Constitución en Inglés

264 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 • 34 percent for regional investment projects of departments, municipalities, and districts, with criteria of unsatisfied basic needs, population, and unemployment, prioritizing projects with high regional impact. • 1 percent for the conservation of strategic environmental areas and the national struggle against deforestation. • 10 percent for investment in science, technology, and innovation, through open and competitive public tender under the terms established by the law that the System develops, of which a minimum of two (2) percentage points will be destined to research or investment in science, technology, and innovation projects in topics related to or with incidence over the environment and sustainable development. • 2 percent for the system’s functioning, operability, and management, for fiscal oversight of the exploration and exploitation of the subsoil’s geological deposits and knowledge and cartography of the subsoil, evaluation and monitoring of environmental licensing of projects for the exploration and exploitation of nonrenewal natural resources, and stimulus for exploration and production. • 1 percent for operability of the System of Oversight, Evaluation, and Control, which will ensure the efficient and effective use of resources, strengthening transparency, citizen participation, and good government; half of this allocation will be directed to the Comptroller General of the Republic.