With a view to guaranteeing that the Bogota silver is used correctly and prevent the passage to the famous ‘hiring posters’ who have been famous in previous years, Bogotá launched this week a new strategy To strengthen the fight against corruption, which will work in an articulated manner with local governments.
Through new guidelines established by the District Secretariat of Government, The General Secretariat of the Mayor’s Office of Bogotá DC and the District Legal Secretariat, will be played from now on to improve pre -contractual processes in its planning and review phase of community needs.
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In this regard, Gustavo Quintero Ardila, Secretary of Government, explained that with this they also want to ensure compliance with the principles of equality, morality, efficiency and transparency established in the Constitution and Law 80 of 1993.
“From the beginning of the administration we have been implacable against any bad practice in hiring local development funds. We managed to reduce the use of inter -administrative contracts and agreements with non -profit entities by 41 %. We broke the increasing trend of ‘conventionitis’ that had been presented in the mayors’he said.
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The Secretary of Government added that “by instruction of the mayor of Bogotá Carlos Fernando Galán, we will continue to give good results in this common cause. We act with total firmness and encourage complaints, public and anonymous, about any irregularity ”, reiterating the call to work together with local mayors.
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It should be remembered that within the framework of the District Development Plan 2024-2027 “Bogotá walks safely”, there is a strategic objective focused on improving the relationship between institutions and citizens and as part of this strategy, the program “Open, complete, transparent and co -responsible” was implemented, whose purpose is Accountability in public management.
“One of the fundamental axes of this Plan is to combat this problem through a strengthened internal accompaniment and monitoring, in collaboration with citizens. The local administration recognizes that corruption affects the provision of services, deteriorates the quality of life and undermines confidence in institutions ”, They explained.
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However, to face this problem, in the district they explained that the joint directive establishes clear guidelines in the hiring processes, with emphasis on pre -contractual planning of association and collaboration agreements with entities private non -profit, as well as with other state institutions with private participation.
“Within the new guidelines, it is stipulated that local mayors must send to the Directorate for the Management of Local Development of the District Secretariat of Government the previous studies and documents of any contract that implies association and collaboration agreements with non -mood without mood of profit and other state institutions with private participation ”said Quintero.
They have increased both direct and indirect labor relations.
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However, it should be noted that this documentation will be submitted to an accompaniment and technical, financial and legal revision before its hiring, with the objective of guaranteeing compliance with the principles of efficiency and objective selection.
“Additionally, the Joint Directive directly links these guidelines to the Directorate of Contracting and the Transparency Unit of the District Secretariat of Government, the Technical Sub -Directorate of Institutional Development of the General Secretariat of the Mayor’s Office of Bogotá DC and the District Legal Undersecretariat “they said.
It is important to note that this procedure does not imply a formal approval of contracts or agreements, but preventive advice aimed at promoting transparency and preventing irregularities in contractual management; in order to guarantee that there is administrative efficiency and not give truce in the fight against corruption, “Endless Public resources are used optimally and for the benefit of citizens ”.
