Bogotá, February 12, 2026 The 30 signatory organizations, articulated through the Alliance for Democracy, call on the Colombian government to seriously and promptly respond to the alerts issued by the National Civil Registry, the Ombudsman’s Office, the Electoral Observation Mission (MOE), and Human Rights Watch (HRW), among other institutions and groups, regarding the risk of political violence in the upcoming legislative and presidential elections. The reports coincide in s

The Youth in Society survey, led by Cifras y Conceptos in alliance with Fundación Corona, LSE Cities – London School of Economics, the research project NextGenC (Connected Urban Generation), Fundación Bolívar Davivienda, and El Tiempo, offers an in‑depth snapshot of how young people in Colombia perceive democracy, political participation, education, and employment. Among the most relevant findings for the national context, the survey —conducted with 3,221 young people aged 18

Labor informality is one of the largest and most complex challenges in Colombia’s labor market. It is neither marginal nor temporary: more than half of the employed population works under informal conditions, and this has remained constant over time. Although measures such as the 2012 Tax Reform (Bernal, Eslava, Meléndez & Pinzón, 2017), the 2010 First Employment Law (Becerra & Morales, 2025), and Decree 2616 of 2013 (Samaniego de la Parra, Otero & Morales, 2024) achieved som

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The perception of insecurity is increasing in Bogotá while young people lead in citizen optimism, reveals the 2025 Citizen Perception Survey. Positive feelings towards Bogotá are increasing: satisfaction (61%), pride (57%) and optimism (48%) show significant increases. Young people lead the way in hope: despite facing greater challenges, they register the highest optimism (59%) regarding the future of the city. Approval of the district's management decreased to 26%, while con

70 assembly members discussed and designed recommendations for solid waste management in Bogotá: the 2025 Deliberative Cycles conclude The Deliberative Cycles are a citizen participation exercise led by the Bogotá Planning Secretariat, with support from Fundación Corona and Extituto de Política Abierta. After six days of work, the 70 assembly members reached 19 solutions related to waste management and city cleanliness. The proposals include source separation, differentiated

What is this process about? This knowledge management process, led by Fundación Corona and developed by Fundación Ideas para la Paz, systematizes and analyzes the implementation of the Citizen Engagement Model (MIC) – Participa+ in order to turn implicit learnings into useful, transferable, and actionable evidence. Its main purpose was to identify, consolidate, critically analyze, and share the MIC’s contributions, learnings, and recommendations from its territorial experienc

Collective leadership is a viable path to addressing the systemic challenges Colombia faces: limited access to opportunities, distrust, polarization, misinformation, low participation, and violence against those who lead. Since 2023, Fundación Corona, Origen Red de Liderazgo, the Alberto Lleras Camargo School of Government at Universidad de los Andes, GOYN Bogotá, and the Consortium for Community Development have worked in a Collective Leadership Learning Community to underst

Young people are a decisive part of Colombia’s future. Fundación Corona presents its strategy toward 2030 This foundation, created in 1963, has refocused the strategy it had been implementing for the past 10 years to direct its efforts toward strengthening and transforming the system of actors that generate education, employment, freedom of choice and influence opportunities for youth in Colombia. Until 2035, young people will represent approximately 45% of the country’s econ