The Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies was created by Law 6207 dated October 22, 2018 "Which creates the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies and establishes its charter" to replace the National Secretariat of Information Technology and Communication, and the Information and Communication Secretariat.

It is the technical entity and lead instance in the field of Information and Communication Technologies in the public sector, and the communication of the Executive Power.

General objectives 

1. Prepare, promote, implement and monitor public policies, plans, programs and projects of the Information and Communication Technologies sector and converging sectors, as well as its general order, in accordance with the Constitution and laws.
2. Promote, increase and facilitate the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), always seeking participation and effective access in equal opportunities to all the inhabitants of the Republic, with the highest coverage and quality of services possible; as well as promoting the efficient use of information technology, Research, Innovation and Development (IID), human training and national and international competition.
3. Promote the development and strengthening of the sector, technological innovation, digital economy, through public policies involving all levels of State Organizations and Entities (SOEs) and society.
4. Develop communication processes and strategies for the dissemination of information generated by the State Organizations and Entities (OEE) and the Paraguayan part of the Binational or Multilateral Organizations, in order to ensure that the dissemination of information is carried out in an agile manner and timely and encouraging the social and educational appropriation of technologies for the adequate implementation, a participatory, plural and transparent communicational interaction between the Executive Power and the inhabitants of the Republic.

Main institutional policies:

The institutional policy is based on the general principles established by Law 6.207 "That creates the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies and establishes its charter," to be: planning, transparency and citizen participation: the promotion of TIC; the protection of user rights; Free technological adoption and the massification of electronic government.

Likewise, MITIC actions are framed within the strategic axes, cross-cutting lines and strategies of the 2030 National Development Plan.

Mission