COPNIA Professional Registry for Colombia, 2016-2021

A professional registry from Colombia's National Council of Professional Engineering, Architecture, and Related Professions (COPNIA) covering the period from 2016 to 2021. The dataset contains records of professional registrations, including details on education, location, and license type. It was published by datos.gov.co as part of an entity's anti-corruption plan.

Use Cases

• Analyze geographic distribution of professionals using Ciudad Residencia, Departamento, and Seccional columns.
• Study trends in professional licensing over time using Fecha de matrícula (Desde), Fecha resolución nacional, and Fecha resolución seccional.
• Examine the relationship between educational institutions and professions using Institución de educación superior, Profesión, and Sede columns.
• Profile license types and their prevalence across regions using Tipo de matrícula, Seccional, and Departamento.

Strengths

• Covers a six-year time range from 2016 to 2021.
• Includes 11 distinct columns detailing professional, educational, and administrative attributes.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely an official administrative registry from the Consejo Profesional Nacional de Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Profesiones Afines (COPNIA).

Time Range

2016 to 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:05:30; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, with columns for Ciudad Residencia, Departamento, and País.