Departamento Nacional de Planeación

DNP - National Planning Department - is an Administrative Department that is part of the Executive Branch. Administrative departments are technical entities responsible for directing, coordinating a service and providing the Government with the appropriate information for decision-making. They have the same category of Ministries, but they have no legislative initiative. 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, orientation and evaluation public policies, the management and allocation of public investment. As President of the SDG Commission , DNP is the leading entity for the implementation of the SDGs in Colombia.