Costa Rica: Intercultural Policies for social inclusion and generation of opportunities
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $4,800,000
Delivery Rate
Main Achievements
- Promotion of intercultural dialogue to foster processes and decision-making that are inclusive and respect cultural diversity.
- Revision and analysis of sector policies on agriculture, healthcare, education, culture, and the economy.
- Five intercultural and local food festivals (FICONUTI) were developed with the aim of applying best practices and promoting cultural diversity.
The Programme promotes the cultural and social inclusion of marginalised groups and the potential for production of the creative sector and takes as a starting point La Libertad Park, a space for artistic, ecological and cultural-production related projects, which will serve 15 marginalised districts in the country’s largest built-up urban area; comprising 700,000 inhabitants (29% of the Greater Metropolitan Area and 16.5% of the country).
It seeks to foster cultural policies in specific communities in order to prove the relevance of culture in supporting the achievement of the MDGs and to strengthen institutional capacity by means of lessons learned. It is based on 35 years of public programmes which have successfully included minorities and whose coverage can be extrapolated to a wide and diverse population with the necessary co-ordination and resources. It will provide strategic support to the development of institutional competences and of inter-sectoral co-ordination in intercultural policies, based on previous experiences which can be disseminated on a larger scale, managing adjustments and reforms to improve them.