Costa Rica participates in international dance contest • costadevelopers.com

In the country there are a number of academies that taught lessons of dance, ballet, and other disciplines.

Costa Rican dance will be exposed to an audience varied in a contest in Panama where contestants from other countries will be presented in the active dance activity that promotes the exchange of experiences between Panama and the countries present.
Active dance competition will feature the participation of children and Costa Rican adolescents presenting six choreographies in the Panamanian National Theater in the coming days.
This event will include dancers from Mexico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela and United States. The representatives of Costa Rica are part of the Body Language Academy.
This is the fifth consecutive Edition of dance activated, an event that has the support of the National Institute of culture of Panama.
Julieta García, who is the Director of the Association of Costa Rica, told La Nacion newspaper that his dancers will show six choreography in the competition, which is divided into two categories (junior and teen).
'We are 12 dancers, ages 8 to 17, for the respective modalities. They dance jazz, hip hop, lyrical jazz and tap", said the Director of the group having two years of existence.
The dance active activity will reward the first four places. It will provide a medal (diamond, gold, silver and bronze, depending on the position), as well as scholarships for studying in the Ballet Hispanico of New York, Joffery Ballet School in New York and Ballet from the sea of Venezuela".
Activity will also feature activities taught by talented and recognized professionals in the contemporary dance, ballet and hip hop.
Participants will have the opportunity to enjoy these workshops throughout the days of the event and it will be divided into different categories according to the age of the present.
The activity starts on October second activity and its awards gala will take place on October 6^th.
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Costa Rica could be country destination for pilot UN plan • costadevelopers.com

On the country for example is study data about natural disasters and how to improve the relevance of education.

Costa Rica could be the first country in Latin America that has a laboratory of Global Pulse, called press Lab, because the Government already requested the United Nations assess to Costa Rica as a destination country.
The Ambassador of Costa Rica to the United Nations, Eduardo Ulibarri started this year a rapprochement with Roberto Kirkpatrick, leader of Global press, after which the President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla said in May the Secretary General of the UN, Ban-ki Moon to assess to the country as a destination to start operations with a laboratory.
Press Labs are centers of technological innovation that are installed in countries where there is a use of local knowledge and innovation, which are woven alliances and create approaches for monitoring data in real time to solve problems and opportunities.
Participate in these centers analysts, developers’ designers and staff from the public and private sectors, as well as members of the United Nations to explore ideas and develop tools able to recognize "smoke signals" digital arising from different data.
The United Nations decided to carry out a feasibility study in Costa Rica to contemplate the establishment of a press Lab in Costa Rica, followed, almost with certainty their implementation give the country.
This study which still does not have a specific date, would take about a month and a half and its cost would be around $20 thousand dollars. The funding is managed by Costa Rica. With these possible allies, local conditions would be identified and to what extent it could access data.
"They have shown interest because Costa Rica has certain technological and academic development, a set of resources suitable for a centre of this kind and there are historically a tradition of non-intervention of the Government, international agencies opening and a civil society responsive to these opportunities", told Ulibarri to La Nacion newspaper.
Currently there are laboratories in New York, Kampala in Uganda and another in Jakarta Indonesia. If the opening is given in Costa Rica, it would be the first country in Latin America to have press Lab.
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Costa Rica is number one in Latin America in human capital • costadevelopers.com

The quality of workers in Costa Rica has been key for the attraction of foreign direct investment to the country.

According to the first edition of the report of Human Capital by the World Economic Forum, Costa Rica took place 35 of 122 countries, ranking the first in Latin America to provide the best conditions for the development of its workforce and local talent. The general list is led by Switzerland, Finland and Singapore.
According to Gabriela LLobet, General Director of the Costa Rican Coalition of development initiatives (CINDE) investment that takes place in country in education and health, as well as the generation of quality employment jobs, have allowed the formation of a talented workforce and competitive.
"This new index positioning reaffirms us that the quality of our human resources stands out in the world and especially in the region" said Llobet.
According to the study prepared by the World Economic Forum, the index shows the virtuous circle that multinational companies represent for countries. In Costa Rica for example and in terms of attracting foreign direct investment, they operate more than 250 foreign companies of high technology, which the country carry out innovative processes and provide services of high quality to the whole world.
"These companies provide employees opportunities for work of high quality, where they interact with new technologies and learn new skills. This impacts positively the formation of worker and its quality", concluded the Director.
The methodology used by the Forum measures the ability of countries to develop healthy, well educated and capable workers through four pillars: education, health and welfare workers, employment, and environment facilitator.
In the country have entered many foreign companies specially dedicated to the provision of high-tech services, for this reason, national companies have invested in improving the conditions of attraction for these multinational companies.
Alajuela and Cartago are two of the provinces where large-scale industrial parks will soon open to hosts a significant number of international companies that will soon begin operations in Costa Rica.
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Costa Rica participates in flowers fair in Colombia • costadevelopers.com

Costa Rica representatives together with other 11 countries will participate in the sample shopping flowers most important of America, according to the agency EFE.

For the year 2012 Costa Rica exported flowers for a value of $36 million to 23 destinations around the world.

In activity is expected to attend 1500 buyers and suppliers from different countries.

According to the news agency, more than 180 companies will be present in the Colombian capital Bogotá with the motive of entering Proflora, where besides Costa Rica, Holland, Israel, Spain, United States, Russia, China, Germany and Italy will be present.

In this activity participants will have access to crops of species of both national and international exhibitions, as well as machinery, supplies and services in the industry. According to ProFlora and the Colombian flower exports Association (Asocolflores).

In this show, which will be held for about four days, stands out the presence of Holland, a country which will have representatives from 16 companies, specializing in technology greenhouses, irrigation, soil and logistics industry.

Holland controls about 50% of international trade in horticulture and floriculture, in Latin America Colombia is one of the important countries internationally in the trade of flowers.

This European country was constituted in 2012 as the top exporter of ornamental plants in the world, with a stake of 50.4% of global sales, according to information from the Embassy of Colombia.

"Colombia, when dealing with the second as the leading exporter of flowers, is a great potential to expand our bilateral economic relations in this sector", said in a statement the Ambassador of Holland in the country, Robert van Embden.

Activity will feature various attractions, such as exhibitions, golf tournament, competitions of decor and ambience, and a party to close the activity.

According to Asocolflores event means a business opportunity for interested companies around the world. Its first edition took place in 1991 and has become the most important fair of flowers of America.

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Theme parks of Costa Rica are attractive for tourists │ costadevelopers.com

In Costa Rica visitors theme parks have remained centres of tourist attraction both for domestic as for foreign

In the country are several theme parks, sites where visitors can interact directly with animal species and appreciate the wonderful nature that is in these places.

Some of them, are Africa Mia in Guanacaste province, INBioparque, rescue Zoo Ave Center and other more

While some of these sites have experienced difficult economic experiences, the arrival of visitors has kept them in operation for several years. The Costa Rican Institute of tourism

indicates that there are approximately about 32 theme parks in Costa Rica, within zoos, rural farms, coffee or chocolate tours, tourist sites of adventure and spaces to develop eco tourism.

Soon will be added to the country parks like Water Kingdom and Sun Ranch, these will be located in the province of Guanacaste, although still have not set a date for its opening, because the same construction has not started.

According to surveys carried out by the Costa Rican Institute of tourism 7 of every 10 visitors entering by the international airports of the country made some kind of adventure.
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Within the most typical are the bird watching, hiking trails, canopy and visit to hot springs resorts. Some of these adventure activities are within the parks.

One of the most attractive offering these resorts correspond to the interaction of people with environmental

Tourists vary the activities engaged in, for example, foreigners are emerging as more visitors adventure parks, while the nationals are more prone to the natural attractions.

Some of the tourist parks are characterized by integrating a didactic variable on history, culture and nature.

Theme parks consulted by El Financiero newspaper are scheduled to carry out infrastructure improvements to become more attractive to national and international tourists.

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Costa Rica obtained $1335 million in FDI from January to July 2013 │ costadevelopers.com

Administration Chinchilla Miranda has focused on the promotion of foreign investment through participation in activities international.

During the first six months of the year, Costa Rica had a turnover of the sum of $1335, 3 million in foreign direct investment (FDI), in addition its exports totaled $2932,7 million, according to data from the Ministry of foreign trade (COMEX).

According to the relevant authorities in Costa Rica, the dynamism in the approach of foreign direct investment has benefited the exports of services, which in the first half of 2013 were 7.7% more compared to the same period in the previous year.

Foreign direct investment that arrived to Costa Rica between January and June of 2013 represents a 15.4% compared to the first half of the year 2012, according to data from the Central Bank.

Within industrial sectors most benefited with this dynamism were the real estate, manufacturing sector, textiles, biotechnology and paper.

"Was observed in the service sector, greater dynamism in the energy sector and information services related to digital images", they captured 50% of the foreign resources aimed at the services industry, reported in a press release.
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"The sustained growth of exports of services shows the increasingly important role that this activity is within the national economy, representing a 33.7% of the total exports of Costa Rica during this first half," said Minister of foreign trade, Anabel González, in a statement.

"These results are a sample of the dynamism and sophistication of our exportable supply, directly linked with the effort that we made in the area of attracting investment," added Gonzalez.

Some of the services of exports from Costa Rica belong to the computer industry and business services, which recorded transactions by 892,2 million and 414,8 million dollars between January and June, respectively.

Services business and computer science are offered in the country, accounted for 44.6% of total services exports in the first half, recorded a growth of 8.9% over the previous year.

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EXPOMED seeks to promote medical tourism in Costa Rica │ costadevelopers.com

Medical tourism is one of the most prosperous businesses in the tourism industry in Costa Rica thanks to its quality of care and costs competitive.

The national forum of health tourism organizes the annual ExpoMed this coming October 29 at the Crowne Plaza Corobici Hotel San Jose.
Activity has the support of the Ministry of health, the Pan American Health Organization, the College of physicians, Procomer and Promed.
The 2013 Edition of the ExpoMed will bring together hundreds of professionals in the areas of dentistry, investors and professionals in tourism, companies of the tourism industry and health, in order to learn about best practices in the field of the promotion and dissemination of medical under the highest tourism and the guarantee to protect the image of Costa Rica.
Activity talks, workshops and advice will be provided and there will be a business conference, where more than 400 attendees can exchange experiences and information about the future of medical tourism in Costa Rica.
"With ExpoMED we want to emphasize the importance of quality and accreditation of services of health, tourism and recovery as the key to success in the promotion of the country as a destination for medical tourism. For which Costa Rica strengthen its leadership as one of the most attractive medical destinations have to redouble efforts in education, training and comply with international standards of quality and patient safety", said Dr. Jorge Cortes, President of Promed in national media.
The Ministry of health of Costa Rica and Promed recently signed a cooperation agreement to develop a plan of action between the two in order to educate patients on issues of quality and accreditation of health services and care that exist in Costa Rica, also seek development in health sector private, a continuous quality based on compliance with international standards to ensure the safety of patients.
"Thanks to the signing of this agreement there is a set a commitment to comply with specifications and regulations which have the Ministry of health and PROMED. The Convention includes specific actions such as the creation of working groups on specific topics, as well as the Organization of fairs, trainings and campaigns", said Dr. Francisco Gólcher, director Comptroller of services of the Ministry of health.
The country hopes to reach the goal of 100 000 tourists of health income in 2014 with an approximately $800 million in foreign exchange generation.
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