Our Partners
An initiative from:
The Presidency of the Republic
The Vice Presidency of the Republic of Costa Rica promotes the Northern Zone Border Development Program, to foster greater human development in the North Huetar Region. Huella del Futuro #Footprint4ourFuture is part of this strategy.
The Ministry of Environment and Energy MINAE
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE, for its initials in Spanish) is charged with issuing environmental policies to ensure environmental protections, ecological management, the sustainable use of natural resources, and the promotion of renewable energy sources, to achieve compliance with the objectives and goals proposed in ministerial plans and programs from the country’s National Development plan.
Its mission: “To contribute to improvements in quality of life for the country's inhabitants, by promoting the management, conservation, and sustainable development of the country's environmental and natural elements, goods, services, and resources, thus guaranteeing the necessary and complete harmony between national development activities and respect for nature, as well as the legal consolidation of citizens' rights in this matter.”
National Forest Financing Fund
The National Forest Financing Fund is a public institution associated with the Ministry of the Environment and Energy, created by law to finance small and medium forest producers, through credits and other mechanisms that promote responsible forest management, and through the processes of: afforestation, reforestation, forest nurseries, agroforestry systems, recovery of denuded areas, and technological changes to the use and industrialization of forest resources.
The fund is responsible for implementing and monitoring the Payment Program for Environmental Services (PPSA, for its initials in Spanish), a government incentive to promote the conservation and / or recovery of forest cover, as well as to encourage the sustainable management of forests and forest plantations.
Environmental Bank Foundation (FUNBAM)
The Environmental Bank Foundation (FUNBAM, for its initials in Spanish), a nonprofit entity established in 2008, constitutes a mechanism to manage initiatives that support the Costa Rican government in its duty to guarantee sustainable development, as well as in the fulfillment of national and international goals.
FUNBAM’s Administrative Board is comprised of public sector representatives, including the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE), the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC), the National Forest Financing Fund (FONAFIFO) and, as trustee selected to manage these funds, the National Bank of Costa Rica (BNCR).
FUNBAM manages and administers projects under the strategic guidelines of Biodiversity, Sustainable Productive Landscapes, Water Resources, and Sustainable Cities. The Huella del Futuro #Footprint4ourFuture initiative is included, to varying degrees, within FUNBAM’s four lines of development.
The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN)
The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) is a global program implemented through UNDP; BIOFIN aims to reduce the wide gap in biodiversity financing.
Among its six innovative financial solutions, as well as the More Woman More Nature Program, this initiative promotes public-private partnerships (PPP), the development of the new the Payment for Environmental Services Program (PES) generation, and the diversification of its financing sources.
In this context, BIOFIN has supported the conceptualization, development, and implementation of the Huella del Futuro #Footprint4ourFuture program and our associated financial mechanisms. BIOFIN PNUD also supports the international launch of our campaign and will support international crowdfunding.
BIOFIN was launched in 2012 as a new global alliance to address the challenge of comprehensive biodiversity financing, under a methodology already developed in 30 countries around the world. Our mission is to support governments in building a strong case for increased investment in conservation, sustainable use, and equitable sharing of ecosystem benefits.
The United Nations Development Program
The United Nations Development Program is the United Nations’ development agency, mandated to integrate Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is dedicated to eradicating poverty, inequality, and combating climate change. We work with our extensive network of experts and partners in 170 countries to help nations build integrated and durable solutions for both people and the planet.
The UNDP program in Costa Rica works to facilitate collaborative inter-sectoral action and to support the design and implementation of public policies, based on knowledge instruments, digital transformation, and financing for development, which help accelerate recovery from the impact of COVID-19, the fulfillment of the SDGs, and the transition towards a more green and blue economy, with gender perspective and intersectional analysis for the empowerment of women and girls.
Huella del Futuro #Footprint4ourFuture also utilizes technical information and coordinates actions with various strengthening projects for Aqueduct Administrative Associations (ASADAs) managed by AyA / GEF / UNDP, as well as Productive Landscapes from MINAE / GEF / UNDP and, eventually, the Transition project to a green urban economy (scheduled to begin in July 2021).
With Support From:
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Costa Rica
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Costa Rica is dedicated to promoting and enhancing China-Costa Rica bilateral relations, binational cooperation in multiple areas, and friendship between the two nations. By joining #Footprints4ourFuture campaign, we hope to contribute to the environmental protection and sustainable development of Costa Rica, in order to rebuild hand in hand the link of life between human beings and nature.
The Green Development Fund: GIZ, CCAD and the European Union
The Green Development Fund for the Central American Integration System (the SICA region) is a program funded by both the European Union and Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU, for its initials in German); it is implemented by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ, for its initials in German) in coordination with the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD, for its initials in Spanish), to support consolidation and integration of financial mechanisms, implementation and monitoring at the regional level, and also to provide resources to finance ecosystem restoration projects in prioritized landscapes.
THE GREEN DEVELOPMENT FUND: GIZ, CCAD, AND THE EUROPEAN UNIO
Central American Bank of Economic Integration (CABEI)
Multilateral organization that aims to promote integration and sustainable development in the region, effectively impacting the well-being of society. With the implementation of its Institutional Strategy 2020-2024, CABEI reinforces its role as the Green Bank of Central America, including Environmental and Social Sustainability as part of its strategic axes, through which sustainable initiatives and practices are promoted with the environment and society.
IDOM
IDOM is a company made up of highly qualified independent professionals who enthusiastically face the most ambitious challenges in the fields of Consulting, Engineering and Architecture. Throughout 63 years, we have developed our own philosophy, a personal style of action, based on proximity and commitment to the success of our clients. We are in 125 countries, we have 45 offices, 3800 professionals and 866 partners. We seek excellence in our way of working. Innovation is present in each of our activities, we value sustainable projects and we are committed to environmental protection.
COOCIQUE R.L
Founded on April 11, 1965 as an open savings and credit cooperative, COOCIQUE R.L. has grown and earned the community’s trust for over 55 years; today, the cooperative has more than 100,000 members from various sectors of the national economy. They are the country’s main players in high-impact development within the Northern Region – the most productive in Costa Rica.
They operate model social responsibility programs in areas such as children, youth, women, the elderly, social housing, and productive support. The cooperative is also strong on environmental issues; they are proud recipients of the ecological blue flag award for climate change and are in the process of a country certification program as a carbon-neutral cooperative.
Technical Support:
FUNDECOR
For 29 years, FUNDECOR has been dedicated to creating solutions to environmental problems by enhancing the value of tropical forests and the organization’s ecosystem services. Through this work, the organization designs, implements, and replicates methodologies and strategies that place value on the benefits of nature in the lives of human beings. Through integral management models, FUNDECOR works with all the various players and elements involved in the management of natural resources, across all social, economic, environmental and political levels.
San Carlos Commission Association en Forest Development
The leading NGO in the promotion of sustainable forestry development. Additionally, the association contributes to improving the standard of living for inhabitants of the Huetar Norte region, through the promotion of forest production processes, in order to achieve both social and economic growth for their members and collaborators, thus contributing to the country's forestry development.
Our actions are oriented towards achieving sustainable development and the provision of services in the forestry field.
