All 32 states and municipalities across the country's four regions completed the signing of the National Pact to implement the National Law to Eliminate Bureaucratic Procedures on August 21. The Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency (ATDT) coordinated the process, according to El Financiero.
The signing concluded a multi-day rollout: all 32 states signed the instrument on August 18, while municipalities in the northern, central, and southern regions followed on August 19, 20, and 21, respectively, according to El Financiero. At the federal level, ATDT director José Antonio Peña Merino detailed that of the 5,500 procedures that existed in the federal administration, 3,500 were simplified and 1,700 were eliminated, according to La Jornada. The agreement's significance for Mexico lies primarily at the local level: on average, each person carries out 485 procedures over their lifetime, and 85 percent of these involve state and municipal governments, Peña Merino noted.
The pact comprises 10 commitments for adopting the Unified Catalog of Procedures and Services (Catálogo Único de Trámites y Servicios), which standardizes 300 state-level procedures and 100 municipal procedures with common requirements and resolution timelines. The model is structured around three components: harmonization of procedures through national standards, sharing of public-technology solutions, and development of public-sector capabilities. Key instruments include the National Portfolio of Technology Solutions and the National Repository of Public Technology, which preserves the source code of solutions developed by public institutions. Peña Merino stressed that behind every procedure lies the exercise of a right, and the goal is for a solution developed by one institution to be reused by others without altering the authority of each level of government. Under this framework, the ATDT defines, enables, accompanies, supervises, and evaluates, while local authorities implement and harmonize.
With the municipal round closed on August 21, the rollout of the Unified Catalog stands as the next milestone, with the ATDT serving as the technical authority supporting the municipalities that recently joined. The National Repository of Public Technology serves as the operational foundation through which states and municipalities can share already-developed solutions.
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