| The
National Business Association of Colombia –ANDI- represents
Colombian private sector aiming towards a secure environment
for business
ANDI is a
non-profit organization whose main purpose is to expand and
promote economic, social and political principles within a
free enterprise system, based upon beliefs that include
human dignity, political democracy, social justice, private
property and liberty.
ANDI was
created in the city of Medellin in September 11, 1944, and
since then it has always been the most important private
sector association. It groups more than 1000 companies that
belong to different sectors of the economy: manufacturing,
financial, food, textiles, services, amongst others and
therefore represents a high percentage of Colombia’s GDP and
total employment.
The
association has its headquarters in Medellin, but also has
branches in the cities of Bogotá, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga,
Cali, Cartagena, Pereira, Manizales Ibague and Santander de
Quilichao. |
