Estrategias para la organización del espacio público y la organización de la actividad de los vendedores ambulantes

Abstract

Informal commerce, understood as that commercial activity carried out in public spaces and that materializes irregularly; it has been an economic and social practice carried out since time immemorial. With the emergence of the ILO, it has been an issue that has been increasingly addressed and addressed. In Colombia, it was not until the 70s that this phenomenon began to be discussed. However, the diagnoses made by the DANE, have been forceful to present how informal trade has been booming and also, pointing out the circumstances that justify it, such as armed conflict, maintenance costs of formality, labor competition, among others. In this regard, the Colombian Constitutional Court has repeatedly recognized the duty of the state to guarantee the populations dedicated to these informal activities, among other reasons, emphasizes that these are marginalized communities that depend on informal commerce for family support and that, in addition, the state should not tend for national impoverishment. In view of this and other observations, the fundamental rights of informal sellers must be taken into account in order to guarantee the social status of the law and the prevalence of common interest over the individual. Therefore, the territorial authorities must adopt optimal organizational strategies that regulate informal commercial activity and the recovery of public space, so that not only the fundamental rights that assist these populations are guaranteed, but also that alternatives are granted economic policies that address real equality of conditions and contribute to the fight against poverty.