About the CPC

The Consejo Privado de Competitividad CPC is a not for profit organization created to contribute directly in the articulation of strategies that promote significant improvement in the overall competitiveness of Colombia in the short, medium and long term. The CPC serves as coordination liaison among the private sector, the public sector, the academia and other organizations interested in the promotion of competitiveness and related public policy. The CPC leaders and participates in high impact processes in the economic and social agenda of the country.

The CPC was created in 2006 by a group of business leaders and universities focused on innovation and productivity. CPC focuses in creating awareness towards the importance of competitiveness and in identifying, launching and monitoring programs that promote competitiveness and productivity.

The CPC is privately funded, through contributions from private companies.

Colombia needs to make an effort on improving competitiveness

1. Colombia can be, 25 years from now, in the upper end of the medium-income countries, as Portugal or Korea are today. In order to do so, Colombias income per capita needs to grow at an average rate of 8.5% per year. Other countries have been successful in doing so.
   
   
2. Twenty-five years ago, Colombia had an income per capita close to that of Chile, Singapore or Korea. Nowadays, we are behind. Although our economy has recently experienced a healthy performance, if we just return to a historic trend, our next generation will have per capita income below India or China.