Following the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in 2002, the Republic of Benin (Western Africa), the Kingdom of Bhutan (South Asia) and the Republic of Costa Rica entered into Strategic Partnership Agreement for cooperation on sustainable development and agreed to establish a Program for South-South Cooperation (PSC), with the financial support of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Within the framework of PSC, Fundecooperación, with the partner countries, (Bhutan and Benin) support initiatives to strengthen entrepreneurial and productive activities, improving processes and implementing new technologies in five thematic areas:
At present, there are 32 ongoing projects, from which 4 are trilateral, 17 are bilateral and 11 are pilot.
CODE |
Title of Project |
Thematic Area |
Leading organization |
Organization(s) partner |
Funds committed according to MB minutes |
02-T-07 |
Benin, Bhutan , Costa Rica: Non-timber Forest product use |
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use |
National Biodiversity Institute INBio (CR) |
Université d'Abomey, National Mushroom Center, MoA, Bhutan |
$1.000.000 |
01-T-07 |
Collaboration between Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica in capacity development for biodiversity information management |
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use |
National Biodiversity Institute INBio (CR) |
Centre de Recherche pour la gestion de la Biodiversité et du terroir, National Biodiversity Center , MoA, Bhutan |
$405.671 |
04-P-07 |
Generation of sustainable productive projects in production chains in groups of indigenous women |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica (CR) |
|
$100.000 |
15-P-07 |
Study of invasive alien plants in Bhutan |
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use |
NBC (Bh) |
|
$100.000 |
12-P-07 |
Pilot community based Sustainable Tourism in Phobjikha Conservation Area |
Sustainable Tourism |
RSPN (Bh) |
|
$75.721 |
14-P-07 |
Development of Royal Botanical Park at Dochula Zone |
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use |
Royal Botanical and Recreational Parks Division (Bh) |
|
$100.000 |
16-P-07 |
Mushroom Promotion and Marketing |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
National Mushroom Center (Bh) |
|
$99.055 |
04-B-07 |
Clean Bhutan and Costa Rica: design and implementation of an integrated and sustainable system for solid waste management in the city of San José, Costa Rica and in Bhutan. |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
ACEPESA (CR) |
Royal Society for Protection of Nature/Thimphu Bhutan |
$599.931 |
03-B-07 |
Strategy for Development of a Technological Package for Organic Pineapple in Costa Rica and Benin |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
ACICAFOC (CR) |
INRAB |
$596.152 |
05-B-07 |
Development of local capacities on environmental friendly agricultural technologies through knowledge management process between Bhutan and Costa Rica. |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
INTA (CR) |
Ministry of Agriculture, ICS , Bhutan |
$581.898 |
05-P-07 |
Project of education and soci-professional insertion of young girls no longer going to school and poor girls in the sub-prefecture of Allada |
Gender Equity |
GRAD-FB (Be) |
|
$79.762 |
06-P-07 |
Project for support to sustainable management and biodiversity conservation of the Mangrove of Gagba channel in benin |
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use |
Eco-Ecolo (Be) |
|
$84.248 |
21-P-07 |
Organic and Fair Cotton in Benin |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
OBEPAB (Be) |
|
$99.820 |
22-P-07 |
Towards community based biodiversity conservation policies and actions : Learning from actual and potential practices in Benin. Bhutan and Costa Rica |
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use |
CEBEDES (Be) |
|
$99.732 |
23-P-07 |
Community base biodiversity management of Mono Couffo region through promotion of Iroko and Samba sylviculture |
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use |
CIPGEF (Be) |
|
$76.440 |
24-P-07 |
Supporting conservation in Lama reserve forest through ecotourism development in the surrounding communities (Koto and Zalimey) |
Sustainable Tourism |
Eco-Benin (Be) |
|
$73.678 |
02-B-07 |
Sustainable Tourism Development Strategy in Zhemgang Dzongkhag (Bhutan and Rio San Juan Basin (Costa Rica-Nicaragua) |
Sustainable Tourism |
COOPRENA (CR) |
Department of Tourism in Bhutan |
$599.012 |
06-B-07 |
Strengthening Tour Operator Associations in Bhutan and Costa Rica: Improving Market Linkages for Sustainable Tourism with the United States and Western Europe |
Sustainable Tourism |
Ecole Experience (CR) |
ABTO, Bhutan |
$373.694 |
03-T-07 |
Systematization and analysis of the contributions of the national parks and biological reserves to the economic and social development in Costa Rica, Benin, and Bhutan. |
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use |
CINPE (CR) |
Nature Conservation Division, Department of Forest, MoA, Bhutan Centre Béninois pour l'Appui au Développment Economique et Sociale CEDEDES, Benin |
$778.815 |
03-B-08 |
Organic and Fair Trade Fruits and Agroindustrial Production of Pineapple in Benin and Costa Rica. |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
PROAGROIN (CR) |
OBEPAB |
$400.000 |
32-B-08 |
Strengthening of the value chain for traditional and non-traditional agriculture and agro-industrial products |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
Bhutan Agro Industries Limited (Bh) |
CIPGEF |
$400.000 |
09-B-08 |
Project of Education, Socioeconomical and socio professional insertion of young people in social risk and young girls no longer going to school and poor, in Costa Rica and Benin |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
Ciudad Hogar Calasanz (CR) |
GRAD-FB |
$399.998 |
20-B-08 |
Bhutan - Costa Rica Cooperation on Development of Organic Soap |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
Bio-Bhutan (Bh) |
ACICAFOC |
$398.950 |
24-B-08 |
Sustainable Native Costa Rica & Bhutan handicraft Production & Commercialization |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
Puni Gakhil Handicrafts (Bh) |
RSE CONSULTORES S.A |
$399.718 |
15-B-08 |
Rural adventure tourism enhancement and community development Bhutan Costa Rica |
Sustainable Tourism |
Rios Tropicales (CR) |
ABTO |
$400.000 |
27-B-08 |
Cultural Music Research & Production Center to Promote Sustainable Tourism |
Sustainable Tourism |
TGMI (Bh) |
Association Choeur D'enfants |
$339.993 |
05-T-08 |
Awareness Program and development of low-cost renewable technologies in Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica |
Access to Sustainable Energy and Efficient Energy Use |
Nature Tropicale Benin (Be) |
BUN-CA Department of Energy Bhutan |
$600.000 |
| 04-P2-07 |
Finding suitable standards for micro and small environment friendly businesses run by women from Benin and Costa Rica |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
TEC |
GRAD-FB |
$100.000 |
| 06-P2-07 |
Project to support to sustainable management and biodiversity conservation of the Mangrove of Gagba channel in benin and the dulce golf in the Osa conservation area in Costa Rica |
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use |
Eco-Ecolo (Be) |
Fundación Neotropica |
339993,48 |
| 16-P2-07 |
Mushroom Promotion and Marketing |
Sustainable Chains of Production and Consumption |
National Mushroom Center (Bh) |
CITA, UCR, Costa Rica |
$100,000 |
| 23-P2-07 |
Biodiversity conservation through the improvement of the iguana reproduction activity of the Kekoldi community in Costa Rica |
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use |
CIPGEF (Be) |
Fundación AMBio |
339993,48 |
| 24-P2-07 |
Supporting conservation through eco tourism development in the forest areas of Benin and Cotsa Rica |
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use |
Eco-Benin (Be) |
Centro de Aprentizaje de Sarapiqui |
339993,48 |