La adecuación del organismo nacional de acreditación al modelo de Estado regulatorio

Abstract

The adequacy of public administration towards the of the regulatory state model frames its direction and participation in it, in other words, intervening in it. One way the Colombian State intervenes in the economy is through quality, which has been conceived as public policy since the 1990s. in order to achieve it, was necessary to consolidate what we consider the quality pillars such as INCONTEC, the National Meteorological Institute - INM and the National Accreditation Body - ONAC. The National Accreditation Body is supported by the decentralization processes Law 489-1998, it has a corporate nature and does not have a direct place in the State structure. However, to what extent has the ONAC private nature served to effectively fulfill the accreditation functions, which are an essential part of public quality policy and if it is adapted to the Regulatory State model? Is the legal problem that seeks to solve this research. Based on the administrative organization theory, it is shown that the privatization of some types of services or subjects does not always effectively develop the State public policies, so the object of this research is to demonstrate how the mutation in ONAC's private nature to an Independent Administrative Authority - AAI, contributes decisively in guaranteeing the effectiveness of its accrediting function, strengthening the quality policy in the country.