The Regional Productive Development Committee (CDPR) of Ñuble held its final plenary session for 2025, presenting results and setting the budget for 2026. The meeting was attended by José Miguel Benavente, executive vice president of Corfo, and Óscar Crisóstomo, regional governor of Ñuble.
Governor Crisóstomo stated: “Today we conclude the tenth session of this Committee in an expanded plenary, with the presence of the executive vice president of Corfo, reviewing what have been two years of implementation of the Productive Development Committee in the Ñuble Region. We have seen concrete progress in prioritized areas, where there is clear dynamism today. Looking ahead to next year, we hope to continue strengthening this work, which is the result of joint efforts between central and regional governments, with participation from both public and private sectors.” He added: “This Committee is a concrete expression of the decentralization we want to continue promoting because we firmly believe it generates development and is a path we cannot reverse. Our challenge is for this process to keep maturing, strengthen itself, and have more resources and greater decision-making capacity in coming years.”
In 2025, CDPR awarded 1.424 billion pesos to small- and medium-sized businesses (pymes) in Ñuble through Corfo instruments. An additional 2.5 billion pesos were leveraged from the Regional Government. In total, 120 projects were approved by Corfo under the committee’s oversight, benefiting over 1,900 entrepreneurs and organizations across strategic sectors such as forestry-wood industry and agroindustry; tourism and creative economy; sustainable industrialized construction; circular economy; and recycling.
Corfo’s executive vice president Benavente commented: “It was a very interesting event where we could learn firsthand what is happening in the Committee with a solid technical discussion about different instruments and mechanisms that are boosting innovation development, entrepreneurship, and support for micro- and small enterprises in the region. I was left with a very good impression regarding collaboration among productive sectors, public sector, and other institutions.” He added: “We are very pleased to see how an effective decentralization policy is being implemented where authority over resource allocation rests locally. We see a well-guided process with strong support for Corfo’s Regional Directorate so that this model works well.”
The committee approved its 2026 budget at 1.439 billion pesos from CDPR plus an additional three billion pesos from the Regional Government. These funds will allow ongoing initiatives to continue while enabling new support tools for regional productive development.
Several new funding calls were announced: PAR Turismo will open on December 19 targeting thirteen municipalities; two competitions focused on investment in energy efficiency and non-conventional renewable energies; a Public Goods call focusing on logistics and value offering—all set to open applications soon. In early 2026 there will also be a Semilla Inicia program.
Macarena Dávila, Corfo’s regional director for Ñuble said: “In 2026 we will continue promoting projects in the same strategic sectors that have guided our work alongside CDPR over recent years—allowing us continuity and consolidation of achieved progress. In coming days we will launch new calls aimed at key sectors for Ñuble’s productive development such as tourism, agriculture, logistics—which has high potential—and entrepreneurship thus strengthening a more diverse, competitive ecosystem.”
Aintzane Lorca, head of Sustainable Productive Development Division at Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Turismo highlighted inter-institutional coordination through a programming agreement between her ministry, Corfo, and Ñuble’s Regional Government:
“The development of CDPRs constitutes an important milestone in Chile’s decentralization process. Along these lines—in Ñuble—we are strengthening a strategic alliance via signing this programming agreement among Regional Government; Ministry of Economy; Corfo. This agreement represents an unprecedented act of inter-institutional coordination with investment close to 6.6 billion pesos funded by both national/regional resources based on long-term strategy,” she said.“This initiative creates positive impacts locally by fostering creation of technology hubs promoting innovation improving production practices within strategic sectors.”
