Congress of the Republic of ColombiaThe Congress of the Republic of Colombia exercises political oversight over the government and its administration through motions of no confidence, subpoenas, and public hearings, enabling this collegiate body to continuously and consistently monitor the executive branch and all its officials.
http://www.camara.gov.co/
http://www.senado.gov.co/
- Address: Carrera 7 # 8-68
- Phone: (+57) (601) 3823000 – (+57) (601) 3824000 – (+57) (601) 3825000
- Email: [email protected]
Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic
The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) is the State's highest fiscal control body. As such, its mission is to ensure the proper use of public resources and assets and to contribute to the modernization of the State through continuous improvement actions in the various public entities.
http://www.contraloria.gov.co/
Office of the Attorney General of the Nation
The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation is the entity that represents citizens before the State and exercises disciplinary control. It is the highest body of the Public Ministry, which also comprises the Ombudsman's Office and the local prosecutor's offices (personerías).
http://www.procuraduria.gov.co/
Administrative Department of the Public Service
Formulates, implements, monitors, and evaluates administrative development policies for the civil service, public employment, human talent management, public management, the performance of public functions by private individuals, the administrative organization of the State, planning and management, internal control, citizen participation, transparency in public management, and citizen service, thereby fostering the realization of the guiding principles of the administrative function.
https://www.funcionpublica.gov.co/
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
They have a control over the budgetary system where it is responsible for the programming, execution, and monitoring of the income and expenditure budget, governed by the organic budget statute (Decrees 111/96, and the rules that modify or add to it). In accordance with the regulations. Among its functions, it is responsible for planning, managing, and controlling the public budgetary system of the General Budget of the Nation, participating in the drafting of the National Development Plan Bill, and drafting the Annual Budget Bill in coordination with the National Department of Planning and other agencies to which the law has given involvement in the matter.
Therefore, it is the responsibility of the National Budget Directorate to conduct the financial monitoring of State entities.
http://www.minhacienda.gov.co
Agency for State Legal Defense
The State Legal Defense Agency determines the set of articulated and organized legal activities and strategies that seek an efficient litigation defense or the application of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in order to rationally restore citizens' rights, decongest the administration of justice, and reduce the budgetary impact.
http://ww.defensajuridica.gov.co
- Address: 7th Street No. 75-66 Floors 2 and 3
- Phone: (+57) 601 255 89 55
- Email: [email protected]
National Department of Planning
The DNP is an eminently technical entity that promotes the implementation of a strategic vision of the country in the social, economic, and environmental fields, through the design, guidance, and evaluation of Colombian public policies, the management and allocation of public investment, and their concretion into Government plans, programs, and projects.
http://www.dnp.gov.co
- Address: 26th Street # 13-19 – ENTerritorio Building
- Phone: (+57) 601 381 50 00
- Email: [email protected]
General Accounting Office of the Nation
The National General Accounting Office is the technical body for accounting regulation for the public sector in the country, which, in fulfillment of the constitutional and legal mandate, is responsible for determining the accounting policies, principles, and standards that must govern the public sector in the country.
http://www.contaduria.gov.co/
- Address: 26th Street No. 69 – 76, Elemento Building Tower 1 (Air) – Floors 3 and 15
- Phone: (+57) (601) 492 64 00
- Email: [email protected]