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Transformative Solutions to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals RESULTS REPORT

United Nations Development Programme 2015-2019

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Table of Contents Foreword 7 Results Report

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Introduction

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Building a policy framework for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda

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Taking the 2030 Agenda up to the ground

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Combining economic and trade development with sustainable development, with an integration approach

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Caring for the environment

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Strengthening the social pillar for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda

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Working with the productive forces

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Support for agricultural production

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Labor formalization

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Production projects and employment

Governance and public management

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Annex 1

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Impacts and strategic achievements of UNDP’s cooperation

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Annex 2

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Coordination of public policies and capacity building

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“On the path leading to sustainable development, the 2030 Agenda is a valuable tool, and UNDP a key and reliable partner for Paraguay, whose invaluable support is making it possible for us to move forward towards a future of equality, peace, prosperity and well-being for citizens and for the planet.”

Minister Estefanía Laterza de los Ríos General Director of Multilateral Policy Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Foreword The purpose of this document is to share the results and achievements of UNDP’s cooperation in responding to sustainable development challenges, in a medium-high income country such as Paraguay.

All that is described here is the result of our work, which is based on partnerships with various areas of the State and with other key stakeholders, using integrative strategies that take into account the multiple dimensions of the challenges to sustainable development, to support countries in the eradication of poverty in all its shapes and extents, accelerating structural transformations and building resilience.

UNDP in Paraguay is known as a strategic ally that contributes to the achievement of the SDGs, integrating the economic, social and environmental dimensions in designing and implementing policies and programs.

Our cooperation programme provides technical assistance in project design, ensuring high quality standards aligned with UNDP’s Strategic Plan, incorporating crosscutting approaches (gender equality, human rights and environmental sustainability), and results-based management.

We offer innovative and transformative solutions such as mapping and experimentation through acceleration laboratories, identifying new ways to meet development challenges. These contributions are provided thanks to a global knowledge network, based on UNDP´s presence in 170 countries.

UNDP also provides support services for project implementation, with standardized, systematic and proven management methods that guarantee neutrality, transparency, accountability and continuity of programs and projects. We use instruments for risk management, monitoring, auditing and evaluation.

UNDP, in its integrative role, is a reliable partner to convene, coordinate and gather stakeholders from different areas of the government, civil society, private sector, academia, etc.; emphasizing the inclusion of vulnerable groups and strengthening capabilities in individuals, organizations and societies for the implementation of national sustainable development plans, aligned with the 2030 Agenda. For this reason, UNDP takes on an important role in the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), following the guidance of the UN Resident Coordinator in Paraguay.

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Silvia Morimoto Resident Representative UNDP Paraguay

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Introduction Paraguay has made significant progress in developing a policy framework to achieve the 2030 Agenda. In its 2018 National Voluntary Report, the country reported on how it was moving forward in the formulation of its National Development Plan “Paraguay 2030” (PND for its acronym in Spanish), while developing the SDG implementation proposal. Subsequently, with the support of UNDP, Paraguay worked on aligning its PND with the Sustainable Development Goals (2015-2030).

The new period of UN’s cooperation with Paraguay, including the UNDP cooperation pprogramme, provides the opportunity to boost partnerships towards applying the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially regarding implementation, monitoring and compliance.

In order to seize the opportunity, UNDP in Paraguay believes it is important to take advantage of the accomplishments from the recent period of economic growth, for instance the significant decline in poverty levels. Such advances can be quite useful when addressing the challenge ahead, in particular, the deep-rooted inequalities.

Facing them will require people working together, seeking innovation, taking

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advantage from previous experience at a global and national level. We must aim high, thinking of new solutions to long-standing concerns, in order to move forward with the sustainable development agenda and overcome structural problems.

“Leaving no one behind” is the commitment taken on by national stakeholders and UNDP. This means no one will be stuck in poverty, excluded from the education system, without access to timely and quality health services, without opportunities for decent work, or become a victim of the devastating effects of natural disasters, including those caused by climate change, and crisis.

In each of these approaches, UNDP introduces the gender perspective and the empowerment of women.

The following are important achievements and lines of work which UNDP has developed with its national partners and counterparts, in different areas such as: a) a policy framework for sustainable development; b) locating initiatives on the field;

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c) caring for the environment; d) the improvement of social protection; e) supporting productive forces with serious disadvantages in terms of competitiveness; f ) the transformation of the economy based on the principles of sustainable development, and; h) democratic governance.

UNDP has worked closely with the Government to make the country one of the first to adopt a common platform to achieve these goals.

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Building a policy framework for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda

UNDP’s impartial position as a United Nations agency and the credibility it enjoys in the country, allow it to act effectively while handling sensitive issues, promoting negotiations and reaching consensus. UNDP has enabled democratic dialogue and increased participation of relevant and multidisciplinary stakeholders in the country, in areas linked to inclusive and sustainable development, governance and public participation.

An important example of the role our work has in the political dialogue has to do with what we mentioned before: lending a hand in the process of integrating the Sustainable Development Goals with the planning and elaboration of public policies.

UNDP has worked closely with the Government to make the country one of the first to adopt a common platform to achieve these goals. UNDP is a key partner for the National Commission for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs leads the SDG Commission and undertakes in it a coordinating role; the Commission has laid out a functional structure and strategic prioritization of its activities and actions. The first National Voluntary Report was presented to ECOSOC’s High-Level Political Forum thanks to this work.

On the other hand, different studies were carried out regarding the SDGs to support informed decision making, focused of various approaches such as: analysis of gaps to achieve the SDGs, effects of social programs, decentralization, proposals for institutional strengthening as well as public policies. Innovative solutions have also been sought out, identifying and prioritizing responses to development challenges through consultative and participatory processes.

for citizen monitoring and open information regarding Human Rights recommendations and actions the State is taking to address them. It should be noted that SIMORE has allowed Paraguay to advance South-South cooperation . Paraguay currently offers technical cooperation under the South-South modality to other countries, through the implementation of the “SIMORE Paraguay” Technical Cooperation Program.

The platform was successfully applied in several countries such as: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Honduras and the Dominican Republic, offering the opportunity to improve institutional capacities to monitor and implement international recommendations on Human Rights and Sustainable Development.

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Taking the 2030 Agenda to the ground

After installing the institutional capacity for coordination and monitoring of the SDGs, UNDP is currently moving towards their acceleration and implementation; especially through their localization, which aims to work on a local level.

The first pilot for this approach was tested in 2019, focusing on SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation. It was carried out in two municipalities: Filadelfia and Hernandarias. In this regard, UNDP assisted in: management of the Water and Sanitation Information System of Paraguay (SIASAR Spanish acronym), the preparation of the National Plan for Drinking Water and Sanitation (PNAPS), installing five clean water systems for native communities in the Chaco, and the preparation of Boquerón’s Water and Sanitation Plan; with the participation of the indigenous population.

Generating strategic alliances around the SDGs has had a great impact. The recent Memorandum of Understanding signed with the National Congress places UNDP in a privileged position to provide technical assistance in the role of monitoring compliance with the 2030 Agenda.

Finally, we created the SDG Platform, a digital platform that registers and allows the analysis of public investment from the perspective of the SDGs, as well as the SIMORE Plus Platform, used UNDP Paraguay has collaborated in the design of SIMORE Plus, an expanded version of SIMORE, which links the monitoring of international human rights recommendations to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets, in addition to the general observations. This version includes improvements in functionality, which strengthen the State’s monitoring and implementation mechanism, thus taking an innovative leap, aligned with the priorities of the international community.

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Combining economic and commercial development with sustainable development, with an integrative approach

Another good example of UNDP’s integrating role is the Commodities Platform for soybeans and beef. Paraguay is the fourth largest exporter of soybeans and the sixth largest exporter of beef in the world. Its lands contain a significant portion of the ecosystem known as “The Great American Chaco”. Therefore, it is essential to establish a clear vision for sustainable development, as well as the strengthening of the governance system and the generation of actionable frameworks, protocols and tools.

We know that it is a complex problem that requires the intervention of multiple stakeholders as a key measure to reduce emissions resulting from deforestation, thus contributing to the achievement of several SDGs. For this reason, we are not only working with all relevant stakeholders, but also at different levels: demand, interventions, offers and transactions -including capital flows-, to name a few.

However, these are not the only examples. This multiple contribution to the SDGs is also made within the context of urban sustainability, where UNDP is articulating consensus on land-use planning, urban waste management, sustainable transportation and green infrastructure in the capital city of Asunción and its Metropolitan Area.

UNDP, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) work together to advise the Paraguayan government on access and management of Results Based Payment for emission reductions. Working with a wide variety of public stakeholders, civil society and the private sector, they ensure compliance with social and environmental standards of UN agencies, in addition to proper fiduciary management. An example of this collaboration is Paraguay’s first REDD+ results-based payment proposal to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) pilot program which has been approved.

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Caring for the environment

The environment has been a particularly significant area of work for UNDP, seeking an integrative approach and establishing links in the social and productive fields. As a result, environmental public policies became strengthened in this period.

UNDP actively collaborated in the definition of a National Climate Change Policy, the development of a National Gender Strategy on Climate Change and a National Strategy on Forests for Sustainable Growth.

Regarding governance mechanisms, we collaborated on the identification of priority measures to reduce emissions from deforestation, while addressing adaptation issues.

Our work in the area of institutional strengthening includes the improvement of the National System of Protected Areas (including biodiversity corridors) and the creation of a national multisectoral platform for sustainable products, which gathers key stakeholders to discuss an improved model for Beef and soybean production.

We helped create tools that facilitate decisionmaking processes, including a variety of tools for disaster risk reduction, biodiversity reports and the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.

Discussion, dialogue and debate at the highestlevel, regarding climate change, biodiversity in the economic field and poverty reduction has been strongly incorporated into public discourse.

Partnership Peace People Planet Prosperity Total

12% Prosperirity

2,254,909.86 56,583,093.70 39,246,025.13 14,997,497.96 16,037,299.42 129,118,826.07

2% Partnership

12% Planet

44% Peace

30% People

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Strengthening the social pillar for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda

Many people have multiple unmet needs that combined, limit their efforts and possibilities to get ahead. Although Paraguay provides social protection programs to help the population living in conditions of extreme poverty, these programs still present challenges. The Social Protection Program (PSP acronym in Spanish) seeks to respond to this complex reality, promoting a more integrated and coordinated approach.

With the support of UNDP, there is a transformation taking place in the way services are conceived and delivered. Programs increasingly bring together various institutions and seek to respond comprehensively to the problems of poverty and marginalization. Instead of waiting for people to seek help, service providers reach out to communities and families to advertise existing programs and explain how new forms of assistance can be used.

Likewise, we can mention the work regarding the use of data for decision making, within the framework of the “Acceleration Labs: new solutions to complex development problems”. UNDP is in the process of designing a portfolio of pilot experiences to improve quality social services.

What is our hypothesis? On the one hand, we believe that it is necessary to have better data and in real time, as well as improved intersectoral coordination to achieve greater impact. On the other hand, people and territory should be the boosters for more coordinated interventions.Our first pilot and learning cycle was launched at the municipal level in Carayaó, aimed at 15,000 people.

For two months we have been capturing thousands of data points from the geographic information system, to characterize the territory from various angles: health, infrastructure, education, security, population (including data on social programs), or economic variables (such as production landscapes or businesses), to name a few.

In building the most complete and dynamic development information system in the country, we hope to train the municipal development councils to create actionable development plans and improve the performance of social security, labor insertion and social integration programs in Paraguay.

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Working with productive forces

6.1 Support for agricultural production: Regarding efforts towards the eradication of poverty, a valuable UNDP contribution has been the improvement of living conditions for vulnerable groups, through projects aimed at small rural producers. It is estimated that between 2014 and 2017 about 15,327 rural families improved their living conditions thanks to support in their agricultural production. On the other hand, the process has benefited 5,178 families.

Our first pilot and learning cycle was launched at the municipal level in Carayaó, aimed at 15,000 people. For two months we have been capturing thousands of data points from the geographic information system, to characterize the territory from various angles: health, infrastructure, education, security, population (including data on social programs), and economic variables (such as production landscapes or businesses), to name a few.

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Custodians of natural resources.

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6.2 Production projects and employment: We have provided support for twelve micro productive projects, benefiting numerous families through job creation, which today function smoothly and with very good growth expectations. Leadership and appropriation by national and local counterparts, plus alliances with other UN agencies, were key to obtaining these results. Associative SMEs received different types of support.

6.3 Labor formalization: UNDP supported the creation of a tripartite dialogue platform, referring to the areas of work linked to the Ministry of Labor, towards the goal of labor formalization from a gender equality perspective. In this regard, we contributed in the training on the dissemination of key labor policy issues, as well as providing technical assistance to reach agreements.

In addition, UNDP supports the management improvement plan for the efficient operation of PETROPAR’s industrial ethanol plant in the city of Mauricio JosÊ Troche, with a sustainable development approach, promoting renewable energy as well as environmentally friendly and socially inclusive production.

Period Balance Year Core 746,636.75 2015 588,745.74 2016 376,340.35 2017 355,768.24 2018 186,140.38 2019 2,253,631.46 Total

Gover.Cost Sharing 19,812,215.04 21,127,343.56 30,374,513.33 19,330,017.69 15,538,408.27 106,182,497.89

Other Founds 2,353,264.76 3,651,801.10 1,460,370.57 976,026.11 1,218,140.22 9,659,602.76

Vertical Founds 1,104,255.81 2,316,551.54 2,408,351.68 2,713,275.83 2,480,659.10 11,023,093.96

Total 24,016,372.36 27,684,441.94 34,619,575.93 23,375,087.87 19,423,347.97 129,118,826.07

40.000.000,00 35.000.000,00 30.000.000,00 25.000.000,00 20.000.000,00 15.000.000,00 10.000.000,00 5.000.000,00 2015 2016 Vertical Founds Other Founds Gover.Cost Sharing Core

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UNDP Paraguay offers innovative and transformative solutions, identifying new ways to meet the challenges.

We form partnerships and provide a global knowledge network, based on our presence in 170 countries.

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Governance and public management

Governance and public management are crosscutting aspects of UNDP activities in Paraguay.

Given the fact that the cooperation provided by the Country Office is closely linked to the management of national resources, the State views UNDP as a strategic instrument to improve its own management of public policies.

UNDP actively supports the analysis, generation and dissemination of public policies, which usually includes presenting comparative experiences or coordinating muti-stakeholder dialogue and exchange.

Among the many examples that have been mentioned, we can add as promising practices: a) the support provided in the definition of a National Service Trade Policy; and b) the development of a regulatory framework for the participation of indigenous peoples in decision-making processes at State projects.

With regards to our cooperation in strengthening democracy and justice, we can mention: the work to strengthen the Superior Court of Electoral Justice, by supporting the electoral system’s reform processes, and the Supreme Court of Justice, through the promotion of access to justice.

UNDP’s work in institutional strengthening has included:

c) electoral system reform; d) generating a quality management system in the Vice Ministry of Industry; e) supporting educational programs for teachers, towards the introduction of ICTs in learning, and for educational infrastructure; f ) improving the Supreme Court of Justice infrastructure (14 Courthouses, 5 Trial Courts, 7 Courts of the Peace and several other works; having mobilized more than US$ 160 million).

Moreover, UNDP Paraguay aided in the policy development process and supported the creation of governance tools in the area of disaster prevention and resilience building. Among these instruments are the National Policy for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction, based on law 2615/05 “That creates the National Emergency Secretariat”.

Likewise, we supported the development of a tool that applies some of the National Policy guidelines, at the level of subnational governments, through the Risk Management and Reduction Toolbox for Municipalities and Local Governments. In addition, we provided assistance in the creation of the Roadmap for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework at the local level, which incorporates the area of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) into the municipal structure, the elaboration of local DRRM plans and capacity building, implementing the tool of the Global Campaign Developing Resilient Cities: “My City is getting ready”.

a) supporting the reform of the Planning National Secretariat (STP), for effective management of public policies; b) generating a guideline for territorial development, as part of the effective decentralization process;

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ANNEX 1 IMPACTS AND STRATEGIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNDP’s COOPERATION

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SDG 1: NO POVERTY Strategic Allies

Strategic Achievements

Impact on People

Provision of Infrastructure and Equipment

SDG 2: ZERO HUNGER Strategic Ally Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock

Impact on People 7.518 families gained access to vegetable gardens for self-consumption.

10.395 families were assisted in the area of poultry production.

37.031 families developed productive projects in poultry production.

864 families developed productive projects linked to vegetable gardens and other agricultural crops.

327 families received technical assistance and inputs for production and marketing of agricultural items.

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SDG 3: GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING Strategic Strategic Ally Ally Ministry of Health

Impact on People

Strategic Achievements

1.855.250 people protected from dengue, chikungunya and zika through the elimination, destruction and treatment of mosquito vector breeding sites from October 2018 through March 2019.

Technical studies on the vectors of dengue and chikungunya prepared to serve as the basis for planning preventive action against these diseases.

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SDG 4: QUALITY EDUCATION Strategic Ally Ministry of Education and Science

Strategic Achievements Specialized capacity-buidling courses for teachers imparted.

Provision of Infrastructure and Equipment 35 Teacher Training Centers with new textbooks made available.

136 educational institutions received technology kits under the early childhood development program "Expansion of timely educational care for the comprehensive development of children from pregnancy to age 5 nationwide."

SDG 5: GENDER EQUALITY Strategic Ally Ministry of Women

Impact on People

Strategic Achievements

688 women leaders completed a “training of trainers” capacity building course on women’s political participation and have the knowledge and tools to train others.

Drafted the “Women’s Social and Political Participation” and the “Agenda for the Promotion of Women’s Political Rights” policies that make part of the 2016-2018 National Triennal Plan for Equal Opportunities between Men and Women. Both these policies are the result of a consensus-building process through multi-stakeholder political dialogues.

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SDG 6: CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION Strategic Allies Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Emergency Response National Secretariat (SecretarĂ­a de Emergencia Nacional)

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Strategic Achievements

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ODS 8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH Strategic Ally Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security

Strategic Achievements Conformation of a tripartite dialogue platform to guide employment policy and economic formalization; the platform is composed of various thematic working groups including strategic sectors and policy issues such as labor formalization and gender equality.

Dissemination of key issues, training and technical assistance for the achievement of agreements in the thematic working groups First national policy for trade in services adopted.

SDG 9: INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE Strategic Allies Ministry of Industry and Trade State-owned Oil Company (PETROPAR)

Strategic Achievements

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SDG 11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES Strategic Allies

Strategic Achievements 600km of bicycle paths designed in a participatory process and integrated into the green corridors of Asunción and the Metropolitan Zone.

Land use planning guide published.

Capacity training developed for several municipalities throughout the country.

“REVIVE” campaign for the improvement of urban solid waste management, designed and implemented in public institutions in Asunción and the metropolitan area.

SDG 12: RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION Strategic Ally Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Strategic Achievements Action Plans produced for the Chaco region and the Departments (provinces) of Alto Paraná and Itapúa by the Green Commodities Platform for sustainable soybean and beef production.

Design of sustainable meat production models in the Chaco region.

Design of the manual and protocol for sustainable grain production and implementation of testing on 180 farms.

Recovery and protection of 32 springs.

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SDG 13: CLIMATE ACTION Strategic Allies Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Emergency Response National Secretariat (Secretaría de Emergencia Nacional) Municipality of Asunción

Impact on People 566 individuals and 87 organizations from the public sector, private sector, academia, civil society and humanitarian partners trained in disaster risk reduction preparedness and coordination.

Provision of Infrastructure and Equipment 2 intelligent weather stations installed.

Strategic Achievements

SDG 15: LIFE ON LAND Strategic Ally Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Impact on People

Strategic Achievements

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ANNEX 2 COORDINATION OF PUBLIC POLICIES AND CAPACITY BUILDING

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KEY ALLIES: Strategic allies: Judiciary Branch: • Supreme Court of Justice Executive Branch: • Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development • Ministry of Finance, • Ministry of Industry and Trade • Emergency Response National Secretariat • Civil Service National Secretariat • National Indigenous Institute (INDI) Local Governments Plans, Strategies, Programs and Policies, proposed or implemented with UNDP assistance:

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National Forestry Strategy for Sustainable Growth.

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National Adaptation Strategy and its Implementation Plan.

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Gender and Climate Change Strategy.

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National Interpretation of the Cancun Safeguards.

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National Strategy and Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation 2015-2020.

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National Plan for Trade in Services.

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Paraguay’s Strategic Plan for Response.

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Municipal Sustainable Development Plans.

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Public management systems proposed, operated or complemented with UNDP technical assistance: •

System of import licenses and verification of imported substances

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National Forest Monitoring System.

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Quality management system and compliance with ISO 9001:2014 in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

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Single Window Import System.

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Safeguard Information System.

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Regional Platform for the Information System on Rural Water and Sanitation (SIASAR).

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System for the banking settlement of legal fees, to speed up the service.

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Judisoft System, to speed up judicial processes, increase the number of processed judicial resolutions and rulings, and improve user service.

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Digital systems for documentation management, information management and general management delivered for the Office of the President of the Republic.

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Digital documentation management system for the Non-Contributory Pensions Directorate of the Ministry of Finance.

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Central registry of statistics for the services sector achieved through the interconnection of the various existing public administrative registries.

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Website for the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, including its Environmental Information System, and website of the Government of the Department of Boquerón.

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Institutional Strengthening – Human Resources: •

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development regional offices (Alto Paraná, Itapúa and Caazapá).

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Emergency Response National Secretariat.

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National Civilian Aviation Office (DINAC), Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.

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Governments of the Departments of Itapúa and Presidente Hayes.

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Municipalities of Asunción, Carmen del Paraná, Encarnación, Nanawa and San Cosme and Damián.

Institutional strengthening - Sustainable infrastructure: •

Construction of 14 Justice Courts, 5 First Instance Courts, 7 Peace Courts, and other additional buildings projects. Key sustainable characteristics of the buildings are: timber sourced exclusively from reforestation, systems for collecting and using rainwater for sanitation purposes, energy efficiency through optimization of heat insulation and use of lowconsumption appliances. They are also architecturally inclusive buildings that are accessible to everyone (wheelchair accessible). The integration of the buildings into the environment and recreational and community spaces are also highlighted.

Capacity-Building training for public institutions: •

National Indigenous Institute (INDI) staff.

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Customs officials in control of Ozone Depleting Substances and combating illicit traffic.

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Team of mediators, composed of 26 civil servants, received specialized training in alternative means of conflict resolution.

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Together with the Civil Service National Secretariat, several training courses were held (e.g. ethics, management of international cooperation projects), with a view to increase the knowledge and skills of public service managers.

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The Ministry of Finance and other public sector institutions offered their staff the option of post-graduate specialization scholarships abroad.

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Protocol proposals for a process of consultation and consent with the Indigenous Peoples of Paraguay

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Basic guidelines for public servants to work with indigenous peoples.

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Summary of technical orientation workshops and virtual courses for the strengthening of indigenous organizations and their interaction with public institutions.

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Specialized technical proposals: Benefits of hydroelectric plants, regional energy integration, and management of socio-environmental liabilities of hydroelectric plants.

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Risk management and reduction toolbox, thematic and operational guides for sub-national and local governments.

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