Paraguay: ministry creates water, sanitation unit

Paraguay’s public works and communications ministry (MOPC – Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones) is creating a unit which will be responsible for drawing up government policies for the water sector, local paper ABC Color Digital reported. The new potable water and sewerage services unit is being supported by a US$2mn World Bank (WB) loan [component 1 of the Paraguay Water & Sanitation Sector Modernization project] and will operate as part of MOPC. The formation of the unit is part of the law that established the country’s sanitation services regulator, which states that MOPC must help the government create public policies and financing for the sanitation sector. The entity is also receiving help from [the Inter-American Development Bank] IDB and the UN to draw up a strategic plan for the sector.

Source: BNamericas [subscription], 05 May 2009