The former President of the Republic highlighted the role of the alliance between the public and private sectors as an engine for the country’s development, and highlighted the achievements achieved 25 years ago in Chile, which made our country one of the most developed countries in Latin America. To continue on this path, he stressed the need to create sufficient incentives for investment and to meet the energy challenges that the country needs.
“At this moment the country needs to reactivate investment, if we are not stopped,” was very frank, the former President of the Republic, Eduardo Frei Rose Tagle, who opened the academic year at the University of San Sebastian, and on this occasion gave the master class “Investment between the public and private sectors and its role in development and innovation to meet the country’s energy challenges”.
The former president and current chairman of the Infrastructure Policy Council (CPI), noted that policies implemented 25 years ago allowed the country to position itself as a leading country in the region. However, this growth has remained stagnant, and Chile faces the risk of losing leadership. “In life you have to make decisions and that is not happening in Chile today. If we continue like this, we will lose the opportunity again.”
Who was head of state from 1994 to 2000, and then a senator, noted the great progress the country had achieved thanks to public-private partnerships, such as ports, railways and sanitary works, among others.
“How much the country has lost over the years it has been there Permitology Eduardo Frei added: “Did he steal from the state?”
Water, lithium, copper and green hydrogen
The challenge now is to address energy challenges. Today, Chile is the main country in Latin America that owns desalination plants and has an important share of renewable energy generation, rising from 26% in 2016 to 40% in 2024.
In this regard, the former President of the Senate between 2006 and 2008 highlighted that our country has great potential to continue to lead in Latin America by exporting minerals such as copper, lithium and green hydrogen.
“After several years, We can say that 40% of the total Chilean energy will be renewable energy. With this we can make lithium, green hydrogen, and water desalination, things that only a few countries have.
Finally, he called on all sectors “not to be left behind” and to move forward in developing technologies that allow these energies to be implemented. “There’s no time to waste here. Our terms and products. How many countries in the world would be very happy if these three conditions were met? (Copper, lithium and green hydrogen). We may soon become a developed country and become a multi-export economy. “We will not rely exclusively on one product.”
During the meeting, the President of the University of San Sebastian, Hugo Lavados, reviewed the work carried out by the House of Studies during the year 2023, and highlighted the challenges and opportunities facing the USS, which in 2024 marks the 35th anniversary of its founding in the city of San Sebastian. Imagine.
The academic body touched on the emergence of technologies and the qualitative shift in education, noting that it represents “a challenge and an opportunity for Chilean and foreign universities.” “In today’s university, teaching is inconceivable without the use of technology. We are constantly searching for how to provide better education that serves social coexistence and economic development, in that order.”
