The
Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) and the
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) on Tuesday convened experts in public infrastructure from Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay, who shared good practices and lessons learned in their countries on the implementation of emblematic projects.
Moreover, the roundtable garnered representatives from the National Infrastructure Agency of Colombia, Chile's Council of Infrastructure Policies, as well as Uruguay's former Transport and Public Works Minister Lucio Caceres.
As is known, the Executive Branch promotes the approval of the bill to create the National Infrastructure Authority (ANIN).
Said entity will have a national scope and permanence over time, which will ensure its success unlike previous experiences, as stated by
Prime Minister Alberto Otarola at the last extraordinary session of the Congress' Commission of Decentralization, Regionalization, Local Governments, and Modernization of State Management.
"The creation of ANIN is not more of the same. It will include facilities to implement investment programs or projects, by expediting and shortening deadlines for the completion of works at the national level," he said.
The technical roundtable was also attended by
Economy-Finance Minister Alex Contreras, who explained that ANIN will contribute to addressing two essential problems affecting Peru: the
lack of institutionality and the
weak project management.
"The first axis that we want to incorporate into ANIN involves resilient infrastructure projects to address the stationary shocks faced by Peru due to El Niño phenomenon," he stated.
Meanwhile, the regional expert in Infrastructure for Climate Action for UNOPS, Alejandro Rossi, spoke about the search for maximum impact on infrastructure investment, within the framework of climate change, considering equality, diversity and inclusion.
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Published: 6/13/2023