High-level commitment: Confirmed on 20 February 2024.
Roadmap validation: Endorsed by the government on 12 July 2024.
Roadmap development, governance and coordination: Paraguay’s roadmap was developed through a co-creation process with the Government of Paraguay and UN agencies to address the main challenges in job creation and improving social protection with an approach adapted to the country’s specific context and circumstances.
The national roadmap for the implementation of the Global Accelerator is the result of a collaborative effort led by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, under the technical guidance of the ILO with UNDP and UNICEF.
Roadmap focus
Addressing obstacles and facilitators in the implementation of the different national plans and strategies and aligning them with implementation priorities and their economic potential.
Progress of communities towards a fair transition following significant transformations in production modes and specific sectors.
Sustainable social protection system aimed at protecting communities from potential economic crises, as well as climate and environmental risks.
Implementing the National Employment Plan and the Formalization Strategy, intensifying training and retraining efforts to promote job creation, fair transitions and improve the benefits of formality.
National policies and programmes to be supported by the Global Accelerator
The Global Accelerator aims to complement and leverage existing national development plans, policies and strategic investments to increase the social, environmental, and economic impact. These include:
National Development Plan 2030
National Employment Plan
Integrated Formalization Strategy
Expected impact
Social protection and decent employment objectives are better integrated into national budgetary processes and the Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF), and better aligned to support frontline sectors by integrating different systems, plans and strategies with the budgetary process to ensure adequate financing for their effective implementation.
Economic, sectoral and territorial policies that influence decent job creation and social protection outcomes.
Formalization and other integrated policies and strategies implemented.
Strengthening or creation of labour market, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and social protection institutions, including for data generation and analysis and enforcement.
