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title: "Agentic Government: Delegation and Trust"
description: "Agentic government is a delegation problem, not an AI problem. An independent architecture for the agentic state: the mandate bounds the request, the public service decides."
keywords: "citizen delegation, bounded mandate, agentic government architecture, public sector AI, agentic government, agentic state, agentic gov, govtech, gov tech, AI agents in government, public services"
canonical: https://agenticgov.eu/
url: https://agenticgov.eu/
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# Technology does not create public value.

The willingness to fix the process and the legal framework does.

Agentic government is a delegation problem, not an AI problem.

[Explore the principles](https://agenticgov.eu/principles) [Read the essay](https://agenticgov.eu/essay)

The state safeguards trust.

Citizen Agent Public service

A citizen delegates to an agent. The public service enforces authority at its gate: each request is permitted, sent back for the citizen’s confirmation, or denied, and a service-issued receipt returns to the citizen. A separate trust plane distributes trust without carrying transaction traffic. Illustrative animation only: no real signature or government transaction takes place.

The centre holds trust, not traffic.

The mandate bounds the request. The service decides.

[A thesis by Alvar Laigna An independent reference architecture for AI agents that act for citizens.](https://agenticgov.eu/about)

## What agentic government is

Agentic government is an architecture for citizen–state interaction in which a person delegates a precisely bounded mandate to an AI agent, while the public service retains final authority at its gate. The agent proposes; the service permits, requires confirmation, or denies; a receipt returns to the citizen. Identity proves who is acting. A mandate proves what they may do.