A. M. 
The Government of El Salvador today officially launched the Comité de Facilitación de Inversiones (CFI), an inter-institutional and multi-stakeholder mechanism dedicated to promoting, attracting, and securing new economic and productive opportunities for the country.
This initiative stems from the current administration’s efforts to advance an agenda focused on modernization, opening up to new investments, and consolidating a competitive, reliable, and dynamic business environment fully oriented toward supporting private sector activity as the engine of the economy.
It is a result of the sustained growth experienced by our nation, which has been reinforced by the arrival of new international companies and the expansion of established projects in sectors such as energy, manufacturing, services, agribusiness, and technology.
“The Investment Facilitation Committee plays a key role, as it has been conceived as a fundamental instrument that responds to the need to coordinate efforts between the Government, strategic investors, and the national private sector; with the main objective of transforming concerns into solutions, challenges into opportunities, and needs into actions that provide certainty for those who are committed to the development of our country”, said Deputy Foreign minister Adriana Mira.
The diplomat said that, through this platform, the aim is to ensure more agile and transparent processes, allowing each investment to move forward with clarity. Likewise, it seeks to consolidate a highly competitive business environment in which both salvadoran companies and foreign investors consider El Salvador a committed ally to their success, the country’s economic growth, and the well-being of its population.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs assumes the role of Technical Secretariat of the International Finance Council (IFC), with the commitment to promote the efficient operation of this mechanism, which, in turn, is led by the Secretariat of Trade and Investment of the Presidency of the Republic.
“As a government, we are clear that if we want to attract investment, generate decent employment, and transform our economy, we must act as a single team, together with the private sector, the productive sector, and other partners. This vision was the basis for the creation and consolidation of the Committee”, said Secretary Miguel Kattán.
He also explained that this public-private coordination space allows for the modernization of the legal and regulatory framework, progress in the simplification and digitization of procedures, the structuring of strategic infrastructure projects, the coordination of economic diplomacy efforts, and the more effective promotion of national and foreign investment.
“All of this is aimed at improving the business climate, reducing costs and time, increasing political security, attracting foreign investment, promoting production chains, creating decent jobs, and generating sustainable growth; with a view to becoming a much more attractive destination for undertaking productive business projects”, he said.
The Committee’s work is based on four components that guide the actions of this initiative: a regulatory framework for legal certainty, simplification of procedures, information and technology, and infrastructure development.
Based on these key areas, it was announced that the CFI is already reporting significant results for 2025, including the certification of 32 investment projects totaling US$353 million.
Currently, the Comité de Facilitación de Inversiones (CFI) also comprises the Ministries of Economy, Finance, Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources, Agriculture and Livestock; the Banco Central de Reserva (BCR), Agencia de Promoción de Inversiones y Exportaciones de El Salvador (INVEST), and Comisión Nacional de la Micro y Pequeña Empresa (CONAMYPE).
Meanwhile, the private sector was represented by the Asociación Salvadoreña de Industriales (ASI), Cámara de la Industria Textil, Confección y Zonas Francas (CAMTEX), Cámara Salvadoreña de Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (CASATIC), Cámara Americana de Comercio (AMCHAM), Cámara Alemana Salvadoreña de Comercio e Industria (AHK), Asociación de Industriales Químico-Farmacéuticos de EI Salvador (INQUIFAR), Asociación de Laboratorios Farmacéuticos de EI Salvador (ALFAES), Asociación Salvadoreña de Ganaderos e Industriales de la Leche (ASILECHE), Asociación de Avicultores de El Salvador (AVES), Cámara Salvadoreña de la Industria de la Construcción (CASALCO), PETENATTI, INTRADECO, Export Salva, Aplaudo and Grupo Roble.
Members of the Diplomatic Corps stationed in the country and special guests also participated in this event.
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