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Add to Preferred SourcesOn the first-ever official visit of any European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development to Costa Rica, the current Commissioner Neven Mimica confirms the EU’s commitment to support the country’s sustainable development and economic growth.
Commissioner Mimica will meet President Luis Guillermo Solís to discuss a variety of issues, such as governance, innovation and science, as well as Costa Rica’s role in regional programmes on economic integration, security, and climate change. Commissioner Mimica will present the EU’s new approach to development cooperation, laid out in the European Consensus on Development.
At this occasion, he commented: “The new European Consensus opens new possibilities for cooperation on development policy with higher income countries such as Costa Rica. We are working with Costa Rica to identify the areas where the EU’s support can be most helpful. At the same time we have a lot to learn from Costa Rica’s experience as a country in transition.”
The visit will be also an opportunity to re-launch the social dialogue on gender equality and empowerment of women to contribute to economic growth in the country and speed up progress towards all sustainable development goals.
The Commissioner will also announce a €3.5 million contribution within the LAIF programme (promoting investment through the Latin America Investment Facility), an ad hoc blending financing on water and sanitation for preparatory studies, able to mobilise €121 million. The EU Commissioner will highlight the need for the country to attract additional public and private finance to drive economic growth as a basis to ensure equal access to the clean water to all. Finally, the Commissioner and senior European Commission officials will participate on a panel discussion hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Development Cooperation with Middle Income Countries and EU-Costa Rica future engagement.
Original source: European Commission.
Posted on 19 July. 2017.