Conservation programs for threatened species constitute a useful tool for the planning and execution of coordinated actions for the improvement of the population status of those species. Nevertheless, in Colombia it is unknown the real impact that those programs represent inside the institutions in charge of its execution. Objective: To conduct an assessment of the state of implementation of the National Conservation Program (PNOA) for the Andean Bear ( Tremarctos ornatus ) in Colombia into 26 regional autonomous corporations (CAR’s) and the Planning Office of National Natural Parks, called Special Administrative Unit of National Natural Parks (UAESPNN). Methodology: A quantitative review was conducted, using the criteria of traffic lights, on the information obtained from 42 institutional planning documents and the answers to the requirement 2100-2- 91674 2009 of the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development of Colombia (MAVDT), as well as some interviews with officials. Results: Except for one, all the CAR’s submitted information on the implementation of this program in their jurisdictions (96.2%). UAESPNN showed no physical or virtual media on this aspect, preventing their integral inclusion in the quantitative analysis. The action line with the highest percentage of direct implementation was the line I (in situ conservation: 30.8%), the one with the highest indirect implementation percentage was action line V (institutional strengthening: 88.5%), and the one with the highest non-implementation percentage was action line II (ex situ conservation: 42.3%). Conclusions: The PNOA presents mostly an indirect implementation, where 61.5% of the evaluated CAR’s only developed indirect activities related with it, associated with the implementation of other conservation programs. The evaluation exhibit an administrative gap inside the CAR’s, showing that the actions implemented by them related with this program comes mostly from occasional actions than from institutional planning, reflecting that this program has not been yet structurally assimilated .