Chile’s minister leads drive to electromobility

Manuel Manrique spoke to Paola Tapia*, Transport and Telecommunications Minister, Chile just before she stepped down in March about her work with local governments, and how she is helping Santiago develop a 21st-century transport network

How does the ministry work and interact with local and municipal governments?

In order to develop efficient public policies and in accordance with the objective of advancing the decentralisation of the country, we need to work in a coordinated manner with different institutional channels, as well as with regional and local governments.

To this end, the Ministry of Transport has regional representatives (SEREMIS or Ministerial Regional Secretaries), who a...