President José Jerí Oré presided over a high-level working meeting on October 27, 2025, with the general managers of Peru’s most representative business associations to speed up the work of dismantling bureaucratic barriers and strengthening the overall business climate. The objective is to consolidate trust in the government’s policy of attention and increase the volume of investment flow in Peru through greater transparency, efficiency, and articulation between the public and private sectors.
The activity was carried out at the Government Palace and represents a new stage in the economic policy of the Administration. “This meeting will be the first of a series of structured dialogues between the Executive and the business sector that will allow us to develop concrete and practical measures to definitively overcome long-standing administrative obstacles,” stated the President. The dialogue, he added, will give continuity to the structural reform process underway and will boost the competitiveness of Peru and the region.
Dialogue to face common challenges
On this occasion, the President of the Republic pointed out that this new mechanism marks a milestone in the government’s collaboration with the business community, signaling the government’s intention to make the state more agile, transparent, and predictable in its relationship with companies, especially micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). “For this, the authorities are committed to simplifying regulations and eliminating bureaucratic red tape,” he added.
One of the central axes of the first session was precisely the topic of modernizing municipal regulations. “We agree that, at the municipal level, many procedures are outdated, disarticulated, or even excessively bureaucratic,” stated the participants in the event. A first measure is to make inspection processes, operating licenses, and building permits more homogeneous between municipalities. The proposal is also to digitalize administrative procedures so that they have fewer bureaucratic barriers, less discretionary power, and are predictable in terms of response times.
These measures seek to consolidate the recent positive trend in investment flow in Peru, particularly in the manufacturing, retail, and logistics sectors. According to official data, these economic activities employ a large portion of the workforce and have high productivity levels, and their full potential can be unleashed with the simplification of administrative procedures.
Private sector welcomes dialogue
Business leaders, on their part, also showed their satisfaction with the meeting and the openness to dialogue expressed by the President. “The head of state has put his ear to the ground and, in person, he has had the opportunity to listen to us about the main difficulties we face and, at the same time, to receive suggestions and initiatives from each of us in order to strengthen the business climate,” explained the president of the business association.
He also added that this dialogue space will be renewed and that the dialogue will continue in other forums. “We have to find mechanisms and effective formulas to effectively dismantle these barriers in order to increase investment flow in Peru and activate economic growth,” he expressed.
Representatives of organizations such as the Society of Foreign Trade (ComexPerú), the National Confederation of Merchants (Conaco), the Hardware Chamber of Peru, the National Society of Industries (SNI), the Association of Shopping and Entertainment Centers of Peru (ACCEP), the Lima Chamber of Commerce (CCL) and the Mypes Unidas del Perú business association attended the event.
In addition, representatives of the Association of Grocers of Peru, the Peruvian Association of Beauty Entrepreneurs (APEB), the Peruvian Association of Gamarra Entrepreneurs, the Union of Restaurant Guilds and Associations of Peru, the Association of Bakeries and Pastry Shops (Aspan), the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Mesa Redonda and many other associations working in commerce, services and manufacturing sectors participated. Each of the invited institutions presented a series of proposals to advance in the improvement of local regulations.
Some of the proposals are to reduce the number of agencies involved in each process, both at the municipal level and in national entities, as well as to coordinate each agency’s inspection processes so that these are not repeated, generating delays in operating permits and construction licenses. Each representative has reported the obstacles they face in the field that affect the business operations of their associates.
In particular, microentrepreneurs, especially in the capital, pointed out that they live a daily routine in which the problem of permits and inspections is exposed, not only at the municipal level but also with other national institutions. Faced with this situation, the participants have asked for official coordination so that they are not affected by repeated inspections or the non-release of licenses.
The meeting was described as constructive, transparent, and result-oriented. It was noted that, at last, there is a government that wants to act with legality, efficiency, and on a large scale to promote trust between the public and private sectors.
Open-door policy
In this sense, President Jerí Oré assured the general managers of the different business associations present that his administration will continue to open the doors of the Government Palace to listen to the concerns of the population in general and of all social organizations in particular. “Effective government also requires dialogue with those who generate activity in the country,” he said.
The head of state also emphasized that his administration will continue to call for forums, technical roundtables and consultations with both national and regional business sectors in order to advance in the modernization of the country’s business climate. In addition, it reaffirmed the importance of continuing to work on the issue of investment flow in Peru so that the country is seen not only as an open place for investors but also for businesses of all sizes and their trade associations.
Likewise, Peru’s new chief of state ratified the commitment to continue advancing in the simplification of all regulatory processes and to definitively eliminate bureaucratic barriers. He also announced that his intention is to prioritize the further development of municipal regulations that, he stressed, should be as uniform as possible in the entire country.
On this topic, the President also reported that, with decentralization as a central axis, the objective is to extend the initiative to other regions of the country with important productive potential, such as Arequipa, Trujillo, Piura or Cusco. In this sense, he also announced that, with greater regularity, the Government will call on representatives of economic sectors such as agriculture, mining, tourism, logistics and more, to seek new formulas of articulation that reduce bureaucratic barriers, simplify processes and generate the necessary conditions for the success of productive investments, especially in the aforementioned regions.
On the subject of investment flow in Peru, he added that “today we are giving great support and impetus to attract new investment flow to Peru and that they continue to be long term”, recognizing that only thus will it be possible to continue working on the structural change of the country and to guarantee sustained economic growth in the long term.
Impromptu inspections at police stations
In the framework of his visit to the police station in the district of Surquillo, which was executed in an improvised way, the President of the Republic also announced the fulfillment of a social promise by visiting the Surquillo police station, which was rebuilt in haste. In addition to inspecting the station, the president pointed out that he will also prioritize the facilities of the Lince Police Station.
On this occasion, the President of the Republic carried out an impromptu visit to the police station of the Lince district to verify the work conditions and identify the most urgent infrastructure requirements. The head of state was received by the district mayor, Manolo Rodríguez.
Police station in Surquillo
In the district of Surquillo, Jerí Oré walked through the premises of the police station located in San Diego Avenue, in the height of José Baquíjano, which had to be rebuilt in a hurry after the roof collapsed and had to be rebuilt. In addition to inspecting the place, the mayor of Surquillo, Cintia Loayza Álvarez, accompanied the head of state, who also announced the approval of a social promise with which the president pointed out that he will also visit the facilities of the police station in the district of Lince.
In this way, he stated that he has given priority to this security post with a new government project, due to the urgent need to rebuild it, which will be within the framework of a regional improvement project for this part of the city. The new construction, which is projected as a public security complex, would have not only the police station and its access square, but also a center for security assistance and job training, as well as a municipal theater.
The plan for the future
With these measures and the announcement of projects that will strengthen the country’s security, the administration seeks to face the security problems in the short term with permanent solutions and, in the long term, with structural improvements. It has been said that the visits are part of the President’s ongoing work program in the district and that this agenda includes an inspection tour that, on an incidental basis, is the government’s response to fulfill the social promise to rebuild the police station in the district of Surquillo and, shortly, in the district of Lince, which are the two most affected by a deterioration of their facilities. It is foreseen that soon there will be new infrastructure for these security centers in order to have better buildings.