PARAGUAY


DMFAS user institution(s): Ministry of Finance; Central Bank; Ministry of Planning
DMFAS start date (country) : (1995 Ministry of Finance; Central Bank; Ministry of Planning)
Project status in 2008:  Postponed
Funding source of active project:  Inter-American Development Bank loan
DMFAS current installation: 5.3 in Ministry of Finance (November 2004)
Note:
The Ministry of Planning and the Central Bank are connected to the DMFAS installation in the Ministry of Finance, and share the database located in the Ministry of Finance.
Version language: Spanish
System operational status:

  • Database regularly kept up to date (Ministry of Finance, Central Bank and Ministry of Planning);

  • System used for monitoring and internal reporting (Ministry of Finance, Central Bank and Ministry of Planning);

  • System used for external reporting and statistics  (Ministry of Finance, Central Bank and Ministry of Planning);

Link with other system: Yes
Note:
A link with the integrated public resource management system (SIIF) was developed by the Ministry of Finance, in 2002, however, due to changes in the SIIF and DMFAS, the link needs to be revised.

Start of active project:  September 1995
Activities in 2008 (project and non-project):

  • On-going DMFAS Programme support (including project management, administrative, documentation and IT) regarding implementation of the DMFAS system as well as on current and future capacity-building activities was provided from Geneva during the year.

  • The DMFAS Helpdesk responded to two country-specific requests during the year.

Note:

  • Because of budget restrictions, project activities previously planned for 2008 have been temporarily postponed.
  • Due to the fragmentation of debt office functions between the different institutions involved in debt management and within the Ministry of Finance itself, certain coordination problems continue to arise. In particular, the local technical support to the DMFAS installation needs to be improved.

Planned activities:
Continued DMFAS support regarding implementation of the DMFAS system as well as other capacity-building activities in debt management.  Including:

  • DMFAS Helpdesk user support
  • Reengineering of the link between DMFAS and the Government's public resources management system (SIIF).
  • Training for new users at the MoF and CB
  • Training in debt statistics and debt analysis
  • Seminar on capital markets and domestic debt
  • Elaboration of a project amendment regarding future implementation of version 6