This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV), under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director, and the supervision of Anna Pietikäinen, Head of GOV’s Regulatory Policy Division. The work was overseen by Manuel Gerardo Flores Romero, Co-ordinator of the Regulatory Policy Programme in Latin America. The report was drafted by members of the OECD's Regulatory Policy Division and consultants. The main authors are Andrés Blancas Martínez, Adriana García Campos, Erik Pérez Pérez and Manuel Gerardo Flores Romero.
The OECD thanks the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promoter (PROCOMER) for its support and the assistance provided during the development of the report, in particular, Marvin Rodríguez Durán, Trade and Investment Facilitation Manager; Wilford Zamora Chacón, Director of the One-Stop Shop for Investment; Ricardo Zúñiga Soto, Product Manager; and Marcela Brooks Calderón.
The OECD also thanks the representatives of the public entities that participate in the One-Stop Shop for Investment (VUI in Spanish) for sharing their work to promote online procedures: the Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX); the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC); the State Phytosanitary Service (SFE); the Ministry of Finance; the National Animal Health Service (SENASA); the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS); the Ministry of Health (MS); the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Communications (MICITT); the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE); the National Commission for Biodiversity Management (CONAGEBIO); the National Environmental Technical Secretariat (SETENA); the National Institute of Housing and Urban Planning (INVU); the Ministry of Housing and Human Settlements (MIVAH); the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT); the Directorate of Migration and Foreigners (DGME); and the National Geographic Institute (IGN). In addition, the OECD also thanks the Municipal Governments of Desamparados, Alajuela, Vázquez de Coronado and Grecia for their willingness to provide information on the involvement of municipal governments in the One-Stop Shop for Investment.
Finally, the OECD expresses its gratitude to the Costa Rican College of Engineers (CFIA), the Costa Rican Chamber of Industry (CICR), the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce (CCCR), the Costa Rican Real Estate Development Council, and to representatives of the business sector for sharing their vision and opinions of the VUI.