Ministry of Infrastructure: functions, workers and which entities would be absorbed

The government of Dina Boluarte is preparing the creation of a Ministry of Infrastructure. According to the message to the nation released to the press, said announcement will be detailed by the president in her speech this Sunday, July 28, in the Chamber of the Congress of the Republic. If this legislative proposal is approved, our country would have 20 ministerial portfolios.

According to the draft bill that will be submitted to Parliament, the main objective of the Ministry of Infrastructure It would be “to provide quality public services to the population, considering the territorial and social approach, efficiency and sustainability, as well as contributing to competitiveness.”

Government seeks to create Ministry of Infrastructure: what would be its functions?

One of the announcements that would be made Dina Boluarte During his second address to the nation for the National Holidays, he presented a bill to create the Ministry of Infrastructure. This entity would be established as an agency of the Executive Branch with legal status, administrative, economic and functional autonomy, and a budget.

On this subject, the government indicates that this measure “seeks to unify in a single entity the execution of studies and the implementation of infrastructure carried out by the national government.” To this end, it proposes “better control of the processes, greater transparency and, in general, efficiency in their fulfillment, always for the benefit of the citizen, to whom we owe ourselves.”

According to Article 4 of the draft proposal, its main functions would be:

• Formulate, plan, direct, coordinate, execute, supervise and evaluate the national infrastructure policy, aimed at improving the quality of life of the population and reducing gaps in social infrastructure and access to services.
• Issue technical standards and guidelines for the design, formulation, execution and supervision of infrastructure.
• Coordinate, execute and supervise the application of policies, strategies, plans, programs and projects related to infrastructure.
• Articulate and harmonize the management of infrastructure policies, plans, strategies, programs and projects at an intergovernmental level.
• Ensure compliance with public policies on infrastructure, which require the synergistic and articulated participation of State entities, at the intergovernmental and intersectoral level.

Which entities would be absorbed into the Ministry of Infrastructure?

During her address to the nation, President Dina Boluarte will point out that the new Ministry of Infrastructure “will allow the entity in charge of planning, coordinating, formulating, executing and supervising infrastructure at the national level, with the aim of providing infrastructure to support public services for the population, considering the territorial and social approach, efficiency and sustainability, as well as contributing to competitiveness.

Likewise, he explains that this new ministry will absorb “entities such as the National Infrastructure Authority, the Agency for Investment Studies and Projects, as well as the programs and projects attached to the ministries that are currently developing these activities.” He then reviews the scope of the second complementary provision of said project:

• National Infrastructure Authority (ANIN)
• Agency for the Study and Design of Investment Projects (OEDI)
• Private Investment Promotion Agency (PROINVERSIÓN)
• Rural Agrarian Productive Development Program (AGRORURAL)
• Subsectoral Irrigation Program (PSI)
• National Health Investment Program (PRONIS)
• National Educational Infrastructure Program (PRONIED)
• Safe Water Program for Lima and Callao (PASLC)
• National Urban Sanitation Program (PNSU)
• National Rural Sanitation Program (PNSR)
• National Fisheries Development Fund (FONDEPES)
• Fund for Cooperation for Social Development (FONCODES)
• National Transport Infrastructure Special Project (National PROVIAS)
• Subnational Transport Support Program (PATS)
• Special Project for Decentralized Transport Infrastructure (Decentralized PROVIAS)
• Fund for Territorial Development (FIDT)
• Legacy Special Project (LEGACY)

Ministry of Infrastructure: What would happen to the workers of the absorbed entities?

While the Organization and Functions Regulations are being approved, “the other management documents of the Ministry of Infrastructure, the entities, programs, projects or funds that are merged with the aforementioned Ministry will continue with their functions.” This entity will be authorized to hire its employees and civil servants, following a public competition based on merit and within the framework of the regulations governing the civil service system.

How long will it take to implement the Ministry of Infrastructure?

According to the draft of the bill that the president would present to the Congress of the Republic, “within a period of no more than one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days counted from the entry into force of this Law, the sectors will make the corresponding regulatory and management adjustments, as a consequence of the merger of the entities, programs, projects and funds referred to in the second Final Complementary Provision of this Law.