Overview
- The government published Decree 1203/2026 on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, formally creating a voluntary retirement regime for employees of the Administración Pública Nacional centralizada.
- Enrollment is scheduled for Nov. 1–30, 2026, with the Secretaría de Transformación del Estado y Función Pública as the implementing authority and a single possible 30‑day extension.
- The scheme covers planta permanente and indeterminate‑contract workers while excluding decentralized agencies, the Armed Forces and security, the State Intelligence Secretariat, the Foreign Service and transitory staff.
- Benefits are divided into three age/contribution groups offering choices such as 60% of gross pay for up to 36 months or lump‑sum formulas tied to years of service with caps, and single payments below $20 million or up to three monthly installments of $20 million each when larger.
- Applicants must withdraw judicial or administrative claims and have no serious pending summaries or related criminal proceedings, authorities have 40 days to decide with negative silence meaning refusal, accepted departures eliminate the budgeted post and the worker is barred from rejoining the national public sector for eight years which advances the administration’s broader state‑downsizing plan.