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Fundecooperación for Sustainable Development has set itself the task of having a beneficial national impact on the most depressed communities through the 2007-2008 Non-reimbursable Funds Programs.
Money coming from this program will be channeled to the regions that contain the country’s poorest districts, the largest number of protected areas, and conservation areas that have been defined as a priority in the Convention for the Conservation of Bio-diversity and Priority Wildlife Area Protection in Central America (Article 18, 1992).
Fundeecooperación decided to allocate its non-reimbursable funds to the communities located in three sensitive areas:
- The watershed of the San Juan River and the county of La Cruz (Guanacaste).
- The watershed of the Sixaola River and the county of Golfito (south Puntarenas)
- Chira Island (the Gulf of Nicoya)
Based on the available funds, an annual limit of $300,000 was created for non-refundable funds placement in the border watersheds and counties (areas 1 and 2 mentioned above), to be distributed in an equitable fashion among the segments represented in Fundeecooperacion: academic, governmental, NGO, and private sector.
To present the projects the following Profile Guide Form will be used, which must be filed by the representative of the segment involved. I.e.:
- Academic: To be provided at the Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE – the National Provosts’ Council). Telephone (506) 2550-2215.
- NGO: To be provided to Iris Acuña or Rónald Arias of the Consejo Nacional de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales y Organizaciones Sociales para el Desarrollo Sostenible (CONAO – National Council on Non-governmental and Social Organizations for Sustainable Development). Telephone (506) 2257-0376.
- Government: To be provided to Saskia Rodríguez at the Ministerio de Planificación (Mideplan – Ministry of Planning). Telephone (506) 2281-2700. Email: srodriguez@mideplan.go.cr
- Private Sector: To be provided to Luisa Díaz at the Unión Costarricense de Cámaras y Asociaciones de la Empresa Privada (UCCAEP – the Costa Rican Union of Chambers of Commerce and Private Enterprise). Telephone (506) 2202-5635. Email: ldiaz@cicr.com
In a second stage, the proponents approved by the Fundeecooperación board of directors must fill in the Project Form for evaluation.
Chira Island
Fundeecooperación has allocated $100,000 for Chira Island. For the first placement, a “Needs Evaluation for the Sustainable Development of Chira Island" will be prepared.
We are currently preparing the Terms of Reference (TR) to hire the entity to undertake the evaluation. We are also developing a database about studies done and results achieved in relation to the island.
If you have any pertinent reference document, please contact us at info@fundecooperacion.org.
Once the general diagnostics have been run for Chira Island's integral development priorities, project profiles dealing with the priority needs identified will be accepted.
Border Districts
Prepared by Miguel Ballestero
Source: Data from the 2000 INEC Census and Protected Wild Areas Map of Costa Rica, prepared by SINAC-MINAE, CR, Atlas 2000 ITCR
2005 Version
Date: September 2005
Projection: Lambert North for Costa Rica
Prepared by Miguel Ballestero
Source: Data from the 2000 INEC Census and Protected Wild Areas Map of Costa Rica, prepared by SINAC-MINAE, CR, Atlas 2000 ITCR
2005 Version
Date: September 2005
Projection: Lambert North for Costa Rica
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