Logistics Observatory for Chile

Abstract

The Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile is developing a statistical centre for freight transport. This observatory will compile data and key indicators related to trade, freight and logistics, facilitating decision making and monitoring their impacts on logistics performance. It will serve public and private sector in decisions related to several key policy areas, building on basic statistical system and transforming it into a more complete, goal-oriented set of data and indicators of performance together with research and analysis of the logistics sector. The International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD provides a platform for Member governments to exchange experiences on the development of key policies with the aim of enhancing the performance and sustainability of transport systems and their contribution to economic growth and social welfare. Cooperation includes collaborative projects to review good practices, research on innovative policies, international benchmarking of performance and peer reviews of national policies in critical sectors. As part of the program strengthening the development of policy making in key sectors of Member country governments, the International Transport Forum and the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile organised a meeting with national and international experts on logistics observatories in Chile, 2-4 December, 2014. The workshop started with a plenary session followed by a two-day discussion involving several national logistics experts to discuss the role of the observatory, its key performance indicators and potential implementation plan. The entire session was moderated by Mario Waissbluth and attended by