr. Matti VAISANEN (Finland) Mr. Hiromi SASAI (Japan) Mr. Luc BRIERE (France) Mr. Taiji SATO (Japan) Education at a Glance © OECD 2011 491 Contributors Ms. Kumiko TANSHO-HIRABAYASHI (Japan) Ms. Alzbeta FERENCICOVA (Slovak Republic) Mr. Eiichi TSURUMOTO (Japan) Ms. Zuzana JAKUBCOVA (Slovak Republic) Mr. Eun-Bae KONG (Korea) Ms. Elena REBROSOVA (Slovak Republic) Ms. Jong-Hyo PARK (Korea) Ms. Helga KOCEVAR (Slovenia) Mr. Jerome LEVY (Luxembourg) Ms. Tatjana SKRBEC (Slovenia) Mr. Rafael FREYRE MARTINEZ (Mexico) Ms. Sagrario AVEZUELA SANCHEZ (Spain) Mr. Rene GOMORA CASTILLO (Mexico) Ms. Isabel BLANCO NIETO (Spain) Ms. Danielle ANDARABI (Netherlands) Mr. Eduardo DE LA FUENTE (Spain) Mr. Egon DIETZ (Netherlands) Mr. Luis HERNAEZ GLUCK (Spain) Ms. Linda SLIKKERVEER (Netherlands) Mr. Jesus IBAÑEZ MILLA (Spain) Mr. Marcel SMITS VAN WAESBERGHE (Netherlands) Mr. Joaquín MARTIN MUÑOZ (Spain) Mr. Dick TAKKENBERG (Netherlands) Mr. Valentín RAMOS SALVADOR (Spain) Ms. Pauline THOOLEN (Netherlands) Ms. Carmen URENA URENA (Spain) Ms. Anouschka VAN DER MEULEN (Netherlands) Mr. Mats BJORNSSON (Sweden) Mr. Paul GINI (New Zealand) Ms. Marie KAHLROTH (Sweden) Ms. Frances KELLY (New-Zealand) Mr. Kenny PETERSSON (Sweden) Mr. David SCOTT (New-Zealand) Ms. Katrin HOLENSTEIN (Switzerland) Ms. Marie ARNEBERG (Norway) Mr. Stefan C. WOLTER (Switzerland) Mr. Terje RISBERG (Norway) Ms. Hümeyra ALTUNTAŞ (Turkey) Ms. Hanna GOLASZEWSKA (Poland) Ms. Nilgun DURAN (Turkey) Ms. Joanna GORSKA (Poland) Mr. Ibrahim Zeki KARABIYIK (Turkey) Mr. Marek KOWALEWSKI (Poland) Mr. Michael BRUNEFORTH (UNESCO) Mr. Krzysztof MIESZKOWSKI (Poland) Mr. Albert MOTIVANS (UNESCO) Ms. Anna NOWOZYNSKA (Poland) Mr. Said Ould Ahmedou VOFFAL (UNESCO) Ms. Beatriz GONCALVES (Portugal) Mr. Anthony CLARKE (United Kingdom) Ms. Elisa GONZALEZ (Portugal) Mr. Stephen HEWITT (United Kingdom) Mr. Joao PEREIRA DE MATOS (Portugal) Mr. Stephen LEMAN (United Kingdom) Mr. Nuno Miguel RODRIGUES (Portugal) Ms. Rachel DINKES (United States) Mr. Joaquim SANTOS (Portugal) Ms. Jana KEMP (United States) Mr. Mark AGRANOVICH (Russian Federation) Ms. Valena White PLISKO (United States) Mr. Evgeny BUTKO (Russian Federation) Mr. Thomas SNYDER (United States) Ms. Anna FATEEVA (Russian Federation) Network on Labour Market, Economic and Social Outcomes of Learning (LSO) Lead country: Canada Ms. Vendula KAŠPAROVA (Czech Republic) Network Leader: Mr. Patrice DE BROUCKER Mr. Andreas GINGER-MORTENSEN (Denmark) Mr. Paul CMIEL (Australia) Ms. Liv Maadele MOGENSEN (Denmark) Ms. Shannon MADDEN (Australia) Mr. Lars JAKOBSEN (EUROSTAT, European Commission) Mr. Scott MATHESON (Australia) Ms. Marta BECK-DOMZALSKA (EUROSTAT, European Ms. Margaret PEARCE (Australia) Commission) Mr. Mark NEMET (Austria) Mr. Sylvain JOUHETTE (EUROSTAT, European Commission) Ms. Ariane BAYE (Belgium) Ms. Irja BLOMQVIST (Finland) Ms. Isabelle ERAUW (Belgium) Ms. Aila REPO (Finland) Ms. Genevieve HINDRYCKX (Belgium) Ms. Pascale POULET-COULIBANDO (France) Mr. Daniel Jaime CAPISTRANO DE OLIVEIRA (Brazil) Ms. Christiane KRUGER-HEMMER (Germany) Ms. Ana Carolina SILVA CIROTTO (Brazil) Ms. Angelika TRAUB (Germany) Mr. Patric BLOUIN (Canada) Mr. Angelos KARAGIANNIS (Greece) Mr. Patrice DE BROUCKER (Canada) Ms. Nicola TICKNER (Ireland) Ms. Emanuelle CARRIERE (Canada) Mr. Yosef GIDANIAN (Israel) Ms. Shannon DELBRIDGE (Canada) Mr. Haim PORTNOY (Israel) Ms. Sona FORTOVA (Czech Republic) Ms. Liana VERZICCO (Italy) 492 Education at a Glance © OECD 2011 Contributors Ms. Jihee CHOI (Korea) Mr. Jacek MASLANKOWSKI (Poland) Ms. Jong-Hyo PARK (Korea) Mr. Mark AGRANOVICH (Russian Federation) Mr. Jos NOESEN (Luxembourg) Ms. Lubomira SRNANKOVA (Slovak Republic) Mr. Rafael FREYRE MARTINEZ (Mexico) Ms. Raquel ALVAREZ-ESTEBAN (Spain) Mr. Rene GOMORA CASTILLO (Mexico) Ms. Carmen UREÑA UREÑA (Spain) Mr. Hector ROBLES (Mexico) Mr. Torbjorn LINDQVIST (Sweden) Mr. Roy TJOA (Netherlands) Mr. Kenny PETERSSON (Sweden) Mr. Francis VAN DER MOOREN (Netherlands) Mr. Emanuel VON ERLACH (Switzerland) Mr. Marcel SMITS VAN WAESBERGHE (Netherlands) Mr. Anthony CLARKE (United Kingdom) Mr. David SCOTT (New Zealand) Mr. Stephen LEMAN (United Kingdom) Mr. Lars NERDRUM (Norway) Mr. Thomas SNYDER (United States) Ms. Ragnhild NERSTEN (Norway) Ms. Kimberly TAHAN (United States) Mr. Geir NYGARD (Norway) Network for the Collection and Adjudication of System-level descriptive Information on Educational Structures, Policies and Practices (NESLI) Lead Country: United Kingdom Ms. Ezia PALMERI (Italy) Network Leader: Mr. Stephen LEMAN Mr. Yasumasa SHINOHARA (Japan) Mr. Paul CMIEL (Australia) Ms. Kumiko TANSHO-HIRABAYASHI (Japan) Mr. Christian KRENTHALLER (Austria) Ms. Jong-Hyo PARK (Korea) Mr. Francois-Gerard STOLZ (Belgium) Mr. Gilles HIRT (Luxembourg) Mr. Raymond VAN DE SIJPE (Belgium) Mr. Rafael FREYRE MARTINEZ (Mexico) Ms. Ann VAN DRIESSCHE (Belgium) Mr. Hans RUESINK (Netherlands) Mr. Daniel Jaime CAPISTRANO DE OLIVEIRA (Brazil) Mr. Marcel SMITS VAN WAESBERGHE (Netherlands) Ms. Ana Carolina SILVA CIROTTO (Brazil) Mr. Cyril MAKO (New Zealand) Ms. Michaela KLENHOVA (Czech Republic) Mr. Kjetil HELGELAND (Norway) Ms. Pavlina STASTNOVA (Czech Republic) Ms. Katarzyna MALEC (Poland) Mr. Jorgen Balling RASMUSSEN (Denmark) Ms. Anna NOWOZYNSKA (Poland) Ms. Kristi PLOOM (Estonia) Mr. Nuno Miguel RODRIGUES (Portugal) Mr. Richard DEISS (European Commission) Mrs. Ana VITORINO (Portugal) Mrs. Arlette DELHAXHE (Eurydice) Mr. Mark AGRANOVICH (Russian Federation) Mr. Stanislav RANGUELOV (Eurydice) Ms. Anna FATEEVA (Russian Federation) Ms. Kristiina VOLMARI (Finland) Mr. Valentín RAMOS SALVADOR (Spain) Ms. Nadine DALSHEIMER-VAN DER TOL (France) Mr. Antonio DEL SASTRE (Spain) Ms. Pia BRUGGER (Germany) Mr. Anders BORGSTROM (Sweden) Ms. Cornelia FRANKE (Germany) Ms. Helena WINTGREN (Sweden) Ms. Maria FASSARI (Greece) Ms. Rejane DEPPIERRAZ (Switzerland) Ms. Dimitra FARMAKIOTOU (Greece) Ms. Hümeyra ALTUNTAS (Turkey) Mr. Pat McSITRIC (Ireland) Mr. Anthony CLARKE (United Kingdom) Ms. Sophie ARTSEV (Israel) Mr. Mal COOKE (United Kingdom) Mr. Yoav AZULAY (Israel) Mr. Stephen LEMAN (United Kingdom) Ms. Gianna BARBIERI (Italy) Ms. Valena PLISKO (United States) Other contributors to this publication Ms. Anna BORKOWSKY (LSO consultant) Mr. Kenny PETERSSON (LSO consultant) Mr. Torberg FALCH (NESLI consultant) Mr. Dan SHERMAN (LSO consultant) Mr. Henry M. LEVIN (NESLI consultant) Mr. Bjarne STROM (NESLI consultant) Mr. Jon LAUGLO (LSO consultant) Ms. Fung-Kwan TAM (Layout) Mr. Gary MIRON (NESLI consultant) Mr. J. Douglas WILLMS (NESLI consultant) Education at a Glance © OECD 2011 493 From: Education at a Glance 2011 OECD Indicators Access the complete publication at: https://doi.org/10.1787/eag-2011-en Please cite this chapter as: OECD (2011), “Contributors to this publication”, in Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1787/eag-2011-37-en
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