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After it was announced that Miguel Uribe Turbay, Former government secretary of the last city administration, he was going to enter with a contract to provide services to the Humboldt Institute, the same body was responsible for informing through a statement that the early termination of the contract was agreed.
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“He Alexander von Humboldt Institute and the contractor Miguel Uribe Turbay agreed today to terminate in advance the recently signed service provision contract in order to identify opportunities to impact the institutional agenda among decision makers and various actors of society at the national and territorial level, in all the scales, as a commitment to the objective of the entity related to democratization and social transformation based on knowledge “, explained the entity.
In addition, the Humboldt indicated that “The foundations of legal certainty with which the contract was signed were undermined by misinformation that generated negative perceptions against the Institute and the consultant, even having the opportunity and responsibility to access verifiable information that it has always been public. We acknowledge the professional trajectory of the contractor in terms of his academic profile and his experience facilitating dialogues with different sectors of society. “
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The agency also explained that, “Having made a rigorous analysis of the implications for the good name of the Institute and the contractor and with the aim of ending a sterile discussion, we made the decision reported here and reiterate our willingness to continue focused on connecting the knowledge generated by the Institute regarding biodiversity so that it is available and appropriate by decision makers, in a timely manner. “
Similarly, the Institute referred to the polarization that was seen in the networks due to the announcement.
“We will continue with the search for social agreements that allow us to build effective solutions for the country to advance in the democratization and appropriation of knowledge, not without first regretting the polarization that we could observe in social networks. That is why we call for the construction of a society in the one that, together, we contribute to the solutions in front of the environmental challenges of the country “.
Doubts about the appointment
In the environmental sector, the news raised doubts, since for some environmentalists there is little experience that Turbay has in the environment.
Manuel Rodriguez, Former Minister of the Environment, said that “he does not have the training for the position. It is evident that it is a new political quota for Peñalosa, together with Vice Minister Fernando Cruz and the new director of Parks,” said Rodríguez.
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EL TIEMPO had access to the contract between the Humboldt Institute and Turbay, signed in November of this year.
In this contract for the provision of services, it is read that Miguel Uribe Turbay was hired directly by the Humboldt Institute for a total of 114,597,000 pesos. Who hires him is Sandra Perdomo, his former private secretary as Secretary of Government, and today head of the Office of International Affairs, Politics and Cooperation of the Humboldt.
His job, according to the contract, was to “identify opportunities for the impact of the Humboldt Institute’s scientific agenda among decision makers, carry out activities to strengthen institutional strategic relationship skills and formulate and develop a proposal for a dialogue agenda. with
governmental actors, at the national and territorial level, legislative, academia at all scales, that contribute to the objective of PICIA 2019-2022, of democratization of knowledge. ”
However, The W had released a document in which it is assured that Turbay could arrive next year as director of the Institute.
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