Software Industry Dev. Support

This nonreimbursable technical cooperation seeks to improve the competitiveness of Costa Rica's software industry. The three program components are: a) education, to strengthen the labor supply to the industry be redefining curricula, providing appropriate training for education personnel, and designing and adapting modern training techniques; b) quality, to introduce quality management systems and strengthen the domestic market for training, technical assistance, and auditing of quality control systems; andc) providing the Chamber of Information Processing Applications (CAPROSOFT) with the tools to become a leadership institution. The education component funds five main activities: a) a study of the industry's changing human resource needs and the existing and potential supply of professional and technical education; b) a curriculum review to overcome shortcomings detected during the first activity and modernization of school programs (technical schools, para-university, graduate, and post-graduate) by drawing upon examples of best practice; c) development and implementation of a program for training trainers, especially in the area of technical training; d) design and supply of systems for implementing new teaching methods; and e) increasing women's participation in the sector by designing and introducing gender equity promotion programs for female information technology students. The quality component funds three activities: a) a training program for providers of advisory and quality control training services to the software industry; b) a program for the transfer of technology that introduces quality standards in software firms; and c) the fostering of a "quality culture" by creating a Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) association in Costa Rica, associated with the worldwide SPIN network, to promote quality in software production. The CAPROSOFT component funds five activities: a) development of alliances among the major players in the sector, with equitable representation for firms of all sizes in the forging of a leadership capability; b) formulating a strategic plan to strengthen CAPROSOFT institutionally; c) institutional strengthening of firms in the industry through management training for individual firms; d) a technology publicity and dissemination program; and e) promoting the production of quality software, through process and product certification

Project Detail

Country

Costa Rica

Project Number

TC9811234

Approval Date

June 2, 1999

Project Status

Closed

Project Type

Technical Cooperation

Sector

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Subsector

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Lending Instrument

Multilateral Investment Fund Instrument

Lending Instrument Code

MIF

Modality

Facility Type

Environmental and Social Impact Category (ESIC)

Total Cost

USD 2,500,000.00

Country Counterpart Financing

USD 1,000,000.00

Original Amount Approved

USD 1,500,000.00

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Implementation Phase

https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1807267615-3847

Project Performance Monitoring Reports

PPMR for MIF project TC9811234 - ATN_MH-6538-CR July, 2000 [1782910].PDF

Dec. 31, 1999

Spanish

https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1807267615-3848

Project Performance Monitoring Reports

PPMR for MIF project TC9811234 - ATN_MH-6538-CR June, 2001 [1782911].PDF

Dec. 31, 1999

Spanish

https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1807267615-5

Procurement Plan

Plan de Adquisiciones [676984].DOC

Dec. 31, 1999

Other

https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1807267615-4

Procurement Plan

Plan de Adquisiciones [656278].DOC

Dec. 31, 1999

Other

https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1807267615-8882

Donors Memorandum

Software Sector Competitiveness Support Program [447908].PDF

Dec. 31, 1999

English

https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1807267615-8883

Donors Memorandum

Programa de apoyo a la competitividad del sector _software_ [447910].PDF

Dec. 31, 1999

Spanish

Closed Phase

https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1807267615-2

Project Completion Report

PCR - ATN_MH-6538-CR (TC9811234) Programa de Apoyo a la Competitividad Sector Software_ [516525].PDF

Dec. 31, 1999

Spanish

https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1807267615-545

Final Evaluation Report

Apoyo al Sector de Software de Costa Rica - Informe Final del Ejecutor MIF_AT-256 [565110].DOC

Dec. 31, 1999

Spanish

https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1807267615-542

Final Evaluation Report

Apoyo a la competitividad del sector software de Costa Rica - Eval_ Final MIF_AT-256 [564092].DOC

Jul. 14, 2005

Spanish