National Administrative Department of Solidarity Economy (Colombia)

National Administrative Department of Solidarity Economy
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de la Economía Solidaria
Agency overview
Formed4 August 1998 (1998-08-04)
Preceding agency
  • National Administrative Department of Cooperatives
Dissolved2 November 2011 (2011-11-02)
Superseding agency
HeadquartersCarrera 10 № 15-22
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Annual budgetCOP$8,115,112,776 (2009)
COP$7,612,041,696 (2011)
COP$9,811,479,428 (2012)
Parent agencyMinistry of Social Protection
Websitewww.dansocial.gov.co

The National Administrative Department of Solidarity Economy (Spanish: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de la Economía Solidaria, DanSocial) was a 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.