This document primarily addresses the lessons learned through the territorial administrative decentralization processes throughout Colombia’s contemporary history. Moreover, this document is intended to interpret the recent events and aspects related to the larger presence of central government in territorial decisions in the general system of royalties through the Steering Committee and Secretariat. Finally, this article encompasses the significant reversals in the territorial autonomy processes deepened in the National Development Plan 2014-2018 setting up Projects of National Strategic Interest in order to remove obstacles and facilitate its implementation. However, everything mentioned above is still in the wrong direction of the process of negotiation aimed at ending the armed conflict in the country since peace is built and stablished in different territories.