Peru's Prime Minister, Ana Jara, introduced the “Programa Pais 2015 – 2016” (Country Programme 2015 – 2016) at the National Agreement Forum's session Nr. 113 revealing the country's first aspiring step towards becoming an "Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development" (OECD) full member.
The OECD reunites 34 states, which represent about 80% of the global GDP; it was reminded by the Peruvian government.
“It is the beginning of the Peruvian State’s structured linking process to the organization [OECD] by establishing a cooperation relation for the mutual benefit, and a recognition of the meaningful progress we have made in terms of economic and social matters within the last years,” Jara pointed out.
The Prime Minister indicated the "progress" is focused on enabling Peru to reach a series of standards and practices, which will contribute –through the improvements in public policies' quality- to shorten the learning curve towards economic, social and institutional development, proper governance and to strengthen the rule of law, as well.
The cooperation relation between Peru and OECD will be focused on segments considered as “substantive areas,” according to the priorities of Peru's national policies.
The Prime Minister said the work will be done in the framework marked by four general guidelines:
- Growth with social inclusion.
- Competitiveness improvement and the diversification of the national economy.
- Increasing confidence in public institutionalism.
- Obtaining better environmental results.
“All this aims at implementing the best practices and standards to enable us to walk towards a sustainable economic development with social inclusion, promoting the competitiveness and the economic-productive diversification, as well as increasing the efficiency and legitimacy of public institutions' participation in the framework filled with respect for the human rights and environment,” she expressed.
After assuring the OECD seeks to establish links with a limited number of countries -particularly those, which have made "significant" progress in consolidating the path towards development- Jara claimed “Peru’s linking progress to the OECD must be assumed as State policy" due to its "relevance" concerning the country's and the high national interests.
The meeting was held at the Torre Tagle Palace in Lima.
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