Law 1757 of 2015 defines the Social Control as the right and duty of citizens to participate, individually or through their organizations, social networks and institutions, in the monitoring of public management and its results for the proper use of public resources and assets (Articles 60, 61 and 63 of Law 1757 of 2015).
It is understood by Citizen Oversight the democratic mechanism of representation that allows citizens or different community organizations to exercise oversight over public management, administrative, political, judicial, electoral, legislative authorities and control bodies, as well as public or private entities, non-governmental organizations of national or international character operating in the country and in charge of the execution of a program, project, contract or the provision of a public service. For more information on the functioning of the veedurías, see Law 850 of 2003.