88.4% of employment lost due to the pandemic has been recovered in Colombia

According to the Treasury Ministry, 88,4% of the people who lost their jobs last year are already employed, allowing to stablish a higher employment recovery among countries like Perú, Chile, Spain, United States, and Brazil. 

The economic sectors with the highest recovery are the commercial sector with 17,4%, manufacturing industries with 12,9% and artistic activities with 11,5%, which has been the principal promotors of economic growth up to this year. 

As well, cleaning and food and drink industries have provided more than 100.000 employments up to September 2021, and there has been a special recognition in the startup industry for providing 2.403 additional formal employments in 2021 versus 2020, principally in Bogotá, Medellín and Cali, highlighting an increasing demand in technology abilities for the development of startups and other companies. 

The new large scale renewable energy facilities to be built in Colombia

1.000 MW of installed capacity will be installed in Colombia over 3 Eolic, 3 solar and one gasified complexes. 

Between January and February 2022 the Eolic park Guajira I will begin operations with an installed capacity of 20MW, for March 2022 Solar complexes in the Llanos Orientales, Córdoba and Cartago will begin operation with 100mw capacity each, between February and may 2022 the thermic central of Tesorito will begin operations with a installed capacity of 150MW, and for June 2022, the Eolic complexes Alpha and Beta will begin operations with 200MW and 350 MW installed capacity respectively. 

With the mentioned large scale renewable energy facilities Colombia has exceeded 2.800 MW in renewable energy installed capacity with Eolic and solar energy.

Vaccination certificate as mandatory for public and private events. New aid to the economic recovery and reactivation

Through the Decree 1408 of 2021 the Government has determined that it will be mandatory to request the vaccination certificate for public and private events, as well as for accessing to bars, restaurants, cinemas, sport events, theme parks, museums among others. 

The decree is issued as complete vaccination schemes confirmed has raised to 21.435.244, and the doses distributed raises to 47.499.157 in the country, with a challenge to have 14 million additional people with complete vaccination schemes for a total of 35 million of complete vaccination schemes. 

Different industries have pronounced over the decree, arguing the difficulty of the request of the vaccination certificate as mandatory for certain activities as restaurants, cinemas, events or commerce facilities due to the capacity restrictions that still apply for those activities, which should be adjusted in order to fulfill the obligation that the decree stablishes for the owners, administrators, or organizers of the on-site events.

Some experts support the decree as it will provide additional incentives for the people to get a full vaccination scheme, as well as provide a higher consumer’s trust to attend to public places, promote consumption and economic recovery.