The administrative process for the Priority Road Infrastructure Directorate (DIPP), relating to the choice and appointment of the first manager, entered its final phase and is expected to know the designation.
The authorities of the Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing (MICIVI) must choose the first manager of the DIPP, whose deadline for designation was last May 25.
In the call process launched this year, several professionals were postulated, of which a list was formed, from which the general manager of the new institution will be selected.
The list is made up of Karla María de la Cruz García, Claudia Lucrecia Cáceres Maldonado and Érick Estuardo Uribio González. The designation of the first manager by the MICIVI authorities is expected.
In the administrative schedule defined for the implementation of the regulations, different phases were established. During the first semester, the Technical Attention Board made up of the MICIVI, the Ministry of Public Finance (MINFIN), the Ministry of Planning and Programming of the Presidency (Segeplán), the Attorney General’s Office (PGN), the Secretariat of Executive Coordination of the Presidency and the General Comptroller of Accounts. In addition, the first directory of the DIPP was integrated and the public call for the election of the manager was made.
Process advance
Juan Carlos Zapata, executive director of the Foundation for the Development of Guatemala (Fundesa), commented on the process for the election of the new manager, in which he stressed that he has been very positive and public, and in which “very good candidates” participated.
He indicated that the DIPP directory received the resumes, made his analysis, interviewed the applicants and that three passed to the next phase, so it is expected to designate the established deadlines.
“The candidates who applied had very good profiles. They highlight professionals with experience in public-private alliances, infrastructure investments and also in important competitiveness processes, in key state institutions,” Zapata said.
Regarding the administrative phase, he said that the reception of resources from the minfin is in process for the budget items of the DIPP, which will allow the payment of the personnel and the formation of the Executing Unit.
He recalled that, being a decentralized entity, the regulation of the law and the fund must also be prepared, for which there is an established period. “Being able to have the resources for payment is important to have personnel who are in charge of monitoring,” he said.
After choosing the manager, the next step will be to subcontract the managers, prepare the regulations and monitor compliance by the minfin of the corresponding resources transfers, so that the DIPP can begin to operate, he concluded.