The National Planning Department es, Departamento Nacional de Planeación is the executive administrative agency of

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

in charge of defining, recommending and promoting

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and

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Mission

The National Planning Department has the mission of defining and promoting the establishment of a strategic vision of the country in the social, economic and environmental sectors through the design, orientation and evaluation of public policies in Colombia, the management and allocation of public investment, the definition of frameworks for the performance of the private sector and the realization of government plans, programs and projects.

History

Chapter I, Article 3 of Law 19 of 1958 created the Administrative Department of Planning and Technical Services (''Departamento Administrativo de Planeación y Servicios Técnicos''), with the purpose of collecting, preparing, recommending and presenting information to the President to help carry out economic and public policy. Law 19 also established the National Council on Economic Policy and Planning (''Consejo Nacional de Política Económica y Planeación'') as a council headed by the Administrative Department of Planning and Technical Services serving under the president to study and discuss the information presented by the Administrative Department, and to present it to the president for approval. In 1968 structural changes were made to the Council and Department, transforming them into the National Council on Economic and Social Policy (''Consejo Nacional de Política Económica y Social'', CONPES ), and the now National Planning Department. The new changes gave the DNP a more prominent role in the decision making process and the establishment and direction of national economic plans.

Presidential Development Plans

Starting in the 1970s, the DNP has elaborated economic plans with the purpose of establishment the direction of the National Economy with an emphasis in planning. These plans are made for each Presidential Term, with a clear plan for action in economic policy. * ''Economic and Social Development'' -

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(1961–1970) * ''Plans and Programs for Development'' -

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(1969–1972) * ''The Four Strategies'' –

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(1970–1974) * ''To Close the Gap'' –

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(1974–1978) * ''National Integration'' –

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(1978–1982) * ''Change with Equity'' –

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(1982–1986) * ''Social Economy'' –

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(1986–1990) * ''The Peaceful Revolution'' –

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(1990–1994) * ''The Social Jump'' –

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(1994–1998) * ''Change to Build Peace'' –

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(1998–2002) * ''Towards a Social State'' –

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(2002–2006) * ''Social State: Development for All'' –

(2006–2010) * ''Prosperity For All'' -

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(2010–2014)

References

{{Authority control Government agencies established in 1958 1958 establishments in Colombia