This Public Governance Review was managed by Adam Knelman Ostry, Head of Unit/Senior Project Manager, Public Governance Reviews, and co-ordinated by David Michael Goessmann, Policy Analyst.
Chapter 1 on contextual factors affecting public governance reform in Paraguay was drafted by David Goessmann with input from Johannes Klein. Chapter 2 on centre-of-government co-ordination was drafted by Iván Stola with input from Diego Millan and guidance from Adam Ostry. Chapter 3 on linking planning to budgeting was drafted by Ana María Ruiz with guidance from Ronnie Downes. Iván Stola drafted Chapter 4 on multi-level governance with input from Paqui Santonja and Johannes Klein and guidance from Adam Ostry. Cristina Mendes drafted Chapter 5 on strategic human resources management with guidance from Daniel Gerson. David Goessmann drafted Chapter 6 on Open Government with guidance from Alessandro Bellantoni.
The Review team wish to thank the five Peer Reviewers who contributed their extensive country-based knowledge and experience to this Review:
Ms Ana Gabriel Zúñiga Aponte, Deputy Minister for Political Affairs and Citizen Dialogue, Presidency of the Republic of Costa Rica;
Mr Nuno Vitorino, a former senior public servant in the Ministry of State Reform and Public Administration and former president of the Commission for the Reform of the Central Administration, Republic of Portugal;
Mr José Pablo Gómez Meza, Chief of the Public Finance Division of the Budget Office of the Ministry of Finance, Republic of Chile;
Mr Krzysztof Banas, Counselor to the Prime Minister, Communication and International Cooperation Unit, Department of the Civil Service, Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland;
Mr Victor Vargas, former president, National Centre for Strategic Planning (CEPLAN), Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Republic of Peru.
This Review benefited from the ongoing support of the European Union Delegation to Paraguay led by Ambassador Alessandro Palmero (until 2017) and Ambassador Paolo Berizzi. In this regard the Review team wishes to recognise Mr Robert Steinlechner, Head of Co-operation of the EC Delegation in Asunción, and his team, for their active contribution to the Review process in Paraguay.
This Review reflects contributions and assistance from a number of participants from across the government of Paraguay to whom the team expresses its appreciation. Special thanks go to:
Mr Juan Carlos López Moreira Borgoñon, Minister-Secretary General and Head of the Civil Cabinet;
Mr Humberto Peralta, Minister-Secretary of the Public Service Secretariat (Función Pública);
Mr José Molinas Vega, in charge of the Technical Planning Secretariat (STP) of the Presidency of the Republic, STP Deputy Ministers Jazmín Gustale Gil, Emiliano Rolon Fernández Franco and Jorge Galeano Robledo, and STP Director General for Open Government Federico Sosa and his team, including Tania Insfran, Felipe Elias, Guillermo Cabrera, Marcos Martinez, Mario Ruiz Diaz, Claudia Martinez, Gisela Dimodica and Veronica Gauto;
Ms Lea Giménez Duarte, Minister of Finance, and Ministry of Finance Deputy Minister Humberto Colman, Martha Peña, Raul Domínguez, María del Carmen Benítez, María Mercedes Martínez and Oscar Lovera;
Ambassador Eladio Loizaga, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry officials Octavio Odilón Ferreira Gini, Verónica Bogarín Closs and Sebastian Ortiz.
Editorial work and quality control were provided by Patricia Marcelino, who also prepared the manuscript for publication and provided administrative assistance to the Review team.
OECD Public Governance Reviews are managed by the Governance Reviews and Partnerships Division, headed by Martin Forst, Head of Division, in the Directorate for Public Governance, headed by Marcos Bonturi, Director.