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Global Compact Local Network Paraguay

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

Sustainable Development:
  • Capacity-building
  • Partnerships
  • Geographic scope: Local
    Country of activity:
  • Paraguay
  • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Achieve universal primary education
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Reduce child mortality
  • Improve maternal health
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Develop global partnership for development
  • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2009
    Organizational structure: The Local Network was launched in 2006 and is an independent legal entity. The Local Network assumes the role of promoting the UN Global Compact Principles, the Millennium Development Goals, and the expansion of the number of organizations that support Global Compact policies and implement actions. It also has the role of enhancing the level of corporate sustainability in Paraguay organizations. The network has a formal organizational structure with adopted Network’s organizational structure and governing policies: Steering Committee with ten members (Companies, NGO, Academics, Chamber) and an executive Secretary.
    Number and type of members: Companies: 26 SMEs: 4 Business Associations: 5 Academic: 3 Civil Society: 5 Government: 1 Labour: 1
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Funding structure other: Grants from UNDP
     
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