The CNEP concludes the OECD Global Forum on Productivity, highlighting 10 years of experience, challenges, and sustainability

Santiago, October 8, 2025. The National Commission for Evaluation and Productivity (CNEP) participated in the Annual Conference of the OECD Global Forum on Productivity (GFP), recently held in London, where it led the analysis and debate on Industrial Policies and Sustainable Growth.

The CNEP’s Executive Secretary, Rodrigo Krell, in his capacity as Co-Chair of the GFP Steering Committee, moderated the closing panel. International authorities and experts discussed how countries can design industrial strategies that accelerate the transition to carbon neutrality (Net Zero) without losing productive dynamism.

The debate emphasized the role of public and private investment in clean technologies, the incentives needed to mobilize resources toward decarbonization, labor training for emerging industries, and the challenge of promoting innovation while expanding the adoption of existing solutions. The session underscored that the green transition should not be seen solely as an environmental challenge but also as an opportunity to generate quality jobs, social cohesion, and a new cycle of sustainable growth.

The event also included a special session on the work of productivity commissions and their role in improving the quality of public policies from an independent and technical standpoint. Krell elaborated on CNEP’s experience over its ten-year history, highlighting its autonomy, technical nature, operational continuity, and systematic use of evidence-based analysis — “elements that have helped consolidate a work practice focused on proposing recommendations aimed at improving productivity and regulatory quality in Chile,” he stated.

Together with Catherine de Fontenay, Commissioner of Australia’s Productivity Commission, and Bart van Ark, Director of the UK’s Productivity Institute, Krell addressed the common challenges faced by institutions dedicated to productivity analysis in different national contexts, as well as the lessons that can be shared internationally.

Krell explained that over the past decade, CNEP has formulated numerous proposals to improve public spending efficiency, optimize regulations, and strengthen productivity. These proposals include applied recommendations in key sectors such as health, investment, and mining, among others, which are strategic to the country’s development.

He emphasized that the evidence and recommendations developed by CNEP aim to provide a solid and transparent technical foundation for public policy design to strengthen productivity and regulatory quality. “Our purpose is to enhance productivity, and with it, foster growth and investment, always with the conviction that these advances must go hand in hand with sustainability so that Chile moves toward balanced and long-term development,” he affirmed.

In this regard, he mentioned that the Final Report of the Advisory Commission for Structural Reforms to Public Spending (September 2025) — convened by the Ministry of Finance to propose measures for fiscal efficiency and sustainability — presented 34 recommendations with an estimated long-term impact exceeding MM$4,300,000, including measures proposed by CNEP in its 2024 study “Efficiency in Procurement and Inventory Management in Hospitals.”

He also highlighted that the Ministry of Health, following 20 recommendations proposed by CNEP in 2020, implemented a pilot program in 20 Regional Resolution Centers (CRR). This initiative significantly increased daily surgical care during 2023–2024 and has now been scaled nationwide.

Likewise, he noted that during the debate on the Sectoral Permits Bill, the analysis conducted by CNEP in its 2023 study “Analysis of Priority Sectoral Permits for Investment” helped justify the incorporation of mechanisms aimed at reducing processing times, strengthening inter-agency coordination, and standardizing procedures — all to advance toward a more efficient, predictable, and internationally aligned permitting system.

The study identified seven findings showing that the behavior of priority sectoral permits in Chile is heterogeneous and complex, significantly extending processing times compared to what is established in the regulations. To address this, CNEP proposed nine concrete recommendations to improve permit management, which served as technical input for the recently enacted Framework Law on Sectoral Authorizations.

At the close of the event, during bilateral meetings with members of the OECD Productivity Forum, representatives and senior officials from the productivity commissions of the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and Australia emphasized that CNEP’s work is regarded in their countries as an example of solid technical management, with high-quality studies and concrete contributions to evidence-based policymaking.

In this regard, Rodrigo Krell stated: “It was very gratifying to see firsthand that the CNEP is recognized and valued internationally. It is satisfying to confirm that these ten years of work have helped consolidate an institution with technical credibility, capable of producing useful evidence, realistic proposals, and diagnoses that contribute to strengthening public policy in Chile.”

By participating in this event, CNEP reaffirmed its commitment to contributing to the global debate on productivity and to sharing with Chile and the international community the lessons learned from a decade of institutional work, aiming to provide solid evidence and long-term proposals that drive more inclusive, innovative, and sustainable growth.