Nine organizations founded the Infrastructure Policy Council (CPI), whose mission is to support the development of infrastructure in Mexico, taking comprehensive sustainability as its central axis, with equity and inclusion, through the formulation of public policies for the continuous improvement of the cycle. life of the infrastructure in all its phases.
The Mexican Institute of Finance Executives (IMEF), one of the nine founding organizations, noted that the central concept that will guide the council’s efforts views infrastructure as a permanent service to society.
He explained that the CPI arises from the problems that the country faces in this matter, a result of the low levels of current investment (2% of GDP versus the 5% required) and great challenges for the future; In addition, infrastructure governance lacks effective dialogue from the perspective of society.
Faced with this situation, this new organization will work on planning an integrative and long-term vision that allows progress towards a better country, both at the national and regional levels.
The objectives of the CPI are:
• Support the federal government as a consultative and opinion body on the planning, development and implementation of infrastructure in Mexico.
• Support the federal Executive and Legislature on the priorities of sustainable infrastructure development in Mexico with a long-term vision and social responsibility.
• Suggest recommendations that promote the participation of the private and social sector in the development of infrastructure in Mexico, under the best international practices on the matter.
• Promote and disseminate best practices in the infrastructure development cycle, through standards, positioning documents, social participation mechanisms and any other means that favors their dissemination to the union, academia, the public sector and society.
• Promote dialogue between the government and society on infrastructure policies.
The CPI was founded at the initiative of the College of Engineers of Mexico (CICM). The nine organizations that make up it are:
College of Civil Engineers of Mexico (CICM)
Mexican Chamber of the Construction Industry (CMIC)
National Chamber of Consulting Companies (CNEC)
Academy of Engineering Mexico
Mexican Institute of Finance Executives (IMEF)
Mexican Federation of Colleges of Civil Engineers (FEMCIC)
Mexican Union of Engineers Associations (UMAI)
Mexican Association of Land Road Engineers (AMIVTAC)
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers (CIME).
The IMEF indicated that higher education institutions and professional associations are projected to join.
The constitution of the CPI was formalized on December 5 within the framework of the second National Planning Forum of the College of Civil Engineers of Mexico.
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