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Bogotá Chamber of Commerce - official flag
image by Eugene Ipavec, 1 September 2008
Bogotá Chamber of Commerce - standard
image by Eugene Ipavec, 2 September 2008
There are currently a total of 57 Chambers of Commerce in
Colombia, gathered in an organization called CONFECAMARAS
(Confederación Colombiana de Cámaras de Comercio, Colombian
Confederation of Chambers of Commerce). Their official website is
at <www.confecamaras.org.co>.
Each Chamber of Commerce has its own official flag (following to
the pattern of the Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá flag above) and
its standard is individual according to the regulation by each
Chamber of Commerce. For example - The standard of the Bogotá
Chamber of Commerce is Bogotá
flag colors with the chamber's logo in the middle.
The Chambers of Commerce are regulated by the Superintendencia de
Industria y Comercio, Superintendency of Industry and Commerce
(<www.sic.gov.co>)
The Chambers of Commerce are in charge of the registration of all
commercial traders, companies, and business in their jurisdiction
in order to serve as database for tax collection, as well as
advisory on establishing new companies, funding, training,
keeping up to date on commercial new legislation, organizing
commercial and trade fairs for various sectors, among other
important tasks.
E.R., 1 September 2008
image by Eugene Ipavec, 20 December 2005
This Colombian governmental flag is very similar to the flag
of the Procuraduría General de la Nación. It
has the same ratio, and same white background. This government
organization is in charge of keeping accounting records as
control over public expenditures. The main building for this
government organization is located in Bogota, but it has branch
offices in all the 32 Departments and also in the main cities.
Source: Official website <www.contraloriagen.gov.co>.
E. R., 20 December 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec,
The CNE is in charge of all matters related to the election
process in Colombia.
I just saw on RCN tv news the flag of the CNE (Consejo Nacional
Electoral, National Election Council). The flag is the CNE logo
on the middle surrounded by a green circular fringe, on a white
rectangular background.
For a brief history of the entity see: <www.cne.gov.co>.
For more information see wikipedia.
E. R., 25 November 2009
image by Eugene Ipavec, 2 July 2006
This is the flag of a Colombian government organization named
Defensoría del Pueblo, which is the equivalent to the European
Ombudsman. The flag should be a plain white background with the
Emblem on the middle.
Official website at <www.defensoria.org.co>.
E. R., 2 July 2006
image by Eugene Ipavec, 6 March 2008
The flag DIAN (Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales,
or National Tariffs and Taxes Directorate). The DIAN has the
category of a Unidad Administrativa Especial (Special
Administrative Unit), same status as Aeorcivil.
The DIAN was formed by the merger of the DAN (Dirección de
Aduanas Nacionales, National Tariffs Directorate) and the DIN
(Dirección de Impuestos Nacionales, National Taxes Directorate),
on June 1, 1993, when Decree No. 2117 of 1992 entered into force.
The DIAN is in charge of the administration and control of
of national taxes and tariffs.
The flag is the DIAN's logo (seen on the official website) on a white
background.
Source: Screenshot of newspaper El Tiempo of its online
edition of February 4, 2008
E. R., 6 March 2008
image by Carlos Thompson, 5 November 2004
ceremonial flag
image by Carlos Thompson, 5 November 2004
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emblem
image by Carlos Thompson, 5 November 2004
From <www.inpec.gov.co>:
"Mediante resolución Ministerial No. 3991 del 6 de
septiembre de 1965, sen adoptó la bandera de la Dirección
General de Prisiones, con las siguientes características:
La bandera estará compuesta por los colores blanco, rojo y
negro, distribuidos en tres franjas horizontales de iguales
dimensiones, de las cuales el blanco ocupará la superior, el
rojo la central y el negro la inferior. El color blanco
significará la purificación del individuo por la pena. El color
rojo, tenido como expresión del amor a la libertad, recordará
que aquella se conquista por la acción del trabajo. El color
negro evocará la austeridad e indicará que el
perfeccionamiento del hombre y su superación se logran con base
en el esfuerzo y constante disciplina.
La bandera del servicio de Prisiones que se ice en Pabellones,
deberá tener tres (3) metros de largo por dos (2) de ancho.
La bandera de Prisiones para desfiles tendrá un metro con
treinta y cinco (1.35) centímetros de largo, por un metro con
diez (1.10) centímetros de ancho. La bandera de desfiles
llevará en el centro un escudo que adopte como distintivo la
Dirección General de Prisiones.
La bandera estará confeccionada en seda suelta e irá sujeta al
asta por medio de un dobladillo o jareta amplia, hecho con la
misma tela."
Dov Gutterman, 26 May 2002
Flags of the General Prision Direction in Colombia (Dirección
General de Prisiones, known by their previous acronym: INPEC).
The flag for flying is 2 m. width by 3 m. long, and the
ceremonial flag is 1.10 m. width by 1.35 m. long, with the emblem
in the center. In the emblem, in the left side of the book
(dexter) is the following cite: "Con el estudio,
el trabajo y la disciplina romperás las cadenas del cautiverio,
porque el estudio eleva, el trabajo redime y la disciplina
libera". and around the legend says: "Ministerio de
Justicia y del Derecho - Instituto Nacional Penitenciario y
Carcelario" I don't know if this has changed, since
now the Ministry of Justice has merged with the Ministry of
Interior, and INPEC official name is Dirección Nacional de
Prisiones.
Carlos Thompson, 5 November 2004
INPEC stands for "Instituto Nacional Penitenciario y
Carcelario". It changed its name on5th of November, 2004.
However the abbreviation still stands even though the name
changed because people are more familair with it.
It is not a police force. They are allowed to wear uniforms, use
weapons and have custody of all prisons but they are not an
organizational part of the Colombian Police, they are under the
the Minister of Interior and Justice.
Here is INPEC's coat of arms
from the book "Himnos y Símbolos de Nuestra Colombia"
, page 277. Written in 2000 by Julio Cesar García, edited by
Camer Editores. ISBN 958-33-1489-7.
E. R., 12 June 2006
image by Luis Carrillo, 18 July 2002
Flag of Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos ECOPETROL.
Luis Carrillo, 18 July 2002
image by Eugene Ipavec, 14 october 2007
The flag of FENACON (Federación Nacional de Concejos), or
Councils' National Federation. "Council" is the
Legislative Branch of government in a Municipality in Colombia,
and the Federation is the gathering of the councilmen of (so far)
623 Municipalities' Councils. Image is baed on photo taken from
the official website
of the Colombian Ministry of National Defense. In the photo there
is the Colombian Defens Minister Juan Manuel Santos as he appears
in front of the Colombian flag (left) and the FENACON flag
(right), togheter with FENACON's current President Mauricio
Tobón, who is also the President of Medellín's Council.
FENACON official website is at <www.fenacon.org>.
E.R., 14 october 2007
image by Jaume Ollé, 30 May 2005
The flag of the Fiscalía General de la Nación (nation's
General Attorney). Official website at <www.fiscalia.gov.co>.
The purpose of the "Fiscalía" (as it is widely known
locally) is to investigate crimes and qualify the judicial
processes before judges and tribunals.
The logo, a puzzle piece, is oficially called "Pieza
clave" (it could be translated as "smoking gun",
or main proof) and it was created in 1996 (see <www.fiscalia.gov.co/entidad.html#logo>.
The image is based on the actual Fiscalía flag taken form the
official website.
E. R., 30 May 2005
The emblem of the Fiscalía General de la Nación (Nation's
General Attorney) was designed by Góndola company in 1996, as
reported by the Colombian magazine ProyectoDiseño.
This magazine is the most important magazine in the
Country for Design and Architecture.
The Fiscalia was established by the Colombian Constitution of
1991 and began operating on 1 July 1992.
Source: wikipedia.
E. R., 23 August 2008
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image from <web.fonade.gov.co>
There is a Colombian government company called FONADE (Fondo
Financiero de Proyectos de Desarrollo- Financial Fund for
Development Projects). It depends on the DNP (Departamento
Nacional de Planeación, or Nationa Planning Department). The DNP
stands at the same administrative level as DAS
for being an Administrative Department within the Government. The
DNP is in charge of the strategic economic and social planning of
the country, as well as the management of the sources and
resources to execute such projects nationwide. The FONADE has the
main task of managing development projects in the early stages,
supporting the project through financig, advisory, administrative
research projects, grants credits, as well as supports for
scientific, technological and environmental activities within a
specific project. It is mostly a development agency. For the
emblem of FONADE refer to the corporate image manual, where a
detailed 18 page document ellaborated in 2000 shows the uses and
misues of the FONADE emblem at <web.fonade.gov.co>.
E. R., 2 August 2006
image by Ivan Sache, 12 January 2009
"Instituto Nacional de Vías" (INVÍAS, National
Institute of Roads) is a government agency in charge of the
building, improvement and management of the national road
infrastructure in Colombia. Founded in 1994, INVÍAS had its
statutes last modified on 27 July 2000 (Decree No. 018).
The flag of INVÍAS, as shown graphically and described on the
website of the agency, is orange with a winding white stripe
in the middle. The flag was designed by Yesidh Albenio Rodriguez
Romero.
On a previous version of the INVÍAS website, the flag was shown
with a orange dashed line in the middle of the "road"
(see below).
Ivan Sache, 12 January 2009
Previous flag
image by Ivan Sarajcic, 26 July 2002
Based on image from <www.invias.gov.co>.
Dov Gutterman, 22, July 2002
image by Eugene Ipavec, 3 August 2008
INVIMA - Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y
Alimentos (National Institute of Medication and Food Surveilance)
is the Colombian equivalent to the American FDA. It was
established by Law 100 of December 23, 1993.
It is a government organization which dependes on the Ministerio
de Proteccion Social (Social Protection Ministry).
The flag is horizontally
divided into two equal stripes, the top green, and the bottom
white, with the Coat of Arms on the middle.
For additional reference, see INVIMA
official web site.
E. R., 3 August 2008
image by Eugene Ipavec, 25 August 2005
The Procuraduría General de la Nación represents the
citizens before the State. It currently has around 3,400
employees and its mission is to oversee the proceedures of the
State, abiding by the laws and the functions it has according to
the 1991 Political Constitution. Its main three goals are: 1.
Preventive function: this goal is directed towards
"alerting" instead of "punishing", watching
over government employees. 2. Intervention function: this is
oriented towards defending the rights on behalf of any Colombian
authority (religious, military, governmental, judiciary, police,
civil, agricultural or any other kind). 3. Disciplinary function:
this goal is focused on the sanctions carried out by violations
of one or multiple individuals who, in office, have carried out
improper activities as government officials.
The flag is the logo with the Colombian Coat of Arms (without the
motto) on white background.
E. R., 30 May and 25 August 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 8 March 2006
This is the flag of Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil
(Civil State National Registry). Official website at <www.registraduria.gov.co>.
This government body is in charge of registring all civilians,
give them their ID's, pass laws regardig these subjects to
Congress, classify and file these information, and also manage
the Consejo Nacional Electoral (National Election Council,
abbreviated CNE, official website at <www.cne.gov.co>). At the
same time the CNE is in charge of all matters
related to the election process in Colombia. The flag of the
Registraduría (as it is commonly known), is a green over white
flag (internal ratio 1:1) , pretty much like the flag of the Department of La Guajira, but
the shade of green resembles more that of the flag of the Department of Antioquia, plus
the Coat of Arms on the center.
E. R., 8 March 2006
The SENA flag is the logo on white background. The logo is
composed of a cogwill (which symbolizes the industry as an
economic sector, a caduceus, which stands for commerce and the
coffe grain, which represents the primary or agricultural
sector). The logo can be seen here
and the flag can be seen here.
The SENA is an institution which focuses on the development of
professional education programs with the aim of achieving social
development in Colombia and to promote employment through
alliances with companies.
The SENA was established by Decree No. 118 of June 21, 1957,
during the government of the Military Junta of General Gustavo
Rojas Pinilla and currently has branches in all the 32
Departments of Colombia.
Sources: wikipedia,
official website.
E. R., 5 October 2008
image by Jorge Candeias, 17 April 2004
In a commercial (?) site there is a flag that seems to be the
national security flag. Is it a governmental flag or a commercial
one?
See <clinica_iss_sogamoso.tripod.com.co>.
Dov Gutterman, 19 November 2003
Seguro (Social inssurance) refers surely to a social services
from the state, like health and pensions. Seems that this
hospital is collaborating with the department of Social
inssurance of Colombia
Jaume Olle', 19 November 2003
The Instituto del Seguro Social is a governmental organization
for health care and pension. There are also some private
organizations but this one is public. I don't recall having
seen an actual flag, but I cannot deny it either.
Carlos Thompson, 20 November 2003
The flag is a white-green bicolour with an "S" logo
in the upper field and the name in the top of the lower field.
Jorge Candeias, 17 April 2004
obverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 24 August 2005
reverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 March 2006
The flag of the Colombian Aviation Authority (its official
name is UAEAC, or Unidad Administrativa Especial Aeronáutica
Civil, or Special Administrative Unit Civil Aeronautics, usually
shortened Aeronáutica Civil or Aerocivil - official website:
<http://www.aerocivil.gov.co>).
E.R., 19 August 2005
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