La Alianza por la Democracia was born from the commitment of Colombian civil society to building a stronger, more inclusive, and more hopeful future. In a context of polarization and misinformation, we seek to open pathways for participation, trust, and the enjoyment of rights in the face of the 2026 elections and beyond. We are a diverse, non‑partisan network that coordinates a national strategy to strengthen democracy toward a shared vision for the country.

La Alianza por la Inclusión Laboral generates specialized knowledge on labor inclusion to influence the practices of public and private actors. Its work focuses on making visible data about populations that have faced the greatest barriers to accessing formal employment, enabling individuals, organizations, and decision‑makers to advance collective actions based on evidence.

It is an initiative comprised of various civil society and academic organizations. We seek to support and strengthen the capacities of the Congress of the Republic to contribute to building a more participatory, open, and inclusive democracy.

A civil society initiative to contribute technical and methodological expertise to the Congress of the Republic. Since its inception, this collective effort has implemented action plans in each of its three areas of focus: training, transparency, and citizen participation.

It is an inter-institutional collaboration that aims to move youth participation from intention to decision. It works by, with, and for young leaders, connecting organizations and facilitating their collaboration; sharing information, tools, and lessons learned; and establishing common, evidence-based agendas so that the voice of youth is stronger, more visible, and more effective in their communities.

We are a learning and practice community, aligned around socio-emotional empowerment, where we all share responsibility for achieving the goals and indicators we have established by consensus. We collaborate to learn, influence, and evaluate transformations related to socio-emotional development in Colombia.

ATEM is an alliance that seeks to make upper secondary education (10th and 11th grades) in Colombia more visible, prioritized, and transformative. It aims to promote its mandatory status and position it as a national priority and a key pillar for the country’s social, economic, and territorial development, in a context where this level is not compulsory and shows the highest dropout rates within the education system.

A global initiative to collect, develop, and promote compelling narratives that increase public support for and participation in democracy. The Democratic Narratives Alliance brings together more than 35 organizations, research institutions, and funders working on issues of democracy and communication.

Antioquia Cómo Vamos was created in 2023 as the first departmental‑level Cómo Vamos initiative. Various private actors joined efforts to monitor territorial development plans, measure the impact of public policies on the quality of life of the inhabitants of Antioquia, and promote spaces for dialogue around the department’s development with the participation of multiple sectors.

Barranquilla Cómo Vamos (BQCV) is a citizen initiative that evaluates and monitors urban quality of life through the analysis of technical and perception‑based indicators.
It promotes accountability processes from the District Administration by requesting information related to its management in key areas that impact the quality of life of Barranquilla’s residents.

The work of Bogotá Cómo Vamos consists of combining the analysis of technical indicators with citizen perception, allowing the results of the city’s government performance to be understood in relation to quality of life and its impact on residents.
Every year, the program develops technical documents such as the Quality of Life Report and the Citizen Perception Survey, in addition to the Monitoring Report of the Bogotá City Council.

The creation of Buenaventura Cómo Vamos was carefully designed by the Alianza Activa Buenaventura, which implements the program as an advocacy mechanism that will contribute to the development of a more effective and more transparent district government, as well as a well‑informed, responsible, and participatory citizenry in Buenaventura.

Cali Cómo Vamos is a program that monitors and evaluates quality of life in the city. It takes as a reference the “Bogotá Cómo Vamos” Program, launched in 1998 as an initiative of Casa Editorial El Tiempo, the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, and Fundación Corona.
In 2005, the Cali Cómo Vamos program was launched.

We are a private program that, since 2005, has monitored and tracked changes in the quality of life of Cartagena’s residents using objective and perception‑based indicators, making relevant and reliable information visible for decision‑making in both the public and private sectors to support citizen well‑being.

Un galardón que busca reconocer, impulsar y ampliar el impacto de iniciativas innovadoras, que sean construidas de forma colectiva y que trabajen por resolver problemas de sus comunidades, generando valor público de forma sostenible y replicable en las ciudades de Cali y Yumbo.

Collective leadership is a pathway to addressing Colombia’s systemic challenges: lack of access to opportunities, distrust, polarization, misinformation, low participation, and violence against leaders. Since 2023, Fundación Corona, Origen Red de Liderazgo, the School of Government at Universidad de los Andes, GOYN Bogotá, and the Consortium for Community Development have been working in a Learning Community to understand how to move from individual leadership to processes where diverse actors and territories share purposes and decisions.

A private, collective impact initiative that brings together social leaders, grassroots organizations, businesses, foundations, and the public sector—but above all, people—so that together we can be more effective in generating opportunities.

We are building a leadership network in the region to collectively improve people's living conditions through the co-creation of opportunities.

They are a deliberative democracy mechanism that brings together citizens selected at random through a public lottery to form a group that is representative of Bogotá’s diversity. Over several days, they receive high‑quality information, are trained to understand the issue in depth, and deliberate with support from experts and collective‑intelligence methodologies. Their purpose is to develop proposals and recommendations on a key issue of public interest.

We are a civil society initiative made up of leaders committed to the future of higher education in Colombia. We promote dialogue, collaboration, and strategic action to build a more equitable, inclusive, and competitive education system.

An Impact Fund that believes in, trusts, and supports social‑purpose organizations in their growth to drive change.

We work jointly with social‑purpose organizations to support them in their strengthening process so they can maximize their impact.

We are a systemic transformation movement that empowers rural youth as agents of change. Through collaborative agendas, we seek to generate sustainable opportunities and build new narratives about rural life.

As a collective‑impact initiative, it seeks to align actors and resources to eliminate system‑level barriers that limit young people’s access to education, employment, and entrepreneurship opportunities. It proposes a model for prioritizing action lines based on a collaborative diagnosis involving young people and public, private, productive, and educational organizations, identifying factors that hinder or enable their success along their life trajectories.

GOYN Bogotá is a collective‑impact strategy that seeks to improve the well‑being of Opportunity Youth through economic opportunities, holistic training, participation, and leadership.

This is achieved through collective impact across 16 communities worldwide, with whom we work to create economic mobility for Opportunity Youth.

A program financed by BID Lab and SECO, implemented by Fundación Corona.
We facilitate market building and the creation of partnerships among different actors to promote the use of results‑based payment mechanisms.
We build ecosystems for the development and implementation of results‑based financing mechanisms.

Manizales Cómo Vamos is a private program with no affiliation to the government. Its mission is the ongoing measurement of city‑level data in order to promote a more transparent society and improve quality of life in the territory.

At Medellín Cómo Vamos, we believe that a city’s well‑being begins with the quality of life of its people. We work to understand and make visible the territory’s challenges, convinced that clear and reliable information mobilizes actions that transform the present and shape a better future. For 19 years, we have promoted social oversight with objectivity and impartiality, connecting citizen voices with decision‑makers.

It is a multilateral initiative that seeks to improve government performance, promote effective participation and improve the responsiveness of governments to their citizens through the implementation of strategies on transparency, access to information, citizen participation, innovation and the use of new technologies that achieve concrete and visible changes.

We are an initiative that promotes the collective construction and transformation of the city from the active participation and perspective of young people, supporting collaborative solutions, strengthening youth leadership and promoting positive and real narratives about youth and collaboration.

We are an initiative of nine civil society organizations that recognize the strategic value of Colombia’s biodiversity and of protected areas as its main conservation mechanism.

It is a strategy aimed at helping high school students who have fallen behind in their academic progress. It is one of the first programs in Colombia focused on addressing learning gaps at this level, reinforcing key knowledge and skills starting in eighth grade. Through practical and relevant tools, it provides teachers with support to strengthen fundamental areas and ensure that each student catches up and successfully completes their education.

The Cómo Vamos programs generate knowledge about quality of life in cities. They are a reference for governments in their planning processes and an opportunity for citizens to participate in an informed way and influence public policy.
Their impact on public management, collective construction, and rigorous data analysis has led to their replication in various cities across Colombia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

It is a territorial initiative to expand the social and economic opportunities for young people in the municipality through participatory planning processes. It builds upon previous leadership experiences in Yumbo and projects them toward a comprehensive approach that connects youth, communities, and institutions to strengthen life skills and promote opportunities in education and democracy.

We are a citizen initiative, developed together with the private business sector, that since 2013 has sought to provide the most complete and reliable information on the Quality of Life of the municipality of Yumbo. Demographics, poverty and equity, health, education, security, mobility, among others, are some of the statistics that can be found in the Quality of Life Report.