National Administrative Department of Solidary Economy

National Administrative Department of Solidary Economy
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de la Economía Solidaria
Agency overview
Formed	August 4, 1998 (1998-08-04)
Preceding agency	Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Cooperativas
Headquarters	Carrera 10 № 15-22 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Annual budget	COP$8,115,112,776 (est. 2010)[1]
Agency executives	Rosemberg Pabón Pabón, Director Luis Fernando Ortega, Deputy Director
Website
www.dansocial.gov.co

The National Administrative Department of Solidary Economy (Spanish: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de la Economía Solidaria, DanSocial) is the Colombian Executive Administrative Department in charge of directing and coordinating government policy to promote, plan, protect, strengthen, and develop the organizations of social economy in order to improve the quality of life of the Colombian people^[2].

Congress created DanSocial on August 4, 1998, when it passed Law 454 of 1998, replacing the National Administrative Deapartment of Cooperatives (Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Cooperativas)^[3].

See also

• Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic
• Administrative Department of Public Service
• National Administrative Department of Statistics
• Administrative Department of Security
• National Planning Department

References

1. ^ Ley de Presupuesto General de la Nación 2010, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, 2010, p. 22, http://www.minhacienda.gov.co/portal/page/portal/MinHacienda/haciendapublica/presupuesto/programacion/inicio/Ley2010/TOMO%200.pdf, retrieved 2010-08-18 
2. ^ "Quiénes Somos" (in Spanish). DanSocial. http://www.dansocial.gov.co/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=78&Itemid=215. Retrieved 2008-11-10. 
3. ^ "Sector de la Economía Solidaria". Estructura del Estado Colombiano. Departamento Administrativo de la Función Pública. http://www.dafp.gov.co/Documentos/19%20sector%20de%20la%20economía%20solidaria.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-10. ^{[dead link]}