Governance, Innovation, and Competency Transfer in the Regional Development Agencies of Peru: Lessons from the Tacna Case

Abstract

This article analyzes the consolidation process of Regional Development Agencies (ARD) in Peru, focusing on the governance, innovation, and competence-transfer factors that shape their performance. Based on documentary review and a case study of the ARD of Tacna, it examines the structural limitations that have hindered full institutionalization of these entities, created to articulate public-private efforts toward regional competitiveness and territorial development. The paper identifies gaps in inter-institutional coordination, discontinuities in strategic planning, and weak innovation capacity of regional actors. Finally, it proposes an ARD EDIR operational model aimed at strengthening multilevel governance, linking academia and productive sectors, and institutionalizing a performance indicator system (V1–V10) oriented toward measurable results,