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| 2012 Q1 Report on United States Government Assistance to Costa Rica | |||||||||||||
| Office / Agency | Title | Category | Narrative summary of US Government assistance | US $ in Assistance | # of Beneficiaries | Costa Ricans Trained | Training Hours delivered | Equipment Donated | Recipient | Location by Province | start date | end date | |
| APHIS | Animal Health Disease Surveillance Program | Agriculture | The Animal and Plant Health Inspection service works under a bilateral agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture, to maintain a surveillance system for the prevention and control of diseases in livestock, which could potentially cause serious economic looses to the livestock industry both in Costa Rica and the United States. The agreement establishes a cooperative program that employs veterinarians and animal health technicians, who survey the animal production with the purpose of investigating and detecting severe livestock diseases. | $ 242,000.00 | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | ||||||
| APHIS | Citrus Greening training | Agriculture | APHIS-IS continues to train Ministry personnel in the detection and control methods of Citrus Greening disease. A regional seminar on this topic was held in the Dominican Republic with the participation of Costa Rica. | $ 5,500.00 | Costa Rican Ministry of Agfriculture | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 7/1/2010 | 7/1/2010 | |||||
| APHIS | Fruit Flies of Quarantine Importance | Agriculture | USDA/APHIS co-sponsored a course of Fruit Flies of Quarantine Importance in the region. Fruit flies are one of the main trade barriers for agricultural trade between countries. APHIS has actively sponsored trainings in Costa Rica and other Central American countries to train Ministry of Agriculture personnel on this pest. | $ 3,000.00 | 100 | Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 7/1/2010 | 7/1/2010 | ||||
| APHIS | Risk Notification System for Costa Rican Agricultural Exports | Agriculture | Since 2007, The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has implemented a system to notify the Ministry of Agriculture of the Emergency Action Notifications (Agricultural exports from Costa Rica that are detained at the Port of Entry due to pest interceptions) that result in the fumigation, re-exportation or destruction of the commodity. As a result of this program the Ministry of Agriculture is now able to focus in resolving the problems. This program will be highly relevant in 2011 with the implementation of a Clean Stock Program for shipping ornamental plants to the US. | $ 21,000.00 | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | ||||||
| APHIS | USDA/APHIS-IS Sponsored Seminars / Trainings | Agriculture | Mollusks of Quarantine Importance: USDA/APHIS sponsored a regional training of mollusks of quarantine importance in America. Recent findings of Giant African Snail in South America constitute a serious treat for Costa Rica and neighboring countries. | $ 7,500.00 | 2 | Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 7/1/2010 | 7/1/2010 | ||||
| DEA | Center for Drug Information Conference | Citizen Security | DEA HQS and the DEA San Jose Country Office hosted a conference on the Center for Drug Information (CDI) to Costa Rican police. Also in attendance were law enforcement officers from Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia and Peru. The training was to introduce the use of the internet based CDI drug information and coordination system. It was to also emphasize dits use as an important aid in exchanging information with worldwide police counterparts. | $ 45,000.00 | 25 | 5 | 24 | Central and South American Police agencies. | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 7/6/2010 | 7/9/2010 | ||
| DEA | Containerized Cargo Analysis Unit | Citizen Security | The DEA San Jose Country Office provided financial assistance to the PCF (Customs Police) to re-furbish a building that was seized from a DTO and will be used to house the new Analysis Unit. The house is located in San Juaquen de Flores near the Sana Maria International Airport and the OIJ Laboratory and Academy. This unit will provide intelligence to the containerized cargo interdiction teams based in Limón/Moín and Caldera. | $ 20,000.00 | 10 | 10 | PCF, Fuerza Publica, PCD, Coast Guard | San Jose;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 12/14/2010 | 12/14/2010 | |||
| DEA | DARE - Red Ribbon Week | Citizen Security | The DEA San Jose Country Office and Costa Rican DARE hosted the 2010 DARE/Red Ribbon Week in Golfito, Costa Rica. This was the largest DARE event in the history of Costa Rica. Approximately 2,000 kids were in attendance as well as 125, parents, teachers, city officials and the Mayor of Golfito. DEA sponsored a soccer tournament between areas schools where they donated soccer balls, uniforms, trophies, and other supplies for the event. | $ 10,000.00 | 2125 | 2125 | Soccer balls, uniforms, trophies, training equipment, school supplies and anti-drug banners and supplies. | 2,125 kids and others in Golfito, Costa Rica | San Jose;#Puntarenas | 10/21/2010 | 10/22/2010 | ||
| DEA | DEA Donation of Interdiciton Tool Kits | Citizen Security | On 08/18/2011, DEA San Jose donated 30 advanced interdiction tool kits split between PCD, OIJ, Coast Guard and PCF. These kits are $300 each totaling $9,000.00. | $ 9,000.00 | 30 | On 08/18/2011, DEA San Jose donated 30 advanced interdiction tool kits split between PCD, OIJ, Coast Guard and PCF. These kits are $300 each totaling $9,000.00. | PCD, OIJ, Coast Guard and PCF | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 8/18/2011 | 8/19/2011 | |||
| DEA | Donation to OIJ Crime Laboratory | Citizen Security | OIJ lab needed assistance with cocaine and heroin samples to be used in their gas spectrometer equipment. These known samples cost between $15,000 and $20,000 each. DEA donated a cocaine HCL, cocaine base, heroin HCL and heroin base sample with accompanying lab analysis reports for them to use as go-bys and calibrate their systems. | $ 80,000.00 | OIJ Laboratory | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 5/16/2010 | 5/16/2010 | |||||
| DEA | Hidden Compartment Training | Citizen Security | DEA sponsored an advanced money laundering/bulk money movement course with a focus on hidden compartments of private and commercial vehicles. There were 25 Costa Rican police trained as well as five Nicaraguan police. | $ 40,000.00 | 30 | 25 | 32 | Gerber Tools for each participant | Costa Rican and Nicaraguan police | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 1/25/2010 | 1/29/2010 | |
| DEA | IDEC Conference | Citizen Security | DEA funded the Director of PCD and the Sub-Director of OIJ to attend the International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC XXVII) that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The annual conference hosts 88 countries from around the world as well as six territories. The focus on the 2010 conference was Targeting the Facilitator in Global Trafficking. | $ 8,500.00 | 2 | 2 | 16 | GOCR Direcotr of PCD and Sub-Director of OIJ | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 4/27/2010 | 4/29/2010 | ||
| DEA | International Drug Enforcement Conference | Citizen Security | Sent three Host Nation police officials to Cancun, Mexico to participate in the International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC). | $ 12,000.00 | 3 | 3 | 24 | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 4/4/2011 | 4/8/2011 | |||
| DEA | Mini-IDEC Conference | Citizen Security | DEA sponsored the Director of PCD and the Sub-Director of OIJ to attend the Mini-IDEC in San Salvador, El Salvador. The Mini-IDEC has a regional focus and attendance including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama. The focus was on a unified approach to attacking the trafficking organizations working through Central America and the dismantlement of the command and control structures. | $ 3,500.00 | 2 | 2 | 8 | PCD Director and OIJ Sub-Director | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 9/1/2010 | 9/3/2010 | ||
| Dept. of Interior | Wildlife Without Borders | Humanitarian Assistance | Two current grantees have received long-time support from the Wildlife Without Borders Latin America and Caribbean program. This cooperative agreement with FUNDAUNA for the Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre (ICOMVIS) at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma, Costa Rica, supports a Master's Degree program in Conservation and Wildlife management at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Costa Rica. | $ 282,703.00 | 285 | 53 | Heredia | 8/31/2010 | 12/30/2014 | ||||
| ENVI | Debt for Nature Swap | Environment | U.S. Government approved a second debt for Nature Swap through the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) for US $27 million. The first TFCA was issued three years ago for US $26 million. The total of US $53 million dollars makes Costa Rica the largest recipient of these kinds of funds in the world. | $ 500,000.00 | Governement of Costa Rica | Puntarenas | 10/1/2009 | 9/30/2010 | |||||
| ENVI | ECPA/EESI | Environment | Under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas the DOS is funding the following initiatives: 1)Strenghtening and capacity building of SIEPAC with the support of the Institute of the Americas. 2) Smart grids projects at a) EARTH University and, b) the National Biodiversity institute (InBio). 3)Support for the elaboration of a business plan for the Regional Energy Efficiency Center (EEC) thru BUNCA. 4) Partnership with DOD in hosting a regional conference on Climate Change Adaptation and its links to Disaster Preparedness and Security | $ 500,000.00 | NGOs, GOCR, ACP, civil society | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 10/1/2009 | 9/30/2011 | |||||
| FAS | Bird Banding and Monitoring, U.S. Forest Service with "Partners in Flight" | Environment | The U.S. Forest Service has been supporting a bird monitoring and banding program for about 16 years. The program originally started in Tortuguero and now has observatories in San Jose at the National Institute of Biodiversity (INBio) and in Cerro de la Muerte at the Madre Selva Observatory. The majority of funding comes from private and public organizations, Costa Rica's national parks, NGOs and U.S. universities to come together to improve capacity building, data gathering, analysis and management. Observatories are the centers for outreach to the public (150,000 visitors a year), student interaction and biologist research in this area. | $ 30,000.00 | 150000 | 15 | INBio | San Jose;#Cartago;#Puntarenas | 1/1/1997 | 12/31/2015 | |||
| FAS | Cochran Program 2010 | Agriculture | In FY 2010, 5 Cochran Fellows were trained in the United States in varous areas tailored to their area of specialty. Biofuels and HACCP Meat Training are just some of the training given to fellows. This training allows fellows to bring back information on US systems and programs to their country that helps facilitate US exports to Costa Rica. FY 2009 trained 12 fellows at $78,000. | $ 32,500.00 | 5 | 5 | 480 | COMEX and Ministry of Agriculture (MAG) | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 10/1/2009 | 9/30/2010 | ||
| FAS | Maximum Residue Limit Training | Agriculture | FAS sent 2 experts to a training in Brazil for one week on Maximum Residue Limits. Participants discuss a possible regional joint residue data generation project where USG would provide training on how to do the residue studies and then jointly package the data for a Codex MRL submission. Participants discussed and made decisions and commitments toward this project (for example, if their country would be willing and able to do the field and lab work, selection of crops and pesticides that their country would be interested in working on) during the training. | $ 6,000.00 | 2 | 2 | 40 | University of Costa Rica professor and Ministry of Ag Lab tech | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas | 5/16/2011 | 5/20/2011 | ||
| FAS | Western Hemisphere CODEX Delegates Colloquium | Agriculture | The Western Hemisphere Codex Delegates Colloquium
(WHCDC) brings together Codex delegates from throughout Latin America and the
Caribbean region. The participants hold discussions on issues related to four different Codex committee meetings later in the year. Delegates from Costa Rica accepted invitations to participate in this event in Cancun, Mexico from March 1 through March 3, 2011, and post San Jose agreed to assist with the purchase of airfares and miscellaneous expenses. |
$ 4,000.00 | 4 | 4 | 24 | Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Economy, C.R. Food Industry Chamber | San Jose | 3/1/2011 | 3/3/2011 | ||
| FCS | E-government Grant from U.S. Trade and Development Agency | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | The objective of the Government ICT Connectivity Infrastructure Technical Assistance grant is to create a nationwide e-government architecture in Costa Rica. Grant given to Costa Rica's Secretaria Tecnica de Gobierno Digital. | $ 438,000.00 | Costa Rica Secretaria Tecnica de Gobierno Digital | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 12/15/2010 | 12/15/2010 | |||||
| FDA | Safety of Veterinary Drug Residues in Animal Products for Human Consumption | Health | The FDA’s office in Costa Rica sponsored a workshop on the Safety of Veterinary Drug Residues in Animal Products for Human Consumption, in collaboration with FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine and SENASA (National Service for Animal Health) Costa Rica. About 50 participants from government offices and laboratories from Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Belize and Panama were in attendance. | $ 100,000.00 | 50 | 15 | 35 | SENASA Costa Rica and industry representatives | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 1/11/2010 | 1/11/2010 | ||
| Health and Human Services | HPV TYPE 16 VACCINE TRIAL IN COSTA RICA | Health | Costa Rica was chosen for the Phase 3 trial because of our extensive successful scientific collaborations there, the high risk of cervical cancer, the universal medical system providing national linkage, and the likelihood of very high participation over the many needed years of close clinical follow-up. Randomization and 3-dose vaccination of 7,466 women enrolled into the HPV-16/18 Vaccine Trial in Costa Rica has been successfully completed. | $ 400,000.00 | 7466 | 100 | FUNDACION INCIENSA | San Jose | 10/1/2010 | 9/30/2011 | |||
| Health and Human Services | Traning for University of CR | Health | Study being conducted with the UCR to combat Bipolar Disorder (BP). BP is a psychiatric illness with high morbidity, affecting from 1 to 4 % of all human populations. Most patients experience continued difficulty with psychiatric symptoms, lost productivity and functionality. After the study and training, a more efficient distribution of health resources will be pursuit which is crucial in a Socialized Public Health System like in Costa Rica. | $ 72,815.00 | 1200 | 50 | UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA | San Jose | 10/10/2010 | 9/30/2011 | |||
| IAF | IAF grant for grassroots development in Costa Rica | Agriculture | CEDECO will work with four organizations of organic farmers to study the feasibility of starting businesses that produce organic fertilizer and to develop plans for operating those determined feasible. (CR-333) | $ 35,000.00 | 360 | Corporación Educativa para el Desarrollo Costarricense S.C. (CEDECO) | San Jose;#Cartago;#Limon | 3/25/2011 | 3/21/2012 | ||||
| IAF | IAF grant for grassroots development in Costa Rica | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | IMV will create an autonomous, not-for-profit organization that will raise funds from the tourism sector and other local businesses to finance small grants supporting community-based initiatives in the municipality of Monteverde. (CR-334) | $ 49,600.00 | 95 | Asociación Instituto Monteverde (IMV) | Alajuela | 3/25/2011 | 9/22/2012 | ||||
| IAF | IAF grant for grassroots development in Costa Rica | Environment | FC will launch a fundraising operation, expand its environmental education program to include waste management and low-impact tourism throughout the Osa Peninsula, and manage a program of small grants. The project will directly benefit 600 residents of the Osa Peninsula and will indirectly impact all 3,000 individuals who make up its population. (CR-335) | $ 227,850.00 | 2000 | Puntarenas | 6/6/2011 | 6/6/2014 | |||||
| IAF | IAF grant for grassroots development in Costa Rica | Agriculture | MAOCO will strengthen its network of 900 organic producers through improving their access to markets, identifying the demand for organic goods not currently available, coordinating production and conducting a certification program. (CR-336) | $ 236,900.00 | 1000 | Asociación Movimiento de Agricultura Orgánica Costarricense (MAOCO) | Alajuela;#Heredia;#Puntarenas | 6/30/2011 | 6/30/2014 | ||||
| IAF | IAF Grants | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | NGO EDESA will increse its loan fund to meet the growing demand from community businesses. NGO AGTPB will promote community-based tourism in the Piedras Blancas National Park and surrounding areas by training young members to become licensed guides. NGO ABK, formed by and for indigenous Bribri Costa Ricans, will develop a tourism enterprise while preseving and protecting the community's forest. | $ 136,200.00 | 13620 | 310 | Computer, telephone equipment, video camera, audio visual equipment, motorcycles, ranger equipment | NGOs EDESA, AGTPB, and ABK | Puntarenas | 9/26/2010 | 9/26/2010 | ||
| IAF | IAF Grants | Environment | NGO CoopeSoliDar will work with organizations of fishers, the municipal government of Garrabito, Puntaarenas and the Costa Rican Coast Guard to improve the oversight of a community-managed marine area. APIAPU will design a plan for harvesting moolusks that assures future populations in area mangroves. | $ 38,900.00 | 8032 | 230 | NGO CoopeSoliDar | Puntarenas | 10/20/2010 | 10/20/2010 | |||
| ODR | 33' Response Boats Specialized Training to Costa Rica Coast Guard | Citizen Security | During three weeks, 20 Costa Rica Coast Guard
received specialized training in the following topics: boat construction,
engine installation and maintenance, electronic and electrical system layouts, communication and navigation equipment, pre and post underway boat checks, boat launch and recovery from the trailer, hull repair, boat maintenance and underway boat operations |
$ 75,000.00 | 20 | 20 | 120 | Costa Rica Coast Guard. Ministry of Public Security | Puntarenas | 5/23/2011 | 6/10/2011 | ||
| ODR | Ambulance donation | Humanitarian Assistance | A new Clinic was constructed and donated in Bambú,
Limón, on November 2009. The ambulance will support any medical
requirements for the clinic as this area is extremely remote and
patients need to be transported. At the moment, the 10000 persons living in
Bambú, Limón, have to walk or use a bicycle to receive medical
attention. |
$ 52,000.00 | 10000 | One white ambulance make FORD, Model F-350. Diesel, 1992. $52000 | Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social | Limon | 10/25/2011 | 10/25/2011 | |||
| ODR | Amubri Clinic donation. | Humanitarian Assistance | Under the Humanitarian Assistance Project Program,
one clinic in Amubri, Limón will be donated to provide medical
assistance to the people in Talamanca. Amubri is located in a remote area along the Atlantic zone is is regularly strickened by devastating floods. This project will improve and enhance medical and disaster emergency response. The clinic will bring basic medical and dental care for a segment of the population and approximately 10000 inhabitants will benefit of this medical facility. |
$ 494,000.00 | 10000 | 0 | 0 | The clinic is a 1-story, concrete masonry unit
building of approximately 25.82 m x 16 m (84.7 ft by 52.5 ft).
The clinic is designed to withstand 150 mph winds. The roof panels,
support structure, walls, and foundation is designed system to support
seismic zone 4 and category 5 hurricanes. |
Amubri community | Limon | 11/4/2011 | 11/4/2011 | |
| ODR | Cerro Azul Communications Node | Citizen Security | USA provided an integration and networking
equipment to be used as part of a network designed to detect, monitor and
track suspicious narcotics traffickers, both airborne and maritime. |
$ 2,100,000.00 | Integration and networking equipment, |
Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Public Security) | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 4/1/2010 | 4/30/2010 | ||||
| ODR | Coast Guard Basic Generator and Maintenance Course | Citizen Security | This course thought the agents design,
construction, theory, and maintenance of small engines (gasoline or diesel)
and portable generators within specifications through preventive maintenance
to identify and correct potential problems before the equipment becomes
inoperable. Course contents were tailored to meet partner country's
requests and capabilities. |
$ 10,000.00 | 16 | Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Security) | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 8/7/2011 | 8/20/2011 | ||||
| ODR | Coast Guard Maintenance Course | Citizen Security | "Agents were trained on maintaining equipment
within specifications through preventive maintenance to identify and correct
potential problems before the equipment becomes inoperable. Course topics
included safety and risk management, maintenance fundamentals, preventive and
corrective maintenance, the maintenance hierarchy, tag out systems,
maintenance system development, equipment alterations, and inactive equipment
maintenance. " |
$ 35,000.00 | 16 | Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Public Security) | Puntarenas | 8/21/2010 | 9/3/2010 | ||||
| ODR | Coast Guard Ships refurbishment. | Citizen Security | 3 Costa Rica Coast Guard 82 Ft Boats were repaired
and received parts and equipment to make them fully operational.
Generators were repaired and installed. |
$ 500,000.00 | 20 | General parts as propellers, generators,
communication equipment, tools, filters, injectors, gaskets among
others. |
Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Public Security, Costa Rica Coast Guard) | Puntarenas | 6/1/2010 | 6/1/2010 | |||
| ODR | Completion of Laurel School renovation. | Humanitarian Assistance | Laurel is in a remote area on the border with
Panama on the Pacific side. The Laurel School Humanitarian Assistance
Project consisted of a school renovation. The existing building was
refurbished and repaired, a new handicap bathroom was constructed and new
conduits were installed. Light fixtures were mounted. The project was
completed in June |
$ 491,000.00 | Ministry of Public Education | Limon | 6/30/2011 | 6/30/2011 | |||||
| ODR | Conference attendance and distinguished visitor orientation. | Citizen Security | Costa Rica security authorities and related
institutions as emergency disaster entities attended several regional
conferences and events as well as subject matter expert exchanges focused on
improving Costa Rican capacities to respond to natural threats and disasters
and conduct drug trafficking operations, providing tools to strengthen their
reaction capacity. |
$ 120,000.00 | 25 | Costa Rican Emergency and Disaster Commission, Costa Rica Police, Red Cross, Direction of I | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 10/1/2009 | 9/30/2010 | ||||
| ODR | Continuing Promise 2011 Humanitarian and Medical Assistance Mission | Humanitarian Assistance | The USNS COMFORT, a hospital ship, will provide
humanitarian and medical support to 9 countries mostly located along the
Pacific Coast of the Americas. Costa Rica is one country that will benefit
from this Exercise receiving humanitarian assistance, disaster relief
exchange. Medical, dental and veterinary assistance will be provided to local
communities. Likewise veterinary services and
construction/engineering support will be part of the mission. Continuing
Promise is an operation supported by U.S. and international military medical
personnel, U.S. government agencies, regional health ministries and
non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Costa Rica local communities located
in the Pacific Coast next to Golfito. Costa Rica personnel participating in
the exchanges. Local and national economy. |
Puntarenas | 8/1/2011 | 8/11/2011 | |||||||
| ODR | Continuing Promise Humanitarian Assistance Mission | Humanitarian Assistance | Continuing Promise 2010 provided medical services
to over 5600 patients at three different medical sites located in Bribri,
Siquirres and Limon City; conducted 54 surgeries aboard the USS IWO JIMA;
rehabilitated the Westfalia and Hone Creek Schools and distributed donations
including wheelchairs, sanitary and newborn kits, water filters, and
backpacks with supplies. |
$ 5,000,000.00 | 5493 | Wheelchairs, sanitary and newborn kits, water
filters, backpacks with supplies, glasses, medical, dental and
veterinarian services, infrastructure improvements in schools, construction
materials, fences, and recreational structures as playgrounds among
others. |
Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Limon residents and far | Limon | 7/21/2010 | 8/4/2010 | |||
| ODR | Costa Rica attending Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense Course | Citizen Security | One Costa Rican from the Police attended
thePerspectives on Homeland Security and Defense Cours. This two week course,
organized by the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies takes place is
Washington DC and Colorado Sptringds with civil and military delegates from
all Latin America. The course goal is to allow participants to analyze and
compare the nature and scope of different perspectives on homeland security
and defense, and to visualize ways to increase regional cooperation in order
to respond to natural and man-made threats throughout the Western Hemisphere.
The course is designed for a multi-country audience and will use a
comparative approach |
$ 15,000.00 | 1 | 1 | 80 | Costa Rica Police. Ministry of Public Security | San Jose | 3/20/2011 | 4/1/2011 | ||
| ODR | Costa Rica attending Aircraft Electrical Fundamentals Course | Citizen Security | One Costa Rican from the Air Surveillance Service
of the Ministry of Public Security attended the Aircraft Electrical
Fundamentals Course. This 12 week course takes place in the Inter-American
Air Forces Academy located in Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and students
are introduced to aircraft safety, electrical theory and principles,
hand-tools, equipment, and maintenance operational procedures. |
$ 9,212.00 | 1 | 1 | 480 | Costa Rica Air Surveillance Service. Ministry of Public Security | San Jose | 2/8/2011 | 5/10/2011 | ||
| ODR | Costa Rica attending Avionics Comunication and Navigation Equipment Technician Course | Citizen Security | One Costa Rican from the Air Surveillance Service
of the Ministry of Public Security attended the Avionics Comunication and
Navigation Equipment Technician Course. This 12 week course takes place in
the Inter-American Air Forces Academy located in Lackland Air Force Base in
Texas and provides students training on inspection, maintenance,
alignment, repair, and installation of avionics communications/navigation
equipment. |
$ 9,212.00 | 1 | 1 | 480 | Costa Rica Air Surveillance Service. Ministry of Public Security | San Jose | 2/8/2011 | 5/10/2011 | ||
| ODR | Costa Rica attending Departmental Resource Management and Logistics Course | Citizen Security | Two Costa Ricans from the Police attended the
Departmental Resource Management and Logistics Course. This 6 week course
takes place in the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
located in Fort Benning, Georgia and provides students resource management
concepts; principals; methods; techniques; systems analysis; and decision
making skills; economic reasoning; management theory and group dynamics;
quantitative reasoning; strategy/policy formulation; analytical decision
making. |
$ 11,376.00 | 2 | 480 | Costa Rica Police. Ministry of Public Security | San Jose | 4/18/2011 | 5/25/2011 | |||
| ODR | Costa Rica attending Ground Defense Skills Course | Citizen Security | Two Costa Rican from the Air Surveillance Service
of the Ministry of Public Security attended the Ground Defense Skills Course.
This 8 week course takes place in the Inter-American Air Forces Academy
located in Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and students received training in
the primary objectives of active ground defense in which they will learn
concepts and principles/threat spectrum, fundaments of defense, measures and
techniques used in the field to control. Rules of engagement and law of armed
conflict are covered in accordance with international human rights
agreements. |
$ 16,602.00 | 2 | 2 | 640 | Costa Rica Air Surveillance Service. | San Jose | 3/11/2011 | 5/10/2011 | ||
| ODR | Costa Rica attending Patrol Craft Propulsion and System Overhaul and Maintenance Course | Citizen Security | Three Costa Ricans from the Coast Guard of the
Ministry of Public Security attended the Patrol Craft Propulsion and System
Overhaul and Maintenance Course. This 8 week course provides the advanced
training necessary to perform major overhaul of small craft diesel engines.
Consists of detailed instruction in diesel engine specifications and
characteristics, operating principles, lubrication, cooling, air, fuel, and
electrical systems, and their interdependent relationship. |
$ 50,325.00 | 3 | 3 | 960 | Costa Rica Coast Guard. Ministry of Public Security | San Jose | 3/22/2011 | 5/19/2011 | ||
| ODR | Costa Rica attending Strategy and Defense Policy Course | Citizen Security | One Costa Rican from the Police attended the
Strategy and Defense Policy Course. This three week course, organized by the
Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies takes place is Washington DC with
civil and military delegates from all Latin America. The objective of the
course is to provide conceptual and methodological bases to participants in
order to develop and implement appropriate strategies in security and defense
in their countries. |
$ 15,000.00 | 1 | 1 | 120 | Costa Rica Police. Ministry of Public Security | San Jose | 1/31/2011 | 2/18/2011 | ||
| ODR | Counterdrug Aircraft visits | Citizen Security | United States Aircrafts visit Costa Rica in support
of Counter Narcotics operations. While in Costa Rica, aircrafts resupply,
supporting Costa Rican economy. |
$ 4,000,000.00 | San Jose | 10/1/2009 | 9/30/2010 | ||||||
| ODR | Counterdrug Operations Course MTT | Citizen Security | Counterdrug Operations Course conducted was a
specialized training oriented towards realistic and demanding field
operations in which agents developed counterdrug-interdiction skills through
challenging performance-oriented training under a variety of conditions. The
course focused on teaching law enforcement personnel how to apply military
techniques and tactics in the conduct of counterdrug activities. |
$ 35,000.00 | 47 | Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Public Security) | San Jose | 4/11/2010 | 4/26/2010 | ||||
| ODR | Donation of an Audio Active English Language Laboratory System to Costa Rica Coast Guard | English Training | 10 Position Language Learning Resource Centers will
be donated to Costa Rica Coast Guard Academy in Quepos. Along with the
Resource Centers, installation and training will be provided so Coast Guard
personnel can obtain or improve their English language capabilities. |
$ 60,000.00 | 10 Position Language Learning Resource Centers | Costa Rica Coast Guard Academy in Quepos | Puntarenas | 5/20/2011 | 5/20/2011 | ||||
| ODR | Donation of Coast Guard Facility. | Citizen Security | A new Coast Guard Station was built in Caldera,
Puntarenas and will be donated to Costa Rica Coast Guard. This Station has a
new command center, barracks, floating pier, and renovated maintenance
facility. The new Station will offer the Coast Guard improved access to the
sea for its patrol boats and a permanent presence in the main commercial port
on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast. Coast Guard also will now be better positioned
to conduct search and rescue operations, enforce fishing regulations, and
safeguard Costa Rica’s rich marine ecosystems. |
$ 3,453,496.00 | The new Coast Guard Station has a new command center, barracks, floating pier, and renovated maintenance facility. | Costa Rica Coast Guard. Ministry of Public Security | Puntarenas | 3/31/2011 | 3/31/2011 | ||||
| ODR | Donation of two 33ft interceptor boats and parts. | Citizen Security | With the presence of the President of the Republic
of Costa Rica and the Minister of Public Security, two 33ft interceptor boats
and parts will be donated to Costa Rica Coast Guard. This safeboats will
strength Costa Rica Coast Guard capabilities to combat illicit traffic,
fishing and protect natural resources. |
$ 1,800,000.00 | Donation of two 33ft interceptor boats and parts. | Costa Rica Coast Guard. Ministry of Public Security | San Jose;#Puntarenas | 6/10/2011 | 6/10/2011 | ||||
| ODR | Equipment Donation to Costa Rica Coast Guard | Citizen Security | 3 main generators for the 82 Foot Patrol Boats of
the Costa Rica Coast Guard will be donated. This new equipment will allow the
ships to operate so Costa Rican authorities can comply their mandate to
combat illicit traffic by sea, illegal fishing and protect natural
resources |
$ 60,000.00 | 3 main generators |
Costa Rica Coast Guard. Ministry of Public Security | Puntarenas | 2/25/2011 | 2/25/2011 | ||||
| ODR | Equipment Donation to Costa Rica Coast Guard | Citizen Security | Spare parts will be donated in order to make fully operational 3 Patrol Boats of the Costa Rica Coast Guard. Parts include highlighters, switches, filters, batteries, power strips and cables and life vests among other indispensable parts the Boats need to | $ 19,000.00 | Spare parts. Parts include highlighters, switches,
filters, batteries, power strips and cables and life vests among other
indispensable parts the Boats need to operate and combat illicit traffic by
sea, illegal fishing and protect natural resources. |
Costa Rica Coast Guard. Ministry of Public Security | Puntarenas | 5/6/2011 | 5/6/2011 | ||||
| ODR | Fuerzas Comando Exercise | Citizen Security | Fuerzas Comando allowed Costa Rica to participate
in a special operations skills competition and senior leader seminar designed
to enhance multinational and regional cooperation, mutual trust and
confidence. It improved Costa Ricans Special Interventions Unit training,
readiness, interoperability and capability in the tactics, techniques and
procedures. |
$ 50,000.00 | 12 | Costa Rica Government (Ministry of the Presidency) | San Jose | 6/10/2010 | 6/24/2010 | ||||
| ODR | Golfito Schools and High school Donation | Humanitarian Assistance | Considering the Drug Abuse Resistance Education
DARE events that took place in Golfito, two elementary schools and one high
school received construction materials and audiovisual equipment to support
infrastructure and educational processes. |
$ 9,000.00 | 550 | Construction materials and equipment, cement,
tools and ladders, plywood, drywall, zinc, bricks, gypsum, ceramic tiles and
paint among other materials, air conditioning, fans, tables, chairs,
computers and audiovisual equipment. |
Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Education) | Puntarenas | 10/15/2010 | 10/15/2010 | |||
| ODR | Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) | Citizen Security | JCET provided specialized training to enhance
tactical capacities to the agents of the Special Interventions Unit of the
Ministry of the Presidency, the Special Support Unit of the Ministry of
Public Security and the Special Tactic Response Service of the Judicial
Investigations Unit. With this training, Costa Rican Units will be able to
perform in a more coordinated way and provide a better response in case of
security threats. |
$ 300,000.00 | 33 | Costa Rica Government (Ministry of the Presidency, Ministry of Public Security, Judicial Inve | San Jose | 10/11/2010 | 11/12/2010 | ||||
| ODR | La Aurora Children Center for Education, Nutrition and Integral Assistance (CENCINAI) donat | Humanitarian Assistance | The Children Center for Education, Nutrition and
Integral Assistance (CENCINAI) is a very important institutional for the
community as it takes care of the children below 6 years old, providing day
care, education, medical assistance and meals. The CENCINAI received
supplies, equipment and devices to improve existing capacities. |
$ 6,000.00 | 100 | Kitchen equipment, supply and appliances,
audiovisual devices, enamelware, educational material, medical, nutritional
and sports equipment. |
Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Health) | San Jose | 11/18/2010 | 11/18/2010 | |||
| ODR | Liberia Hangar and Ramp | Citizen Security | A new aircraft hangar and ramp at Daniel Oduber
Quiros International Airport in Liberia was built, enhancing the Air
Section’s operational responsiveness and provide dedicated space for Fuerza
Publica on this airport for years to come. The Liberia airport is growing
rapidly with the development of Guanacaste and increasing commercial aviation
traffic. |
$ 1,000,000.00 | Aircraft hangar and ramp |
Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Public Security) | Guanacaste | 10/27/2010 | 10/27/2010 | ||||
| ODR | Medical Assistance Course | Citizen Security | 40 non-medical Costa Rican officers were trained to
as first responders to perform livesaving measures and apply advanced field
mdical care in support of disaster-relief and humanitarian assistance
operations, counterdrug operations and counternarcoterrorism operations |
$ 40,000.00 | 40 | 40 | Ministryof Public Security and Minister of the Presidency | Guanacaste | 7/10/2011 | 7/22/2011 | |||
| ODR | Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) in Talamanca. | Humanitarian Assistance | MEDRETEs are an important part of the U.S.
military’s Humanitarian and Civic Assistance Program in Central America.
These exercises brought medical aid to needy rural areas and populations in
the Talamanca region. |
$ 35,000.00 | 500 | Medication, vitamins, hygiene and personal care
kits. |
Costa Rica general population living in Talamanca | Limon | 2/24/2010 | 2/24/2010 | |||
| ODR | Ojo de Agua School | Humanitarian Assistance | The Ojo de Agua School in Limon was renewed,
causing a huge impact within the Limon community as well as the parents and
children that attend this education center. The school has a refurbished infrastructure to provide aprox 100 students from the Ojo de Agua region in Limon better conditions for their education and a more secure building. The amount invested in the refurbishment is US$400,000 |
$ 400,000.00 | 100 | A refurbished school with 3 new classrooms, 2
equipped bathroom facilities, a drainage and a security concrete wall that
surrounds the infrastructure in order to guarantee the security of the
school, the equipment and educational materials. |
Ojo de Agua School in Limon. Ministry of Education | Limon | 2/7/2012 | 2/7/2012 | |||
| ODR | Pavas School Donation | Humanitarian Assistance | The Pavas School is located in a region with high
rates of poverty and crime. The school was repaired and painted so
classrooms, kitchen and recreational areas were appropriate. |
$ 1,600.00 | 50 | Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Education) | San Jose | 9/9/2010 | 9/9/2010 | ||||
| ODR | Professional exchanges with New Mexico State Police | Citizen Security | The exchanges were focused on border security,
maintenance and Police Academy strengthen. |
$ 80,000.00 | 100 | Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Public Security.) | San Jose | 10/1/2009 | 9/30/2010 | ||||
| ODR | Retirement home donation | Humanitarian Assistance | The retirement home located in Limon City required
adequate equipment and special supplies to provide the appropriate attention
to the elderly living in the place. |
$ 2,000.00 | 80 | Diapers, hygiene and personal care kits,
toiletries, soaps, |
General public living in the retirement home. | Limon | 8/3/2010 | 8/3/2010 | |||
| ODR | Specialized Training. Advanced Trauma Life Support and Combat Lifesaver Course | Humanitarian Assistance | One Costa Rican physician from the CCSS attended
the Advanced Trauma Life Support and Combat Lifesaver Course. The Advanced
Trauma Life Support (ATLS) (this is a registered trademark of the American
College of Surgeons), provides a 3-day course located at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas in conjunction with the Combat Casualty Care Course (C4). The content
and skills presented in the materials are designed to assist doctors in
providing emergency care for the trauma patient. The Advanced Trauma Life
Support Course provides the essential information and skills that a physician
may apply to the identification and treatment of life-threatening or
potentially life-threatening injuries. The Combat Casualty Care Course
is a tri-service, continuing medical education course designed to enhance
medical readiness of physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and dentists
by providing training in field leadership, knowledge and skills that may be
necessary for direct medical support in conditions related to any combat
condition. |
$ 2,918.00 | 1 | 40 | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 5/25/2012 | 6/1/2012 | ||||
| ODR | Specialized Training. Aircraft Electrical Fundamentals Course | Citizen Security | One officer from the Air Surveillance Service
attended the Aircraft Electrical Fundamenals Course. The course takes place
in the Inter American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA) located in Lackland Air
Force Base. The course is the foundation for future aircraft electrical
system maintainers. They will have the knowledge to confidently repair
aircraft electrical systems. Graduates will be ready for enrollment in an
advanced aircraft electrical course. Students are introduced to aircraft
safety, electrical theory and principles, hand-tools, equipment, and
maintenance operational procedures. |
$ 8,664.00 | 1 | 440 | San Jose | 2/7/2012 | 5/8/2012 | ||||
| ODR | Specialized Training. Counterdrug Operations | Humanitarian Assistance | 6 Drug Control Police Officer attended the
Counterdrug Operations Course. This course is organized by the Western
Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation WHINSEC, located in Columbus
Georgia. This is a comprehensive and specialized training in counterdrug
interdiction operations at the detachment, emphasizes staff planning and
command and control during effective execution of counterdrug operations
against realistic targets and objectives; precision operations in urban
environments; riverine operations; development of intelligence packets in
support of counterdrug operations; intelligence preparation of the area of
operations; physical fitness; unarmed restraining and disarming techniques; explosive and ballistic building entry techniques; land navigation; communications and command and control in urban or rural permissive counterdrug environment " |
$ 51,340.00 | 6 | 2400 | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 5/29/2012 | 8/2/2012 | ||||
| ODR | Specialized Training. Patrol Craft Hull Maintenance and Combat Lifesaver Course | Citizen Security | 2 Costa Rica Coasrd agents attended the Patrol Craft Hull Maintenance and Combat Lifesaver Course. The Patrol Craft Hull Maintenance Course is conducted by the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS) . Provides designated junior officers and enlisted personnel the basic training necessary to perform structural repairs and preventive maintenance to steel, aluminum, fiberglass and inflatable hull small craft at the apprentice level. Consists of instruction in oxyacetylene welding and cutting, electric arc and aluminum mig welding, as well as fiberglass and inflatable rubber boat repair. In amplification of classroom theory, practical application techniques are employed to accomplish course objectives in all areas of instruction. The Combat Lifesaver Course provides support to International Military Students (IMS) training in lifesaving measures as a secondary mission to their primary combat mission. This course is designed to provide the student with advanced lifesaving skills to include: hemorrhage control, maintaining casualty airway, managing penetrating chest injury, managing shock casualties, managing heat injuries, managing burn casualties, splinting techniques, evacuating casualties, and casualty assessment. Training will be accomplished through a combination of classroom and practical application exercises. | $ 12,744.00 | 2 | 800 | Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 5/29/2012 | 8/10/2012 | ||||
| ODR | Specialized training. Patrol Craft Officer Coastal and Combat Lifesaver Course | Citizen Security | 3 Costa Rica Coast Guard attended the Patrol Craft
Officer Coastal and Combat Lifesaver Course. This training is conducted by
the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS)
. The Patrol Craft Officer Coastalprovide International Military Junior
Officers and Senior Enlisted personnel a basic nine-week training course in
the operation of small boats in a coastal environment.The Combat Lifesaver Course provides support to International Military Students (IMS) training in lifesaving measures as a secondary mission to their primary combat mission. This course is designed to provide the student with advanced lifesaving skills to include: hemorrhage control, maintaining casualty airway, managing penetrating chest injury, managing shock casualties, managing heat injuries, managing burn casualties, splinting techniques, evacuating casualties, and casualty assessment. Training will be accomplished through a combination of classroom and practical application exercises" |
$ 19,116.00 | 3 | 1200 | Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 5/22/2012 | 8/10/2012 | ||||
| ODR | Specialized Training. Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense Course | Citizen Security | Border Police Director attended the course. The
course takes place in the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies. The course
goal is to permit participants to analyze and compare the nature and scope of
different perspectives on homeland security and defense, and to visualize ways to increase regional cooperation in order to respond to natural and man-made threats throughout the Western Hemisphere. This course will not focus on US perspectives nor seek a universal expression of “Homeland Security and Defense”. The course is designed for a multi-country audience and will use a comparative approach, where the US approach/doctrine is presented as “one” approach. |
$ 6,500.00 | 1 | 80 | Guanacaste | 4/15/2012 | 4/30/2012 | ||||
| ODR | Subject matter expert exchange on best practices for maintenance, cleaning and basic repai | Citizen Security | Under the State Partnership Program with new México
National Guard, Costa Rica police will participate in a subject matter expert
exchange on best practices for maintenance, cleaning and basic repairs of
certain weapons. Qualified personnel from New México National Guard will
participate with 25 police officers in a three day working session in order
to enhance technical capabilities of Costa Rica personnel. |
$ 14,000.00 | 25 | 25 | 32 | Costa Rica Police. Ministry of Public Security | San Jose;#Puntarenas | 5/3/2011 | 5/6/2011 | ||
| ODR | Subject matter expert exchange on medical assistance and first aid care. | Citizen Security | Under the State Partnership Program with new México
National Guard, Costa Rica police will participate in a subject matter expert
exchange on medical assistance and first aid care. Qualified personnel from
New México National Guard will participate with 25 police officers in a three
day working session in order to provide Costa Rica police efficient tools and
share best practices to face critical medical situations and control injuries
before arriving to a hospital. |
$ 17,000.00 | 25 | 25 | 24 | Costa Rica Police. Ministry of Public Security | San Jose | 5/17/2011 | 5/19/2011 | ||
| ODR | Subject Matter Expert Exchange. New México National Guard and Costa Rica Police | Citizen Security | A 3 day Subject Matter Expert Exchange on riot
control will be conducted in the Regional Pölice Facility of Alajuela. 25
Costa Rica Police Officers from different regions will attend. The exchange
will allow participants to share better practices, tactics and techniques in
order to enhance operational capabilities when dealing with complex
situations as riots. |
$ 15,000.00 | 25 | Costa Rica Police. Ministryof Public Security | Alajuela | 3/7/2011 | 3/9/2011 | ||||
| ODR | Talamanca Children Center for Education, Nutrition and Integral Assistance (CENCINAI) dona | Humanitarian Assistance | The Children Center for Education, Nutrition and
Integral Assistance (CENCINAI) is a very important institutional for the
community as it takes care of the children below 6 years old, providing day
care, education, medical assistance and meals. The Talamanca CEN-CINAI is
located in a region with economic and social difficulties and high poverty
rates. The CENCINAI received construction materials and equipment,
cement, tools and ladders, plywood, drywall, zinc, bricks, gypsum, ceramic
tiles and paint among other materials so the infrastructure can be an
adequate one. |
$ 9,400.00 | 100 | Construction materials and equipment, cement,
tools and ladders, plywood, drywall, zinc, bricks, gypsum, ceramic tiles and
paint among other materials |
Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Health) | Limon | 8/2/2010 | 8/2/2010 | |||
| ODR | Training courses in USA under CD 1004 funds. | Humanitarian Assistance | USODR Training Program is a permanent one that
provides specialized education to Costa Rica units and law enforcement
entities and security related institutions in order to build, strengthen and
consolidate technical and tactical capacities in security matters. The
program is designed according to Costa Rica needs and requirements, after
coordination established with Costa Rican authorities in order to provide
training needed and promote and encourage joint action among security forces
for the planning and implementation of effective combined operations. |
$ 200,000.00 | 92 | Special Interventions Unit of the Ministry of the Presidency, Coast Guard, Air Surveillance S | San Jose;#Puntarenas | 10/1/2009 | 9/30/2010 | ||||
| ODR | Training courses in USA under IMET funds. | Citizen Security | USODR Training Program is a permanent one that
provides specialized education to Costa Rica units and law enforcement
entities and security related institutions in order to build, strengthen and
consolidate technical and tactical capacities in security matters. The
program is designed according to Costa Rica needs and requirements, after
coordination established with Costa Rican authorities in order to provide
training needed and promote and encourage joint action among security forces
for the planning and implementation of effective combined operations. |
$ 366,000.00 | 44 | Costa Rica Government (Ministry of the Presidency, Ministry of Public Security, Judicial Inve | San Jose | 10/1/2009 | 9/30/2010 | ||||
| ODR | Truck donation to Costa Rica Coast Guard | Citizen Security | On 10th June, 2011, two 33ft interceptor boats, parts and transportation devices were donated to Costa Rica Coasts Guard. The safeboats strengthen Coast Guard capabilities to combat illicit trafficking, fishing and protect natural resources. Coast Guard agents was trained by US personnel to conduct operations and provide maintenance to the boats. In order to transport by land the safeboats, 2 new Chevrolet Silverados will be donated. | $ 110,000.00 | 2 Chevrolet Silverado truck. 3500, CREW Cab Diesel | Costa Rica Coast Guard. Ministry of Public Security | Puntarenas | 10/1/2011 | 10/1/2011 | ||||
| ODR | Warehouse for Humanitarian Assistance | Humanitarian Assistance | ODR built a warehouse from Southcom funds and it was given to CME. The warehouse was filled with supplies which are used for local humanitarian assistance. | $ 50,000.00 | Warehouse | San Jose | 11/10/2010 | 11/10/2010 | |||||
| ODR | Westfalia School donation | Humanitarian Assistance | Westfalia School, located in Limón, didn't have
adequate and/or in good condition equipment and devices. Due to social and
economic conditions in the area, students receive daily lunch in the school.
Having appropriate equipment and devices was indispensable to support the
educational process. The Westfalia school received kitchen equipment and
appliances, audiovisual devices, enamelware. |
$ 2,000.00 | 40 | Kitchen equipment and appliances, audiovisual
devices, enamelware. |
Costa Rica Government (Ministry of Education) | Limon | 8/4/2010 | 8/4/2010 | |||
| OFDA | USAID/OFDA Disaster Assistance in response to flooding | Humanitarian Assistance | Purchase and transport of USAID/OFDA relief supplies and private air transport services to support the Costa Rican National Emergency Prevention and Response Commission (CNE) in response to floods and landslides in November 2010. | $ 157,870.00 | 10000 | CNE | San Jose | 11/1/2010 | 11/30/2010 | ||||
| OFDA | USAID/OFDA Disaster Assistance to Red Cross | Humanitarian Assistance | Costa Rican Red Cross (CRC)-implemented economic recovery and market systems and logistics/relief commodities project in response to floods and landslides in November 2010. | $ 333,587.00 | 5000 | CRC | San Jose | 11/1/2010 | 11/30/2010 | ||||
| OFDA | USAID/OFDA Regional Disaster Assistance Program | Humanitarian Assistance | Training and technical assistance for urban search and rescue capacity building, forest fire management, and institutional strengthening. | $ 47,000.00 | 357 | 414 | Costa Rican first responders and emergency management officials | San Jose | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||
| OFDA | USAID/OFDA Seismology Workshop | Humanitarian Assistance | Regional seismology workshop organized by the USG Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology, to strengthen seismological and vulcanological monitoring in the region; held in Heredia in October 2010. | $ 84,166.00 | Central American scientists | Heredia | 10/1/2010 | 10/31/2010 | |||||
| PA | Access English Microscholarship Grant Program | English Training | Scholarships for high school students ages 14-18 to improve English speaking and reading skills. A total of 400 students will be given scholarships for study by the end of FY2011. The grantee providing the training is the Centro Cultural. | $ 400,000.00 | 400 | 400 | 300 | N/A | Centro Cultural | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 10/1/2010 | 10/1/2012 | |
| PA | BNC Cultural and Education USA Activities | Cultural Education Programs | Continuing support and partnership with the BNC, both educational and cultural. | $ 129,260.70 | Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano | San Jose | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||||
| PA | Books and Maganizine Donation | Cultural Education Programs | The Embassy gave donations of books, magazines to databases to public universities and the Binational Center (BNC) in 2010 | $ 4,000.00 | None | public universities and the Binational Center (BNC) in 2010 | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | ||||
| PA | Digital Video Conferences and Speaker Programs | Cultural Education Programs | The Embassy brings experts in different topics such as culture, economy, politics, environment and others to conduct programs with universities and government institutions. | $ 17,762.67 | 450 | 450 | universities and government institutions | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||
| PA | EARTH University gets grant from ASHA | Cultural Education Programs | The Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) provides grants to competitively selected private, non-profit universities and secondary schools, libraries, and medical centers. Provide foreign nationals the benefits of American ideas and practices in education and medicine. | $ 600,000.00 | Infrastructure which include new classrooms, dorms , and facilities for the new Innovation and transferring knowledge Center | EARTH University | Guanacaste | 7/1/2009 | 3/1/2010 | ||||
| PA | English for Journalists | English Training | Increase Journalists English Language fluency: by
offering the English program for journalists to help them look, translate,
and diffuse news that are originally published in the English language.
A sixty hours program during October 2010. |
$ 2,795.00 | 15 | 15 | 60 | Journalists from different offices | San Jose | 10/1/2010 | 10/31/2010 | ||
| PA | English Language Festivals | English Training | Embassy contributed money to purchase materials for the English Festival throughout the country to promote the use of English language. | $ 450.00 | 300 | Ministry of Education teachers and students | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 1/8/2010 | 12/31/2010 | ||||
| PA | English teaching books and magazines | English Training | Magazines for teachers of English produced by the Department of State and distributed among the English teaching community. | $ 7,500.00 | 1000 | English teachers from the Ministry of Public Education, universities, etc. | San Jose | 1/31/2010 | 12/31/2010 | ||||
| PA | E-teacher Programs | English Training | Online courses with universities in the United States that train local English language professionals in the latest U.S. methods of English language teaching via distance education. Tuition and materials are included. | $ 22,500.00 | 9 | 9 | BNC, Ministry of Public Education, universities, etc. | San Jose | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||
| PA | Fulbright Program | Cultural Education Programs | International educational exchange program
sponsored by the U.S. government, designed to increase mutual understanding
between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
Programs Supporting Costa Ricans Travel to US Fulbright IIE $442,256 Fulbright LASPAU $215,235 Fulbright Scholars $17,628 Fulbright Scholars-in-Residence $27,685 Humphrey Fellows $75,785 Programs Supporting US Travel to Costa Rica Fulbright US Students (including ETAs) $92,000 Fulbright US Scholars $121,350 Fulbright Specialists $14,000 |
$ 978,254.00 | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | ||||||
| PA | International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) | Cultural Education Programs | The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program. Launched in 1940, the IVLP is a professional exchange program that seeks to build mutual understanding between the U.S. and other nations through carefully designed short-term visits to the U.S. for current and emerging foreign leaders. | $ 107,000.00 | 25 | NGO's, different governemet agencies, general public. | San Jose | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | ||||
| PA | Other Exchange Programs | Cultural Education Programs | Exchange programs developeded with the Institute of the Americas in California | $ 23,423.00 | 6 | 6 | participants from NGO's, government offices, etc. | San Jose | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||
| PA | Short-term Scholarship Program | Cultural Education Programs | Global Undergraduate Scholarship Program (9 participants $241,372), Community Colleges Initiative (11 participants $410,000), Intensive English (10 participants), Study of the U.S. Institutes (10 participants), and Youth Ambassadors (7 partipants). | $ 651,372.00 | 37 | San Jose | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||||
| PA | SIT Training Center | English Training | SIT TESOL: certificate course for English Language teachers SIT best practice Training-for Trainers program in Costa Rica for Regional teachers from the Caribbean, Central and South American region. Costa Rica received 4 scholarships for trainer-of trainers and 5 scholarships for teacher training. Regional amount: $210.000.00. Portion for Costa Rican teachers: $18,000.00. | $ 18,000.00 | 9 | 9 | 248 | Ministry of Public Education teachers | San Jose | 1/1/2010 | 12/1/2010 | ||
| PA | Support to American Corner - Limon | Cultural Education Programs | American Corner is a partnership between the Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United Sates and Biblioteca Pública Mayor Thomas. It provides access to current and reliable information about the U.S. via book collections, the Internet, and through local programming to the general public. Associated reading or meeting rooms are made available to host program events and activities. | $ 15,000.00 | Public Library in Limon | Limon | 1/1/2010 | 12/1/2010 | |||||
| PA | Support to Science Corner - Liberia | Cultural Education Programs | Science Corner is a partnership between the Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United Sates and Escuela de Agricultura del Trópico Húmedo (EARTH) – La Flor, Liberia. Its main goal is the generation of innovative ideas aiming to promote development through entrepreneurial spirit, social justice, technological innovation and the creation of alternatives to protect the environment. | $ 1,000.00 | Earth La Flor in Liberia | Guanacaste | 1/1/2010 | 12/1/2010 | |||||
| PA | Workshops and Video Conferences for Teachers | English Training | The English Language Specialist Program brings TEFL/TESL specialists to work with the Ministry of Public Education, universities, etc. The office also provides registration fee to in-country and international English teaching conferences. | $ 17,121.00 | 600 | 600 | Ministry of Public Education, universities, etc. | San Jose | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||
| Peace Corps | CRUSA Partnership with Peace Corps | Humanitarian Assistance | CRUSA has allotted funds available to Peace Corps Volunteers for community projects. In September 2010, CRUSA raised the amount available per Volunteer from $3,500 to $5,000. In 2010, CRUSA approved and financed $50,000 toward Peace Corps projects. | 1500 | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | ||||||
| Peace Corps | Peace Corps Partnership Program | Humanitarian Assistance | Volunteers use this mechanism to solicit donations to community projects from family, friends and associates in the U.S. Tax deductible contributions can be made to the Peace Corps and the Peace Corps then allocates the resources to the requesting Volunteer. | $ 63,617.00 | 3000 | Sports Equipment, Playground equipment, IT equipment, books | rural communities | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||
| Peace Corps | Peace Corps Volunteers | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | Peace Corps Costa Rica’s operating budget supports
volunteers in rural communities throughout the country. Peace Corps has three
goals: 1. Helping the
people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and
women. 2.
Helping promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the
peoples served. 3. Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on
the part of Americans. |
$ 1,800,000.00 | 25000 | Community members and NGOs | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | ||||
| Peace Corps | PEPFAR Activities through Peace Corps | Health | Peace Corps Volunteers assist community organizations in receiving grants funds to implement HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention activities. $20,000 is allocated to Peace Corps Volunteers for FY11-FY12 | $ 2,700.00 | 300 | 15 | 40 | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 10/31/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||
| Peace Corps | Small Project Assistance Grants | Humanitarian Assistance | Peace Corps Volunteers receive small grants from USAID for community projects. Projects are executed in Peace Corps Volunteer Sites. $50,000 allocated for FY11 with $15,000 approved in CY2010 | $ 15,000.00 | rural communities | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 10/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||||
| POL/Econ | “Todos y Todas trabajamos”: The Establishment of Centers for Worker Rights | Humanitarian Assistance | The project aims to provide advice to workers about the scope and applicability of relevant labor laws, and when necessary, provide legal services explaining the procedural and documentation requirements to exercise those rights. | $ 155,000.00 | Catholic Relief Services | San Jose | 1/1/2007 | 12/31/2011 | |||||
| POL/Econ | Bribri Nutritional Center donation | Humanitarian Assistance | The Nutritional Center of Bribri was in very bad
condition, with an infrastructure incapable of providing proper conditions
and comply with sanitary requirements. They received construction materials
and equipment. |
$ 2,000.00 | 100 | Construction materials and equipment, cement,
tools and ladders, plywood, drywall, zinc, bricks, gypsum, ceramic tiles and
paint among other materials. |
Costa Rica Government Ministry of Health | Limon | 8/2/2010 | 8/2/2010 | |||
| POL/Econ | CADEXCO Women's Leadership Grant | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | Under Pathways to Prosperity, the Embassy provided a $20,000 grant to the Costa Rica Chamber of Exporters (CADEXCO). The funds will be used to develop virtual training materials for use in Costa Rica and throughout the region as part of CADEXCO's Central American Women's Business Leaders networking program. | $ 20,000.00 | Costa Rica Chamber of Exporters (CADEXCO) | San Jose | 5/27/2011 | 9/30/2011 | |||||
| POL/Econ | CAFTA-DR Environmental Protection | Environment | $ 3,500,000.00 | 2000 | 32000 | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 9/30/2009 | 9/30/2010 | |||||
| POL/Econ | CARSI ESF Grants | Citizen Security | Merida/CARSI Initiative through Economic Support Funds (ESF) awarded to four NGOs in Costa Rica. Accion Joven $250k, Club Sport La Libertad $250k, CoopeSoliDar $200k, and Cedes Don Bosco $100k were the selected NGOs. Projects are designed for one year September 2010 through October 2011. | $ 800,000.00 | 3000 | 900 | NGOs CoopeSoliDar, Cedes Don Bosco, Club Sport La Libertad, and Accion Joven | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 10/24/2010 | 9/30/2011 | |||
| POL/Econ | Case Tracking and Performance Systems for Costa Rican Narcotrafficking Prosecutors | Citizen Security | Florida international University was awarded $600,000 through a Merida/CARSI grant. The project entitled "Case Tracking and Performance Systems for Costa Rican Narcotrafficking Prosecutors" hopes to improve Justice System Efficiency/Effectiveness. | $ 600,000.00 | Fiscalia, Master Lex | San Jose | 8/1/2010 | 12/31/2011 | |||||
| POL/Econ | Costa Rica Juvenile Justice Systems and Post Prison Rehabilitaion Project | Citizen Security | The Urban Institute was awarded a $100,000 grant to provide the following:1) Evidenced-Based Practice Seminar for Juvenile Justice Forum and Stakeholder Conference participants, including Task Force members; 2) mini-trainings on evaluation analysis and reporting and pilot project planning, analysis and reporting; 3) a seminar on public and media outreach in the context of research, evaluation and pilot projects in the juvenile justice; and 4) ongoing technical assistance and mentoring at each stage of the project for DCI, task force members, and evaluation and project pilot agencies and site(s). | $ 100,000.00 | San Jose | 7/1/2010 | 12/31/2011 | ||||||
| POL/Econ | Cumple y Gana (Comply and Win) | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | Increased understanding of national labor laws and norms, worked to create more effective and reliable inspection systems in the Ministries of Labor to enforce labor laws, and to increase and improve the use of mediation and conciliation to solve labor conflicts. | $ 276,000.00 | FUNPADEM | San Jose | 1/1/2008 | 12/31/2012 | |||||
| POL/Econ | Equipment and furniture donation | Citizen Security | INL donated $6,130 worth of equipment and furniture to Ministry of Public Security - Drugs Control Police (PCD) new station in Limón to support their operations. | $ 6,130.00 | 2 computers 13 beds |
Limon | 4/14/2010 | 4/14/2010 | |||||
| POL/Econ | Equipment Donation | Citizen Security | INL Donated $103K worth of equipment to the Judicial Investigative Organization (OIJ) Interpol Office to support their investigative and surveillance operations. | $ 103,000.00 | Electronics, Surveillance and Tactical Equipment. | Judicial Police | San Jose | 6/22/2010 | 6/22/2010 | ||||
| POL/Econ | Equipment donation | Citizen Security | INL donated $5,049 worth of equipment to the Judicial Investigative Police (OIJ) Audiovisuals and Photography section to support their operations. | $ 5,049.00 | 1 Blue ray disc recorder 2 Laptop computer 1 Printer |
San Jose | 6/24/2010 | 6/24/2010 | |||||
| POL/Econ | Equipment donation | Citizen Security | INL donated $34,575 worth of equipment to support Ministry Public Security - Air Section operations. | $ 34,575.00 | 3 Electronic flight instrument system | Ministry of Public Security - Air Surveillance Section | San Jose;#Alajuela | 3/19/2010 | 3/19/2010 | ||||
| POL/Econ | ESF Grant Award -Accion Joven | Citizen Security | Economic Support Funds were awarded to NGO Accion Joven to begin working with youth at risk in Limon. The project targets the public high school in Limon and works to keep the children in school. | $ 200,000.00 | 1200 | San Jose;#Limon | 9/1/2011 | 9/30/2012 | |||||
| POL/Econ | ESF Grant Award -Boy with a Ball | Citizen Security | Economic Support Funds from CARSI were awarded to NGO Boy with a Ball that will work with youth at risk in precaurios El Triangalo and Los Cuadros. | $ 150,000.00 | 2000 | NGO Boy with a Ball | San Jose | 9/1/2011 | 9/30/2012 | ||||
| POL/Econ | ESF Grant Award -Children Without Borders | Citizen Security | Economic Support Funds were awarded to Children Without Borders for their youth center project in Leon XIII. Leon XIII is identified as one of CHinchilla's targeted communities for her public security efforts. | $ 200,000.00 | 1000 | San Jose | 9/1/2011 | 9/30/2012 | |||||
| POL/Econ | ESF Grant Award -FundaVida | Citizen Security | Economic Support Funds were awarded to NGO FundaVida for their work with children at risk. The deliver computer and english classes for children in Alajuelita and 27 de Julio. | $ 150,000.00 | 900 | San Jose | 9/1/2011 | 9/30/2012 | |||||
| POL/Econ | ESF Grant: Sports, Studies and Human Development | Citizen Security | Support efforts to combat drug use, drug distribution and crime targeting youth at risk. Club Sport La Libertad Foundation uses a program called Sports, Studies and Human Development to reach at-risk youth in Pavas neighborhood. | $ 78,716.00 | 160 | Club Sport La Libertad Foundation | San Jose | 9/23/2011 | 9/22/2012 | ||||
| POL/Econ | Federal Trade Commision Interchange with GOCR Counterparts | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | A representative of the Federal Trade Commision (FTC) in the area of consumer protection worked with GOCR counterparts in the Ministry of Economy and the General Prosecutor's office for two one-week periods. | $ 2,000.00 | 40 | 40 | GOCR | San Jose | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||
| POL/Econ | Grant for EARTH University from USAID American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) | Environment | DCHA/ASHA is providing assistance in support of some of the construction activities that will be taking place on EARTH’s campus, i.e., the Center for Innovation and the Transformation of Knowledge, i.e., a community outreach training center; student housing; a research laboratory; and classrooms. The grant cycle is from 9/29/10 to 6/30/13. | $ 800,000.00 | EARTH University | Guanacaste | 9/29/2010 | 6/30/2013 | |||||
| POL/Econ | Harnessing Intellectual Property to Protect and Promote Traditional Arts and Crafts and to E | Cultural Education Programs | The conference is a partnership between the
International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI), the Organization of
American States (OAS / OEA), the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO), and the Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI). The objective of the conference is to educate artists and policy makers in Mexico and Central America about how they can harness current intellectual property laws to protect and market their traditional arts and preserve their culture. |
5 | 40 | CONAI | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 11/1/2010 | 11/1/2010 | ||||
| POL/Econ | Judges and Prosecutor IPR Study Trip to Puerto Rico | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | The United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) hosted four judges and a prosecutor on an IPR study trip to Puerto Rico. | $ 10,000.00 | 5 | 20 | GOCR | San Jose | 1/11/2010 | 1/13/2010 | |||
| POL/Econ | Julia Taft Funds Grant | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | Provide eighteen loans of $500 to $1000 to refugee women in urban areas of Costa Rica. | $ 20,000.00 | 18 | Association of Professionals in Development for Promotion of Persons in Poverty (APRODE) | San Jose | 7/31/2009 | 7/31/2010 | ||||
| POL/Econ | LGBT Migrant Training | Humanitarian Assistance | pilot initiative in Costa Rica to create a national working group of civil society organization, government institutions and LGBT organizations to address the specific protection and assistance needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender migrants. This working group would promote the rights of LGBT migrants and aim to incorporate their specific needs into existing protection frameworks; stimulate links between migrant and LGBT organizations; exchange and disseminate information about migration and LGBT issues; and strengthen national collective actions in this regard. This working group would serve as a permanent space for dialogue and concerted actions to defend the rights of LGBT migrants. This pilot initiative responds to a specific request of the donor. | $ 15,000.00 | San Jose | 2/7/2012 | 12/31/2012 | ||||||
| POL/Econ | NARUC / USAID Latin America Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | Bringing regulators from Latin America and the
Caribbean together, this workshop introduced regulatory tools used around the
globe to promote Renewable Energy and delve into regional challenges and
successes in Renewable Energy deployment. NARUC: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners |
$ 38,300.00 | 26 | 11 | 15 | Costa Rica Utility Regulator (ARESEP) | San Jose;#Alajuela;#Cartago;#Heredia;#Guanacaste;#Puntarenas;#Limon | 8/24/2010 | 8/25/2010 | ||
| POL/Econ | Overseas Treasury Advisor | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | The Dept. of Treasury has two full-time and two intermittent Overseas Treasury Advisors (OTA) working on debt structuring, infrastructure finance, and financial crimes. | $ 850,000.00 | San Jose | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | ||||||
| POL/Econ | Police Reform Project | Citizen Security | Merida/CARSI funded a police reform project that aims the professionalization of the MPS Uniformed Police through training on community policing, correcting systemic errors within the institution, and advising on the restructuring of the Police Academy. | $ 420,000.00 | 217 | Ministry of Public Security | San Jose | 4/1/2010 | 9/30/2010 | ||||
| POL/Econ | Prevention, protection, promotion of penal processes, and services to women and teen vict | Humanitarian Assistance | The overall goal is to improve the quality of life of trafficking victims, specifically through the attempted reduction of trafficking for sexual exploitation. This will be accomplished through protection and services to adult and teen victims and promoting consciousness-raising and training about human trafficking | $ 100,000.00 | 2500 | 900 | Fundacion Rahab | San Jose | 2/1/2010 | 2/1/2011 | |||
| POL/Econ | Taft Refugee Fund: Computer Training Lab & Micro-Credit Program | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | To establish a computer training lab for refugees at the Desamparados "House of Rights" (Casa de Derechos) and to establish a micro-credit program to help refugees purchase basic supplies to start small enterprises. | $ 19,992.00 | NGO: Association of International Consultants and Advisors (ACAI) | San Jose | 6/27/2008 | 6/30/2011 | |||||
| POL/Econ | Taft Refugee Fund: Promoting Refugee Self-Reliance through Micro-Credit | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | Small micro-credit loans and livelihood skills to refugees and local residents living in vulnerable conditions | $ 25,000.00 | 92 | Association of Development Professionals (APRODE) | San Jose | 9/1/2011 | 8/31/2012 | ||||
| POL/Econ | Taft Refugee Fund: Short-Term Vocational Training | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | The funds will provide intensive short-term vocational training sessions to sixty refugees and grants for internships to twenty refugees all with the aim of creating stable employment in Costa Rica. In addtion, the funds will support fifteen refugees with the costs of validating of foreign technical degrees. The project will include short training sessions for all of these ninety-five refugees to improve their job application skills, understanding of national labor laws and motivation. | $ 9,000.00 | 95 | NGO: Association of International Consultants and Advisors (ACAI) | San Jose | 8/26/2010 | 5/31/2012 | ||||
| POL/Econ | Taft Refugee Fund: Training Center & Orthodontic Center | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | To equip a training center where refugees learn about self-sufficiency and to provide dentistry services that will enable refugees to to obtain free or low cost dental care. | $ 19,935.00 | NGO: Association of International Consultants and Advisors (ACAI) | San Jose | 7/25/2007 | 6/30/2011 | |||||
| POL/Econ | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Citizen Security | The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is working with counterpart regulators in various Latin American countries to ensure sustainable programs for the enforcement of national regulation of nuclear and radioactive materials. (Assistance amounts will be updated when available) | San Jose | 4/9/2012 | 5/1/2014 | |||||||
| POL/Econ | US Government Representative at Conference | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | A representative of the US Patent and Trademark Office participated in a workshop jointly sponsored by the telecommunications regulator SUTEL and the ministry of foreign trade COMEX. | $ 2,000.00 | 60 | 60 | 2 | GOCR | San Jose | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | ||
| POL/Econ | US Patent and Trademark Office Training in USA | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2010 provided intellectual property (IP) training to Government of Costa Rica (GOCR) officials in the following areas: Trademark Examiniation; Patent Design; IPR Border Enforcement; Advanced Patents; Copyrights; IPR Enforcement Study Tour. Ten individuals from five different GOCR agencies participated in this training in the USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy campus in Arlington, Virginia. | $ 26,000.00 | 10 | 520 | GOCR | San Jose | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | |||
| POL/Econ | USAID ACERCA Energy Efficiency Committee Meeting | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | ACERCA: Asociación Coordinadora de Entidades Reguladoras de Energía Eléctrica de América Central | $ 4,742.00 | 15 | 9 | 10 | ACERCA / ARESEP | San Jose | 8/26/2010 | 8/27/2010 | ||
| USTR | Technical Assistance in MSB Sector Supervision & Examination | Social, Commercial and Economic Assistance | Beginning on Nov. 29, 2010, a Technical Advisor for the IRS spent one week conducting an assessment and providing capacity building in the supervision and examination of the Money Services Business (MSB) sector with respect to AML compliance issues. On December 2, 2010, she delivered a one-day presentation on MSB examinations to seventeen (17) examiners from SUGEF and analysts from ICD and OIJ. | $ 6,800.00 | 17 | 8 | SUGEF, ICD, and OIJ | San Jose | 11/29/2010 | 12/5/2010 | |||
| $ 39,085,590.37 | 272,618 | 9,815 | 42,296 | ||||||||||