In November 2014, Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) commissioned the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to undertake a Public Governance Review (PGR or “the Review”) of Northern Ireland (NI). Its purpose is to provide an assessment of, and recommendations on, public-sector reform in Northern Ireland that will align with the NI government’s own medium-term priorities for public-administration reform. This PGR focuses on analysing factors affecting reform to assist NI in pursuing improvements to public-service delivery and enhancing value for money. As requested by NI, in assessing Northern Ireland’s policy direction and capacity to implement reform, it also identifies areas in need of further reform that could be pursued as a complement to those already launched, and advises on possible courses of action to assist the Government of Northern Ireland in meeting its reform objectives.