Mayor’s Office of Bogotá

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FAO offers free virtual course on soil and water conservation

October 30, 2026

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a 36-hour free virtual course on soil and water conservation techniques for rural communities and agricultural producers.

CLAD and PNUD offer free digital public innovation course for Bogotá

October 30, 2026

CLAD and PNUD are launching a free international virtual course on public innovation, running from November 20, 2026, to January 20, 2027.

FAO offers certified virtual course on forest data management

October 29, 2026

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a certified online training program focused on forest monitoring and sustainable resource management.

FAO offers training on forests and Paris Agreement transparency

October 27, 2026

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is offering a certified virtual course focused on forest monitoring and climate change commitments.

Departments & Services

Secretaría Distrital de Seguridad, Convivencia y Justicia (SDSCJ)
Secretaría Distrital de Gobierno (SDG)
Ministerio del Trabajo
Cuerpo Oficial de Bomberos Bogotá
Policía Metropolitana de Bogotá
Policía de Infancia y Adolescencia
Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA

Mayor

Carlos Fernando Galán Pachón

Mayor of Bogotá

Carlos Fernando Galán Pachón is the Mayor of Bogotá for the 2024-2027 term. Born in Bogotá on June 4, 1977. He is husband to Carolina; father of Julieta, 10, and Juan Pablo, 4; and son of Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento and Gloria Pachón de Galán. He studied International Economics with a focus on Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He continued his training at the Externado de Colombia University, specializing in Government, Management, and Public Affairs. He also pursued graduate studies in International Affairs at Columbia University and a Master's in Public Administration at New York University. His professional life began in journalism. He was a correspondent for the magazine Semana in Washington, editor and reporter for the magazine Cambio, and journalist at El Tiempo. His journalistic work was recognized in 2007 with the National Journalism Award from the Circle of Journalists of Bogotá for his investigations into parapolitics. His first term was on the Bogotá City Council between 2008-2011. During this time he denounced irregularities in the contracting of the Samuel Moreno Mayor's Office, which uncovered the so-called Carousel of Contracting. He was qualified twice as the best Councilor of Bogotá by the Proyecto Concejo Cómo Vamos project and recognized as the Most Highlighted Councilor of 2011. In 2011, he first ran for Mayor of Bogotá and obtained 13% of the vote. He was designated Secretary of Transparency of the Presidency of the Republic between 2012 and 2013; he led the implementation of the anti-corruption and transparency policy in Colombia. In 2014, he was elected Senator of Colombia. From the legislature he led debates on land use, territorial ordering and the implications of climate change in soil occupation. As director of Cambio Radical he revoked more than 300 endorsements to questioned candidates in the country. He resigned from the party in 2018. In 2019 he ran again for Mayor of Bogotá and 1,022,874 Bogotanos supported his candidacy. In 2023 he ran again for Mayor Major, for the Nuevo Liberalism party and won with 1,499,734 votes, the highest vote in Bogotá's history.

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Official website: bogota.gov.co

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