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Directiva Conjunta No. 007 — Colombia's Binding Minimum Standards for Algorithmic Transparency in Government

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Following a 2025 Constitutional Court ruling, Colombia's Procuraduría and Defensoría del Pueblo issued a joint directive requiring every public entity — and private bodies exercising public functions — using AI, automated decision systems or geolocation tracking to publicly discl

~28
AI systems listed in DAPRE's voluntary repository
~6
AI systems listed in MinTIC's voluntary repository
~233
Public entities self-reporting AI/RPA use (2021 FURAG survey) (2021)

Details

Promoter
Procuraduría General de la Nación & Defensoría del Pueblo
Period
2025–present
Keywords
AI governance, algorithmic transparency, digital rights, public administration

Context

On 30 September 2025, Colombia's Procurador General de la Nacion and the Defensora del Pueblo jointly issued Directiva Conjunta No. 007, setting minimum standards for algorithmic transparency in the Colombian state, following Constitutional Court ruling T-067/2025.

Activities

Covered entities -- any public entity, or private organisation carrying out public functions, using AI, automated decision-making or geolocation/proximity data -- must publish clear, accessible and periodically updated information on their algorithmic systems, respond to citizen information requests, and determine case by case whether source code or a meaningful explanation of system logic should be disclosed. The Procuraduria must now run annual compliance surveys of obligated entities.

Conclusions

The directive responds to a well-documented transparency gap: Colombia's existing voluntary algorithm repositories (DAPRE, MinTIC) list only around 28 and 6 AI systems respectively, against roughly 233 public entities that self-reported using AI or RPA tools in a 2021 government-wide survey. Because the directive is only weeks old at time of writing, it has no compliance track record yet, and its effectiveness will depend on whether the mandated annual surveys are enforced and published.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — Regulatory directive; compliance costs fall on obligated public entities, not separately quantified.
Time to results
Short (< 1 year) — Issued 30 September 2025; no track record yet at time of review.
Staffing & skills
Procuraduria General de la Nacion, Defensoria del Pueblo

Conditions for success

  • binding legal basis (Constitutional Court ruling T-067/2025)
  • mandatory annual compliance surveys of obligated entities

Common failure modes

  • voluntary predecessor registries showed a large gap between actual AI use and public disclosure
  • effectiveness depends on enforcement and publication of the mandated surveys, not yet tested

Where it fits

Governance type
national oversight bodies (ombudsman/inspector-general), binding directive
Scale
national (Colombia)
Income level
upper-middle income (Colombia)

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