UN-Habitat's success work in the country has been based on the joint labor that has been developing with the National and local governments. The government institutions, which it has most interacted with, are the National Planning Department DNP, the Ministry of Housing, City and Territory, associations such as Asocapitales, Asoareas, Asomunicipios, control and surveillance agencies such as the Controlaría, the Procuraduría General of the Nation and the Municipal Personerías. It has also built important alliances with the academy (National University, University of the Andes, Rosary University in Bogotá, EAFIT and Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellin, Industrial University of Santander in Bucaramanga, University of Valle in Cali, and North University in Barranquilla) , and with economic associations such as CAMACOL, ANDI, and other institutions of the civil society such as the Chamber of Commerce, trade unions and social leaders organizations.