The Icetex board of directors will continue to meet in extraordinary sessions for the remainder of 2024.
Icetex announced that, after an extraordinary session of its board of directors, in the coming days it expects to receive $197,000 million of this amount $95,000 million are destined to cover the items corresponding to the enrollment and support of the members of the generation e-excellence fund.
This was reported by the Institute on Friday afternoon after receiving notification from the Ministry of Education about the new drafts. He also pointed out that Funds are opened for the population victims of the armed conflict, Funds for the Romo population and the Fund for the Disabled Population.
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According to him, both the requirements and the registration process are already available on their website. These are priority funds in their target population.
At the moment, the entity indicated that there is still no date for the call for new 2025 credits, as it had anticipated a few days ago. At the time, the president in charge of Icetex, Patricia Abadía, pointed out that the call It could be opened but it is dependent on the arrival of the corresponding turns. Without these, the number of places to be opened would be less.
“The board of directors reiterates its invitation to mayors and governors to continue jointly exploring mechanisms that allow the allocation of resources, especially through the General Royalties System of territorial entities, that support young people from vulnerable populations and in those in need with new programs. conditions of extreme poverty for access and permanence in higher education,” the entity noted.
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Another announcement is the endorsement of the Contingent Liability Fund whose objective is to support debtors if they present any economic contingency. This covers cases of unemployment, “catastrophic illnesses” and also guarantees the transfer.