Carmen Echauri is the Project Manager for the Paraguay Program at IDEA International. 

Carmen is a sociologist with a focus on political sociology and specializations in democratization processes, human rights, and gender. She has gained professional experience in international cooperation, working with various UN agencies, CIDA, IFES, as well as national research and democracy promotion centers. 

Her work focuses on socio-political analysis, research, planning, and social management. She is interested in politics as a tool with the potential to achieve more equal and humane societies, and she is motivated by the communicative power of all forms of art, which allows emotions, ideas, and collective interests to connect.