Chile's Indespa Institute to invest 16.8 billion pesos in small-scale fishing in 2026
Key Points
- Indespa will open quotas for more than 2.600 new projects in 2026, prioritizing entrepreneurship and credit access.
- Last year, 14.189 million pesos were invested, reaching 32 thousand beneficiaries nationwide.
- Thanks to agreements with regional governments, local development investments were increased by 144%.
- The institution is designing a new Citizen Services Portal to facilitate fund application processes.
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The Chilean National Institute for Sustainable Development of Small-Scale Fishing and Aquaculture (Indespa) is setting out for 2026 with the priorities of supporting entrepreneurship, creating added value, and facilitating credit access for the sector. At the Public Account Presentation event held in Valparaíso, institute officials shared the results of the past year and their strategies for the new period.
Last year, the institute invested 14.189 million Chilean pesos, reaching approximately 32 thousand beneficiaries, 7 thousand of whom were women. With eight new cooperation agreements signed with local governments to support regional development, the decentralization of resources was increased by 144%.
In the new period, it is planned to invest approximately 16.800 million pesos more into the funds and to reserve quotas for over 2.600 new projects. The institute also aims to strengthen the institutional management and accelerate the digital transformation of maritime communities by establishing strategic collaborations with institutions such as ProChile, BancoEstado, and Directemar.
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- What are Indespa's key investment priorities in 2026?
- The institute will focus on supporting entrepreneurship, providing added value to the sector, increasing trade volume, and facilitating credit access for the fishing sector.
- How many people benefited from Indespa's investments last year?
- With the 14.189 million peso investment made last year, more than 32 thousand people nationwide were reached, approximately 7 thousand of whom were women.
- What approach does the institute follow in the distribution of its resources?
- Instead of directly managing investments and resources, Indespa aims to ensure the fair distribution of the resource nationwide (decentralization) by collaborating with local governments.
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