About us

The Chile Pacific Foundation (the Foundation) is the only public-private organization in Chile aimed at facilitating synergies focusing on policies aligned with the country’s projection towards the Asia Pacific region. It is against this backdrop that the Foundation hosts Chile’s National Secretariat for both the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC). These two councils formally bring up the voices of the Asia Pacific business and research communities into the APEC system.

The Foundation is legally linked to the Chilean State through the Undersecretariat of International Economic Relations, which is a government body under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It carries out a variety of activities throughout the year to bring about public debate on strategic topics. International trade of goods and services, policies to upgrade the country’s output potential, new trends of the economy, challenges and opportunities for foreign investment, the geopolitics of the Asia Pacific, the development and implementation of ESG standards, aspects impacting on global value and supply chains and prospects for the renewable energies industry, among several others topics, have been part of the Foundation’s agenda over the last few years, just to name some. Growing the knowledge among general public of cultural and political traits of Asia Pacific countries is also in the Foundation’s events.

Moving forward an across-the-board agenda

A significant number of businesses operating in the country, both local and foreign -including several leading multinationals- support the Foundation’s unique role by becoming members and participating in board sessions, as well as in public/private dialogues organized by the Foundation. Government officials, including the Vice-Minister of Trade (officially, Undersecretary of International Economic Relations) and the head of Chile’s exports promotion agency (ProChile), also have a sit on the board.

Different event formats are used to carry through the Foundation’s working program, including face-to-face and online activities, which incorporates closed-doors events depending on the nature and sensitivity of the topics. Additionally, the Foundation commissions and edits research and reports to delve into matters related to Chile’s economic and social development priorities. In many cases, it does so against the backdrop of development experiences across the Asia Pacific, which makes the Foundation one of the most influential institutions in Chile to bring closer and spread best practices from the region among decision-makers and influential opinion leaders.

Digital activities have been a strong line of work over the last several years, featuring the ad-honorem participation of world-class panelists. These events have enhanced and further boost the Foundation’s positioning as a bridge for engagement and communication between the public and private worlds in the country.  

Committed to a multi-stakeholder approach

As a result of an active, high-profile, multi-stakeholder approach initiated almost three decades ago, the Foundation has been able to build and strengthen networks with policymakers, opinion leaders and experts on a wide and growing range of strategic 21st century-related issues. Moreover, the Foundation has also built up an active network of followers that is currently composed of around 10,000 people, both locals and foreigners, including a large group of businesspeople (from CEOs to outstanding entrepreneurs), members of the academia, investors, high-level advisors, ambassadors and government officials.

The Foundation actively participates in the APEC/ABAC activities, including summits and general assemblies with privileged access to authorities and influential representatives from Asia Pacific governments and business community leading representatives. It has developed strong relationships with peer organizations, business committees and bilateral business councils between Chile and Asia Pacific countries, as well as with the most influential national business associations (CPC and SOFOFA) and chambers of commerce of Chile’s largest trading partners. The ABAC Chile members are highly recognized entrepreneurs and/or representatives of the business world invited by the President of the Republic of Chile to play this capacity.

The Foundation also closely follows the work of the Pacific Alliance Business Council (PBAC) and, among other things, organized the first formal meeting between ABAC and CEAP, which was held in October 2021. Regular engagement with diplomatic representatives of Asia Pacific countries is an important component of the Foundation’s work program as well.

You can have a look at the Foundation’s webinars and hybrid events here:

https://funpacifico.cl/en/webinars/

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