Ecuador's national AI strategy (EFIA-EC)

Ecuador's national AI strategy

Regulator guidanceEFIA-EC

Summary

2025-2029 public policy with principles and goals. It is not an AI law: it has no penalties, risk catalog or deadlines for companies.

Public and private sectors as a reference.

The rule has no penalty regime of its own, or it does not apply.

Official name: Acuerdo Ministerial N.° MINTEL-MINTEL-2025-0030, Estrategia para el Fomento del Desarrollo y Uso Ético y Responsable de la Inteligencia Artificial en el Ecuador (EFIA-EC)
Official reference: Suplemento del Registro Oficial N.° 206, 19 de enero de 2026 (Acuerdo MINTEL-MINTEL-2025-0030, firmado el 22 de diciembre de 2025)
Regulator: MINTEL
Official source: Check the sourceHow we verify sources

Obligations table
Obligation	Article or citation	Status	Date	Who it applies to	Verification
Align the AI policy with the national principles	Acuerdo MINTEL-MINTEL-2025-0030 (EFIA-EC), principios A a K	Regulator guidance	January 19, 2026	Organizations that develop or use AI in Ecuador. It is a reference, with no penalties or deadlines.	Verified in the official source on November 4, 2026

Acuerdo MINTEL-MINTEL-2025-0030 (EFIA-EC), principios A a KRegulator guidance

Applies from January 19, 2026

When it relates: Organizations that develop or use AI in Ecuador. It is a reference, with no penalties or deadlines.
What the rule provides: Reflect the principles of privacy, fairness, proportionality, accountability, security, training, human oversight, transparency and a risk-based approach in the AI policy.
Prepare for what the strategy announces through 2029: a national AI solution registry, technical standards, an algorithmic audit protocol and a regulatory sandbox.
Typical evidence: AI policy referencing the principles
Related base documents: Responsible AI Principles
Supporting documents: Responsible AI Use Policy (Including Generative AI)
AI System Inventory
AI Regulatory Obligations Matrix by Country
Verification: Verified in the official source on November 4, 2026Checked against Official Register Supplement No. 206 (official copy from the Constitutional Court): the strategy's principles A to K and entry into force on publication. The text says it is mandatory, but it has no concrete obligations, penalties or deadlines for companies; it is therefore treated as guidance.