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Lineamientos y estándares para la preparación, desarrollo, implementación, supervisión y mejora continua de los sistemas de Inteligencia Artificial en las entidades y organismos del Distrito Capital de Bogotá
Initiative overview
Bogotá adopted its technical and ethical guidelines on artificial intelligence in 2025 to respond to the rapid expansion of these technologies in the city and to ensure their safe, transparent and people-centred use across all public entities. The initiative emerged at a time when two in every ten residents already reported using AI and when the city’s development plan, Bogotá Camina Segura, set out the ambition to build a smart city grounded in data and evidence-based decision-making. With the approval of Agreement 3 of 2025 by the District Commission for Digital Transformation, Bogotá established a unified framework to guide everyday use of AI tools, the development of AI systems and the oversight of high-impact projects, under principles of legality, ethics, digital security and personal data protection.
The guidelines set out clear rules and a common process for all entities, structured around a continuous improvement cycle that requires planning, validation, monitoring and adjustment. They introduce institutional maturity assessments, differentiated routes according to risk, obligations for algorithmic transparency, and both technical and legal audits.
They also regulate the everyday use of generative tools by public servants, defining strict limits: AI may support routine, low-impact tasks, but it must never replace professional judgement or intervene in administrative, legal or rights-related decisions. As the document states, “artificial intelligence in the District must be used with clear rules: respecting the law, safeguarding digital security, protecting personal data and acting with ethics and responsibility.”
The initiative seeks to close gaps in digital maturity, interoperability and specialised talent, while leveraging the opportunity to position Bogotá as a regional leader in public-sector innovation. Its implementation is aligned with the city’s data governance model, the broader data infrastructure strategy and the mandate to promote emerging technologies set out in Agreement 927 of 2024.
Throughout 2026, the city will advance the dissemination and adoption of the guidelines, establish a community of practice for AI, deliver specialised training for public servants, strengthen the District CSIRT, and scale solutions such as Chatico, the citizen SuperApp and predictive systems in health, mobility and risk management.
The guidelines will become a permanent policy for all entities, embedded in procurement, oversight, data management and impact assessment processes. Their design allows for future expansion into new sectors, the incorporation of emerging technologies such as advanced generative AI, and the strengthening of public trust through traceability, human oversight and robust risk controls.
Through this initiative, Bogotá moves towards a model of smart governance in which AI is used responsibly to improve services, anticipate challenges and modernise public administration.
