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The Electronic System for Public Procurement (SECOP), It was created with Decree 2178 of 2006 as a support instrument for the management of contracts generated by the public body.(Keep reading: Government backs down with possible appointment of Vice Minister of Energy).The above, through the electronic services that are provided by the Information System for the Surveillance of State Contracting (SICE) and, therefore, "the information systems related to public procurement that are in charge of the National Government", as established in the first article of said law. It is an exclusive advertising platform In a few words, the purpose of SECOP…

Increases in the minimum wage in Colombia have a much stronger effect not only on the cost of companies but also on the generation of new jobs than in developed countries, due, among other reasons, to the fact that In the country, said salary is earned by a greater number of workers, despite the fact that its amount is not as high as in other nations..(Also read: Colombia begins to strengthen its commitment to the production of biogas and biomethane) This is just one of the conclusions of the analysis prepared by Sergio Rivera, Master in Economics from the Universidad…

With the installation of a new legislature of the Congress of the Republic, the pension reform discussionswhich on June 14 was approved in the Seventh Committee of the Senate.At the initiative of the National Government, which has undergone some changes in the middle of the process, He needs one more debate in the Senate Plenary and another two in the House of Representatives so that it can become law.(Read also: Fourteen warning signs after approval in the first debate of the pension reform) The Minister of Labor, Gloria Inés Ramírez, in the filing of the pension reform. Photo: Sergio Acero/Time…

During his speech to open the sessions of the Congress of the Republic, the President Gustavo Petro He again referred to a topic that has caused considerable controversy in the country: the signing of new oil contracts. But, in addition to referring to the issue, he attacked the companies and the exploration activities they carry out in the country. He said that the contracts that have been awarded "They are gifts from rulers to their political accomplices".(Also read: Colombia reactivates the drilling of wells in the Caribbean Sea to search for more natural gas) The president told the full Congress…