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Fundecooperación was founded in 1994, as the organization in charge of the implementation of the Bilateral Agreement on Sustainable Development (CBDS) signed between Costa Rica and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands proposed to three countries on different continents (Africa-Benin, Bhutan in Asia and Costa Rica in Latin America), to participate in bilateral agreements to fund projects that respond to needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
From the beginning, Fundecooperación attempted to create a socio-environmental model which integrates the farmer or the small entrepreneurs who have no credit option in traditional banking. For this reason, we can say that Fundecooperación work is aimed at meeting needs of funding and technical assistance to micro, small and medium businesses and entrepreneurs, individuals or groups, engaged in economic sustainability, particularly innovative.
Since its inception, the foundation has set itself a goal of promoting development through funding and support to a large number of MSMEs, both in developing their business plans with the opportunity for environmental improvement and in marketing their products nationally and internationally.
In these 17 years the Foundation has invested approximately $ 35 million in over 300 projects that promote sustainable development.
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