Notice of Funding Opportunity Funding Opportunity Title: Funding for English Language, STEAM & Entrepreneurship Programs Funding Opportunity Number: 4112-FY20-01 Deadline for Applications: July 8, 2020 CFDA Number: 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs Total Amount Available: $100,000 (minimum of $10,000 to a maximum of $25,000 per award) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 9 June, 2020 | Topics: Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs | Tags: and mathematics, arts and design, engineering, English Language, Notice of Funding Opportunity, STEAM, technology
A group of 27 Costa Rican women entrepreneurs graduated from the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE). This program allowed this group of entrepreneurs to learn new skills, create business plans and explore fundamental topics to help their commercial activities grow as they build a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities. U.S. Ambassador …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 2 June, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, News, Public Affairs
The U.S. Embassy through its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) donated eight canines to Costa Rica’s police forces. The official donation took place during the promotion ceremony of the National Police Academy, where U.S. Ambassador Sharon Day highlighted that the curriculum of the Police Academy now includes a course on K-9 …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 9 December, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs
The Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) donated six Suzuki DR-650 motorcycles to the municipalities of Alajuelita, Mora and Desamparados. Each municipality received two motorcycles that, according to mayors, will support and improve their citizen security programs.
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 29 August, 2019 | Topics: Events, Featured Event, Press Releases, Public Affairs | Tags: Alajuelita, INL, Mora, Municipalidad de Desamparados, Security
We invite you to follow us on our new Instagram account @USEmbassySJO and learn about all the cool and impactful work we do in Costa Rica. Pura Vida! You can expect to see unique images of the work we do in Costa Rica, the bilateral relationship between our two countries, the different programs we develop …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 21 July, 2019 | Topics: Featured Event, Public Affairs | Tags: instagram
The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) will arrive in Puntarenas on Sunday, July 21 to offer free medical care in the country from July 23 to 27 as part of the United States’ support to the region, which suffers from the political crisis in Nicaragua and Venezuela, and related migration challenges. Attention to be …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 15 July, 2019 | Topics: Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs
Seventy students had or will have the opportunity to learn English thanks to the English Access Microscholarship program sponsored by the U.S. Embassy. After a two-year intensive English program, 40 students will finally graduate with an advanced intermediate level of English proficiency. As the forty students say goodbye to the Access program, we welcome 30 …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 5 March, 2019 | Topics: News, Press Releases, Public Affairs | Tags: Access program, English
The U.S. Embassy, in partnership with the Universidad Latina, the Costa Rica Journalists’ Guild and the Freedom of Press and Expression Institute (IPLEX) organized a special program for journalist and journalism students on digital tools for journalists. Expert Sandra Crucianelli was the keynote speaker and shared with the audience a number of useful digital tools …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 17 May, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases, Public Affairs
Youth Ambassadors Program A total of nine high school students and one English teacher will represent Costa Rica this year in the Youth Ambassadors program. The first group of six students will travel in January during three weeks to the United States, and will visit Washington D.C.; Marquette, Michigan and San Antonio, Texas. A second …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 10 January, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Featured Event, Public Affairs | Tags: Ambassador Day, San Carlos, Youth Ambassadors
Community College Scholarship Program José Rodolfo Gámez, Génnesis González, Brandon Navarro, Brandon González, Natalie Ulate, Duvan José Ramírez and Jefferson Phillips, graduates from technical high schools, will study Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers at community colleges in Orlando, Florida; Reno, Nevada; Appleton, Wisconsin; and Seattle, Washington for two years. The Community College Scholarship …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 18 December, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Featured Event, Public Affairs | Tags: Ambassador Day, BNC, Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano, CINDE, CRUSA
ACCESS 2017 San Jose, December 7th, 2017 U.S. Ambassador Sharon Day celebrated the graduation of 121 students from the English Access Microscholarship and CARSI English programs that the U.S. government sponsors and the Binational Center imparts in Costa Rica. After two years of efforts and dedication, these students graduated with an intermediate advanced English proficiency which allows them to …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 7 December, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, English Language Learning, Events, Public Affairs | Tags: Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano
Costa Rican Forensics Labs are now internationally accredited thanks to support from the U.S. Embassy’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). Now the labs fulfill the ISO 17020 and 17025 specifications for forensics topics in toxicology, chemical analysis and biochemistry, which represent 60 percent of the tasks that the forensics labs in …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 30 October, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, News, Public Affairs | Tags: Ambassador Day, Forensics Labs, ISO 17020, ISO 7025, OIJ, Sharon Day
Friday, September 15, 2017 STATEMENT BY SECRETARY TILLERSON On behalf of the Government of the United States, we congratulate the people of Costa Rica on the196th anniversary of your independence on September 15th. The strength and depth of our countries´ relationship is evident not only in our joint efforts to promote regional prosperity and security, …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 15 September, 2017 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs | Tags: Rex Tillerson
The U.S. Embassy most recently visited Limon where it donated $12,000 worth of tech equipment, participated in the “Dia del Negro” Parade, and met with emerging and established entrepreneurs. Chargé d’Affaires Robin Matthewman reiterated U.S. Embassy support to young students of Limon with a special donation of technological and robotics equipment, a donation that will …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 12 September, 2017 | Topics: Charge D’Affaires, Events, Public Affairs | Tags: Chargé d’Affaires, Limon, robotics equipment
Ten very talented Costa Rican entrepreneurs will participate in the State Department-sponsored Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI). Among the group, there is a beer maker, a bathing suit producer, and a coffee shop owners, all true reflections of Costa Rica’s entrepreneurial spirit. The YLAI program will take 10 Costa Rican entrepreneurs for five …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 8 September, 2017 | Topics: Events, Featured Event, Public Affairs | Tags: Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
In July, U.S. Embassy San Jose, Minister of Education Sonia Marta Mora, CRUSA President David Gutierrez and Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE) President Luis Gamboa announced a new scholarship program to send promising Costa Rican students from Costa Rica’s public vocational high schools and public schools with International Baccalaureate programs to study STEAM fields …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 3 August, 2017 | Topics: News, Public Affairs | Tags: EducationUSA, scholarships
More than 300 teachers participated in the National Conference of English Teachers that this year focused on skills to inspire young English students from the 21st century, topic that was selected to support the new English program for Costa Rican public schools. Several workshops were conducted during the conference; including the ones that Joan Kan …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 7 February, 2017 | Topics: Education, Events, News, Public Affairs | Tags: BNC
The U.S. Embassy donated 19 canines and four vehicles to the Costa Rican Penitentiary Police as part of the strengthening of this police corps as part of our bilateral assistance program. The donated dogs are Golden Retrievers, Belgium Mallinois and German Shepherds, trained in the Colombian School for dogs of the National Colombian Police. The …
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By U.S. Embassy San Jose | 10 November, 2014 | Topics: Public Affairs
