The Proyecta Chile 2050 initiative has entered a new implementation phase aimed at transforming technical expertise into concrete public policies for the country, according to elmostrador.cl.
Driven by the Fundación Encuentros del Futuro, the process seeks to design a long-term development roadmap that unites academia, the public sector, the private sector, and civil society.
Guido Girardi, Executive Vice President of the Fundación Encuentros del Futuro, noted that the goal is to build a shared vision that transcends electoral cycles.
“We have never had a common, shared national project; we have had the presidential proposals of individual candidates, but never something that represents society as a whole and serves as a shared purpose. (…) For example, ensuring that Chile is a developed nation by 2050,” Girardi stated.
Structure and participants
The process coordinates more than 2,000 experts from across the country, organized into 20 thematic working groups. These groups address critical areas such as healthcare, energy, artificial intelligence, the economy, and democracy.
The collaborative network includes institutions such as the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, CRUCH, the Chilean Academy of Sciences, CUECH, G9, AUR, Vertebral, CUP, CPC, Sofofa, Fundación Chile, and Congreso Futuro.
Girardi explained that each working group consists of an average of 150 people. The program aims to integrate research centers from throughout the national territory.
From reflection to action
Following an initial diagnostic phase, the program is now moving into an execution phase. The objective is to ensure that the conclusions presented to political and industry leaders advance toward concrete solutions.
“During the first year and a half, we coordinated and brought together 2,000 people who developed proposals and a synthesis document that we delivered to all presidential candidates last year. The next stage is to move toward more concrete proposals. We call it 'reflection for action',” the former senator indicated.
Girardi emphasized the importance of having a cross-cutting entity in a context of high political polarization. The goal is to create a space of trust, bolstered by the involvement of universities as highly prestigious institutions.
“The beauty of it is that in this polarized world, where politics lacks the time to think, there is a validated, cross-cutting body where Chile’s best minds are formulating transversal proposals that can actually be implemented,” he concluded.
