The productivity of the business fabric it is one of the keys behind economic growth and employment, but the approach to how to boost companies in the country is diverse among the presidential candidates.
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The promotion of productive activity is one of the lines of work presented by Federico Gutiérrez, under the goal of a GDP growing at 5% per year.
“This implies building a productive structure that generates more job opportunities and that is more productive and with an export vocation.”, indicates Gutierrez.
More facilities and incentives for formalization, programs to promote competition and nearshoring, are some of the proposals, while in fiscal matters it would seek to maintain the tax benefits for the development of investments in science, technology and innovation (STI) with an emphasis on SMEs, and simplify and give them regulatory ease for development in this area.
It also has the plan to formalize 50,000 tourism companies with the National Tourism Registry and promote a labor reform that facilitated hiring in companies.
In addition, a goal was set to promote the creation of 10,000 new companies through the entrepreneurship ecosystem and the Undertaking Fund and Sena Business Development Center programs.
The strategy of productive transformation of Gustavo Petroa candidate for the Historical Pact, relies on the articulation of “productivity pacts between private companies, sectors of the popular economy, civil society and the State”.
It also proposes a public procurement policy as a state instrument to help production organizations and that the digital industry policy be the tool for productivity, employment and income generation for current and new companies in different sectors. To financially support companies, especially micro, small and medium-sized ones, Petro aspires to create a State Multibank, and with it “promote credit to those business units that have not had access to it, slowing down their capacities to generate employment and well-being”.
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For its part, the campaign Sergio Fajardo Its axis of productive transformation is three sectors: agriculture, industry and services.
“We are going to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the business sector through transfers of science and technology applied to companies and through entrepreneurship programs.or”, emphasizes the candidate.
The active role of small and medium-sized companies is also one of his proposals, which is why he proposes the creation of a special program for small companies called Promipyme, which with partners such as local governments and the Chambers of Commerce, promote the formalization of one million MSMEs.
The initiative of the candidate for the League of Governors Anti-Corruption movement, Rodolfo Hernandez, incorporates among its strategies the implementation of support plans for the development of the private sector that improve productivity and competitiveness, both in domestic and international markets, relying on innovation and logistics.
It also proposes expanding access to credit for small and medium-sized businesses; In addition to intervening the high tax burdens that impede competitiveness and improve the competitiveness of Colombian companies by eliminating taxes on the acquisition of capital goods.
For agribusiness companies, their strategy is in promote an agricultural law that prioritizes the use of inputs of national origin.
Enrique Gómez, candidate for National Salvation, has mentioned in spaces with different media the need to give more tools to the business community to be more competitive, not only nationally, but also internationally.
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To do this, he proposes to reduce taxes, to contribute to their formalization and also eliminate the payment of parafiscals, and that these be assumed directly by the nation. He says it would reduce business regulation.
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