The Directorate General of Public Works Concessions (abbreviated, DGCOP) is a Chilean public agency, in charge of providing, preserving and improving public infrastructure works and services within the framework of the public-private partnership that favors national development and the quality of life of the citizens of Chile.[1]​.

It was created in August 2018, replacing the "Coordination of Public Works Concessions" (CCOP), created in the 1990s. The last Coordinator, Hugo Vera Vengoa, assumed the position of general director, being the first in office.[2]​ He is related to the President of the Republic through the Ministry of Public Works (MOP).

At the beginning of the 1990s, Chile opened its doors to international markets and opportunities for investment in public infrastructure through the Concession System (SC), supported by an association between the State and the private sector (APP) that allowed the development of important transformations in terms of road and airport connectivity.[3]​.

Historically, the development and conservation of public infrastructure in Chile was executed as a fiscal investment by the Ministry of Public Works (MOP), through its different directorates and departments. With this new association, for the first time the private sector was involved in the investment, exploitation and maintenance processes of infrastructure with a specific standard, in exchange for the direct collection of fees from users or the activation of subsidies.[3]​.

The Concession System, which began to be applied in Chile since 1993, became an outstanding example worldwide, allowing until 2020 to have works materialized for USD $18,378,000.[3]​.

The trust placed in the model by important national and foreign conglomerates consolidated the Concession System and placed Chile at the forefront in the development of public infrastructure. Thanks to this modality, Chile has had the opportunity to materialize transcendental works and to project a strategy of territorial integration and international connection, transforming its urban centers into friendlier cities, promoting its productive development and with a better quality of life for each of its inhabitants.[3]​.

In summary, the evolution and consolidation of the system has allowed, in two decades, to open spaces for the diversification of the project portfolio. Thus, to the traditional areas of concessioned public infrastructure such as roads, urban highways or airports, the public building concession has been added.[3]​.