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Paraguay: Congress better equipped to check on governance performance
With the first baseline results ready for scrutiny, the Congress in Paraguay stands better equipped to check on governance performance. The report entitled ‘Democratic Governance Indicators in Paraguay’ offers a tool for Senators, as well as Government, civil society, academia and other stakeholders to contribute to public debate.
With the first baseline results ready for scrutiny, Congress in Paraguay stands better equipped to check on governance performance. The report entitled ‘Democratic Governance Indicators in Paraguay’ offers a tool for Senators, as well as Government, civil society, academia and other stakeholders to contribute to public debate.
Emerging out of a multi-stakeholder and consensus building process, the 19 governance indicators used in the report hold political legitimacy as a national yardstick on governance. The commission charged with the monitoring exercise consists of high profiled Senators from Congress, members from the executive cabinet, as well as from ministries, the auditor general’s office, Transparency Paraguay, networks of NGOs and Universities.
It is expected that the report will be used by the Government, academia and civil society in their work to strengthen accountability; inform public debate; make arguments for governance reforms, and inform policies on poverty reduction.
The indicators provide insights into Paraguay’s performance on democracy; governance; quality, efficiency and transparency of public administration; and social inclusion. Data is drawn from various sources, including the first national survey on democratic governance conducted by the national statistical office, upon request by Congress and with support from DIAL and the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre.
The report forms the first step in a broader project of establishing a system for monitoring and evaluating democratic governance in Paraguay. It is expected that the statistical survey will be conducted at regular intervals, and that this first report will form the baseline for the next rounds of assessments.
The project is managed by the Congress, and supported by UNDP. The full report can be found here.
