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Paraguay


Priority country : Systems & Finance

Paraguay joined SWA in 2010. The government identified as a sector priority the strengthening of institutions and governance by 1) ensuring institutions have the capacity and resources necessary to carry out the roles of leadership, and regulation, putting an end to overlapping roles and uncoordinated actions, and 2) generating decentralized technical capacities and structures at the local government level for better governance.

Commitments by the government

Organize and define nomenclatures and standardized classifications for the water and sanitation sector and establish new institutional arrangements.
50%
Restructure, update and disseminate the National Plan for Drinking Water and Sanitation (PNAPS).
50%
Continue and complete the current sanitation infrastructure programme “Improvement of the Integrated Drinking Water and Sanitation System of Ciudad del Leste and Presidente Franco”.
75%

Commitments by partners

Encourage inclusion of the gender perspective in the National Drinking Water Plan in general and in community water management in particular by developing manuals and methodologies to be replicated by each community organization in the country by 2022.
CSO
50%
Support the production and harmonization of information on the drinking water supply and sanitation sector in 2020, providing spaces for conceptual validation and designing methodologies for the progressive adaptation of the concepts in the institutional framework from 2021.
CSO
50%
Promote the active participation of stakeholders through the creation of spaces for reflection and generation of ideas (civil society, academia and companies) to make significant and innovative contributions to reformulating and communicating the National Drinking Water and Sanitation Plan for 2020.
CSO
75%
Roberto A. Lima Morra
Centro de Tecnología Apropiada de la Universidad Católica de Asunción
Research and Learning
Azucena Rivarola Gaona
CEAMSO
Civil Society

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Habitat para la Humanidad Paraguay

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Documents

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Key documents Type
MAM Catalytic Support: Impact for Civil Society Organizations 2022
Strengthening multi-stakeholder engagement and mutual accountability in water, sanitation and hygiene: Cross-country synthesis
2022 Country Overview: Paraguay
Paraguay - Collaborative Behaviour Country Profile 2020
Regional Roadmap for Latin America and the Caribbean
2020 Country Overview: Paraguay
Paraguay - Collaborative Behaviour Country Profile
Paraguay 2019 SMM Country Brief

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Costing Tool Workshop

Costing Tool Workshop

On May 25, government officials from 6 LAC countries (Colombia, Haiti, México, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru) attended the...
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