Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

The history of Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia started in 1958 when a group of coperativists led by the brothers Henry and Rymel Serrano Uribe and Mr. Carlos Uribe Garzón decided to work on the development of solidarity economy, particularly on the cooperative movement, based on the instruction of adults on this doctrine. This is why; it was created the Moses Michael Coady Institute on behalf of the cooperative priest who was one of the pioneers of cooperative education in his country. Later, in 1961, the Moses Michael Coady Institute becomes Instituto de Economía Social y Cooperativismo– INDESCO (Social Economy and Cooperativism Institute); afterwards Superintendencia Nacional de Cooperativas (National Cooperative Direction), years after DANCOOP, then DANSOCIAL. Finally, by means of Resolution 4156 from 1963 the Unidad Administrativa Especial de Organizaciones Solidarias (Special Administrative Unit of Solidarity Organizations) granted an operating license to the “Instituto de Economía Social y Cooperativismo”. Thanks to the actions implemented towards the development of the cooperative movement in the 60’s, not only on the field of instruction, but also in consultancy, the Superintendencia Nacional de Cooperativas, by means of the Resolution 00559 of 1968, recognizes the Instituto de Economía Social y Cooperativismo– INDESCO as a supporting institution from cooperativism rooted in Bogotá, Colombia.