Since 1989, Paraguay has been on a trajectory of "transition to democracy". Given the evidence of serious governance challenges in the context of a rapidly changing economy and the absence of any ongoing national monitoring system, it was felt that there was a need to support a national process of monitoring and evaluation of democratic governance in Paraguay by developing a country-specific governance assessment framework. Placed in this context, this project plays a critical aspect of democratic governance, public administration reform and anti-corruption. It is focused on the incorporation of relevant indicators, which are pro-poor (disaggregated by poverty status, specifically the poor, implicitly pro-poor, and selected by the poor) and gender-sensitive (disaggregated by gender, gender-specific, gender implicitly, and selected by women). As the scope of the project is based on the principles of national ownership and sustainability. these are to be selected and created through a participatory and inclusive process between different actors in the society: government, civil society, political parties, the media and academia.

The objectives of the project objective is to support a national process of monitoring and evaluation of democratic governance in Paraguay.
The specific objectives are:

• Develop the national capacities to assess democracy, governance and human rights.
• Establishment of pro-poor and gender sensitive indicators.
• Introduction of monitoring indicators and tools related to national development plans and national strategies for poverty reduction.

Relevant Publications and Documents

Paraguay: Governance Assessments - Project Assessment	Indicadores de Gobernabilidad Democrática en el Paraguay