This document is the final result of the technical assistance provided to the Municipality of Villarrica (Paraguay), as part of the support offered by the Climate Action Accelerator.

This support has been managed by the Secretariat of the Regional Platform for Low Emission and Development Strategies (LEDS LAC), the Platform’s Transport Working Group and the Sustentar Partnership Technical Assistance Accelerator.

LEDS LAC is a network of leading transformational organizations and individuals working on the promotion, design and implementation of LEDS for resilient and low-emission development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Addressing the challenges posed by climate change requires the integration of mitigation and adaptation objectives into development policies and strategies. At the same time, achieving the economic and social aspirations of our countries requires taking these challenges into account.

For this reason, LEDS LAC promotes the formulation and implementation of national, sub-national and sectoral strategies that respond at the same time to the triple objective of promoting development, reducing emissions and increasing resilience.

These Low Emission and Resilient Development Strategies (LEDS) enable countries to move towards sustainable development and meet their climate commitments. For this reason, LEDS LAC supports leaders who are driving change from governments, civil society, the private sector and the international community. Among the activities and services that LEDS LAC provides is the Climate Action Accelerator.

The Climate Action Accelerator is a service offered by the LEDS LAC Platform that provides rapid, high-quality, short-term technical assistance to developing countries. It is a service funded by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Asociación Sustentar coordinates the Assistance Accelerator, which supports the LEDS LAC Platform in the general coordination of the technical assistance service. Asociación Sustentar also leads the Transport Working Group of the LEDS LAC Regional Platform, which aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experiences among key actors in the region, and support actions and strategies that allow contributions in various areas, including sustainable mobility, to contribute to the reduction of carbon emissions and NDCs.

In this context, the Municipality of Villarrica requested support from the LEDS LAC Platform for the preparation of the Roadmap to develop a Master Plan for Sustainable Urban Mobility 2025-2040, validated with key stakeholders in Villarrica and replicable by other localities in Paraguay. In response to this request, the LEDS LAC Platform coordinated the hiring of Engineer José Tomás Rivarola to carry out the technical assistance service.

This resource is only available in Spanish. The fact sheet that accompanies this resource is available here. An English overview of Climate Action Accelerator impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean is available here.