Contraloría Departamental De Bolívar

What Contraloría Departamental De Bolívar does

The Contraloría Departamental de Bolívar is a Colombian government fiscal control institution headquartered in Cartagena de Indias, established in 1936, that exercises constitutional oversight over all public entities and resources within the Bolívar Department. Its mandate covers all municipal administrations, the departmental government (Gobernación de Bolívar), ESE hospitals, public utilities, and decentralized entities across more than 25 municipalities including Cartagena, Magangué, Turbaco, El Carmen de Bolívar, Simití, and San Pablo. The entity is led by the Contralora Departamental, currently Tatiana Romero Luna, and operates through four core functional areas: Despacho (administrative dispatch and resolutions), Responsabilidad Fiscal (fiscal responsibility investigations and adjudications), Jurisdicción Coactiva (compulsory jurisdiction for debt recovery from public officials), and Participación Ciudadana (citizen participation, complaints, and social control).

The entity's product portfolio includes fiscal auditing, citizen complaint management through PQRS channels, fiscal responsibility proceedings, debt collection enforcement, and the Contralores Escolares program (launched in 2015) that trains students in grades 8-10 as social auditors monitoring public resource use in educational institutions, particularly the Fondo de Servicios Educativos (FOSE). It also delivers training programs on Law 850 of 2003 and government transition (empalme) processes. The technology stack integrates with multiple national government platforms: SIA Observa, SIA Contralorías, SIREIN, SIA Misional, DOCManager, Activosti PQRS, and the Gobierno Digital (MinTIC) portal ecosystem.

The entity is funded entirely through public departmental budget allocations from the Bolívar Department treasury rather than commercial revenue. All services are provided free of charge as part of its public mandate. It operates hierarchically within Colombia's public control system, reporting to the Contraloría General de la Nación, referring disciplinary findings to the Procuraduría General de la Nación, and coordinating with the Auditoría General de la República. Citizen outreach occurs through its institutional website, physical citizen service office, social media (Facebook, Instagram, X), and public forums across municipalities.

Name

Contraloría Departamental De Bolívar

Legal name

Contraloría Departamental de Bolívar

Website

https://contraloriadebolivar.gov.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1936

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Contraloría Departamental de Bolívar is a Colombian government fiscal control institution, founded in 1936 and headquartered in Cartagena de Indias, that audits public spending across all municipalities in Bolívar Department through oversight programs, citizen participation channels, and integrated digital audit platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Fiscal Audit and Oversight

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Administration of Economic Programs (9261), Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (926150)

akta.pro primary industry

Audit, Compliance Monitoring & Investigations (BPAIADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Financial Risk, Controls & Audit (Public Sector) (BPAIAEAH), Municipal Finance, Treasury, Budget & Procurement (BPAIACAC)

Keywords

• Fiscal control oversight
• Government audit services
• Public accountability programs
• Citizen participation services
• Fiscal responsibility investigations

Headquarters

HQ city

Cartagena de Indias

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Budget Funding: As a government audit institution, the entity is funded through public departmental budgets. It does not generate commercial revenue. Its operations are sustained through fiscal appropriations from the Bolívar Department treasury.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Contraloría Departamental de Bolívar is the constitutional departmental audit institution that exercises fiscal control over all public entities, resources, and municipal administrations within the Bolívar Department of Colombia. It conducts fiscal audits, investigates fiscal responsibility cases, processes citizen complaints through participatory channels, and administers coactive jurisdiction for the recovery of public funds from public officials. Complementary offerings include the Contralores Escolares civic-education program (since 2015) and training sessions on transition processes (empalme) and Law 850 of 2003 for public servants and citizen overseers.

Product overview

Contraloría Departamental de Bolívar is a Colombian government audit institution providing fiscal control and oversight services for the Department of Bolívar. The organization operates a unified platform of core services including fiscal control auditing, fiscal responsibility investigations, citizen participation complaint management, coactive jurisdiction for debt recovery, and office dispatch functions. Supplementary programs include the School Comptrollers initiative (since 2015) training students in social control, along with specialized training programs on administrative transitions and social control legislation. The institution integrates with multiple government technology platforms (SIA Observa, SIA Contralorías, SIA Misional, SIREIN, DOCManager, and Activosti) for audit management, document handling, and citizen service requests.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Control Fiscal Core fiscal control services overseeing the proper use of public resources in the Department of Bolívar, including auditing government entities and municipal administrations.
• Participación Ciudadana Citizen participation program enabling public complaints, denunciations, and social control over public resource management.
• Responsabilidad Fiscal Fiscal responsibility processes investigating and adjudicating cases of public resource mismanagement and fiscal damage to the state.
• Jurisdicción Coactiva Coactive jurisdiction processes for collection of fiscal obligations and enforcement of debt recovery from public officials.
• Despacho Office dispatch and administrative resolution services managing legal processes, fiscal decisions, and official communications.
• Contralores Escolares Program School comptroller program training students in grades 8-10 to become social auditors and monitors of public resource use, particularly the Fondo de Servicios Educativos (FOSE), in their educational institutions.
• Capacitación en Empalme Transition training program for government officials on successful handover procedures to prevent fiscal responsibility issues during administrative transitions.
• Capacitación Ley 850 de 2003 Training program on Law 850 of 2003 directed at public servants and citizen overseers to strengthen transparency in public management.

Quantifiable outcome

• Active fiscal responsibility proceedings with over 25 pages of active case listings across multiple municipalities in 2024-2026.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Contraloría General de la NaciónflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe national audit office is the supreme body of fiscal control in Colombia. The Departamental audit office operates within its regulatory framework and reports on matters requiring escalation. This is a hierarchical institutional relationship within the Colombian fiscal control system.
• Auditoría General de la RepúblicacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe entidad is linked through Colombia's external control framework. Auditoría General conducts performance audits of departmental audit offices and other public entities.
• Procuraduría General de la NacióncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe entity refers findings to the national prosecutor's office when disciplinary responsibility is identified during fiscal responsibility proceedings. This is a mandatory referral channel established by Colombian law.
• Gobernación de BolívarflagshipOthersThe entity exercises fiscal control over the departmental government (Gobernación de Bolívar) and all municipal administrations within the department. This is a sovereign oversight relationship as established by the Colombian political constitution.
• Comisión Regional de Moralización de BolívarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA regional commission focused on moralization and anti-corruption efforts. The entity participates in its activities and co-convened training events such as the Ley 850 de 2003 training for public officials and citizen veedores.
• Escuela Superior de Administración Pública (ESAP)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerESAP provided its auditorium facility for a training event on Ley 850 de 2003 convened by the Comisión Regional de Moralización. The entity was the event organizer using ESAP's facilities.
• Gobierno Digital (MinTIC)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe entity is integrated into the Colombian government's digital portal ecosystem (gobierno digital), using government-provided digital infrastructure and platforms for citizen services.
• Presidencia de la RepúblicacoreOthersPart of the executive branch's institutional network. The entity links to the President's office as part of the Colombian government's digital ecosystem.
• Defensoría del PueblominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe entity is part of Colombia's public control ecosystem, linking to the Defensoria for the protection of citizen rights in matters related to public resource management.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Contraloría de Bogotá D.C. District-level contraloría overseeing Bogotá's public entities; functionally equivalent fiscal-control entity but operating at urban district rather than departmental scale.
• Contraloría Departamental de Antioquia: Departmental fiscal-control peer with equivalent constitutional mandate over Antioquia municipalities; runs similar SIA-based platforms and citizen participation programs at greater scale.
• Contraloría Departamental de Cundinamarca: Departmental contraloría covering municipalities of Cundinamarca (the department surrounding Bogotá); comparable mandate, scope and digital platform stack.
• Contraloría Departamental del Valle del Cauca: Another Colombian departmental contraloría exercising identical fiscal oversight jurisdiction over Valle del Cauca municipalities, structured under the same legal framework.

Broad incumbents

• Auditoría General de la República: Colombia's external control body that audits the performance of public entities including departmental contralorías; the Bolívar office is subject to its oversight framework.
• Procuraduría General de la Nación: National disciplinary authority to which the Bolívar contraloría escalates fiscal findings for disciplinary proceedings; a critical counterpart in Colombia's public control ecosystem.
• Contraloría General de la Nación: National-level fiscal control authority of Colombia; directly hierarchical to the Bolívar Contraloría and sets the regulatory framework within which all departmental contralorías operate.
• Defensoría del Pueblo: National ombudsman institution linked with the contraloría for citizen-rights protection in public-resource matters; partner in joint oversight and citizen complaint routing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ContraloriaB
• Facebookfacebook.com/325256587563474
• Instagraminstagram.com/contraloriadebolivar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/contralor%C3%ADa-departamental-de-bol%C3%ADvar

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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