If the bill of pension reform that its first debate in Congress has already passed, all people had to make mandatory contributions of up to 3 minimum wages in Colpensions and the additional income would go to the private fund that each one decides.
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In this way, the public regime have to go from managing the current 6.7 million affiliates to 25 million, since there are currently some 18.8 million in private funds.
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Faced with such an avalanche of people, the entity plans to modernize its information systems and adapt its physical structure, which has a presence throughout the national territory. Additionally, it says that it will strengthen and expand its personnel plant.
“Colpensions has begun a process of resizing and modernizing its information systems that aims to solve the technological gaps that we have today, which allows us to integrate and automate all our applications”, says the president of the entity, Jamie Dussan.
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At present, Colpensiones has been operating under a outsourcing model of its services, which will remain solely in the line of support for its critical systems, and the heart of its operations will be under its control.
“In 18 months we will have reached the level necessary to respond to the commitment, using the most modern technology available in the markets,” added Dussán.
To do this, he says that they will be accompanied by the Presidential Council for Digital Transformation.
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