This report was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director. It was prepared by GOV’s Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Government Division, under the direction of Julio Bacio Terracino, Head of Division. The report was co-ordinated by Frédéric Boehm and drafted by Pauline Bertrand. The report benefitted from editorial assistance and was prepared for publication by Meral Gedik.
The OECD expresses its gratitude to all the actors from the public sector, civil society and business who were interviewed during the fact-finding mission that took place in Chile on 13-17 March 2023, and those who took part in the virtual workshop on preliminary observations (Observaciones preliminaries OCDE sobre el Lobby en Chile) on 26 July 2023. Their input was instrumental in generating key insights, on which the analysis and recommendations in this report are based.
The OECD thanks in particular the leadership of the Presidential Advisory Commission for Public Integrity and Transparency (Comisión Asesora Presidencial para la Integridad Pública y Transparencia) under the Ministry of the Presidency (Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia - SEGPRES) and Minister of the Presidency Mr. Álvaro Elizalde Soto for making this report possible. Ms. Valeria Lübbert, Executive Secretary of the Commission, and her team provided invaluable insights and feedback on draft versions of the report.
The report and project benefited from the invaluable time and insights of various government stakeholders, including former Minister of the Presidency Ms. Ana Lya Uriarte and Under Secretary Ms. Macarena Lobos Palacios, the Comptroller General of the Republic and his Office (Contraloría General de la República), Members of the National Congress (Congreso Nacional Chile), the Council for Transparency (Consejo para la Transparencia), the Electoral Service of Chile (Servicio Electoral), the Chilean Association of Municipalities (Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades) and the Association of Municipalities of Chile (Asociación de Municipalidades de Chile).
The OECD is grateful for the insights shared by private sector entities, including lobbyists and senior managers from lobbying firms (Azerta, Extend, KOM and Imaginacción), the Confederation of Production and Trade (Confederación de la Producción y del Comercio, CPC) and the Chilean Chamber of Construction (Cámara Chilena de la Construcción).
The OECD would also like to thank the researchers and organisations from civil society and academia who provided valuable insights and perspectives for this report, in particular researchers from the University Adolfo Ibáñez and the University of Chile.