Businessmen from Central America and the Dominican Republic ask that ILO Convention 190 not be ratified, arguing that countries already have regulations to deal with violence and harassment in the workplace.
The Federation of Private Entities of Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (Fedepricap), through a statement dated August 9, reported that they agreed to request from the governments "...
Costa Rican authorities signed an agreement for the promotion and consolidation of the country as a wellness tourist destination.
In addition to the cooperation agreement signed between the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) and the Costa Rica Wellness Association, on May 16 the institution awarded a contract to the Costa Rican Technical Standards Institute (INTECO) to develop a national standard that establishes the service requirements that Wellness Spas must meet in order to be accredited.
With the aim of improving quality and professionalizing the product, the trade association of craft brewers of Costa Rica has established an agreement with a high-tech center.
With the signing of the agreement to provide services between the Association of Craft Brewers of Costa Rica (Acacr) and the High Technology Center Foundation (FunCeNAT), 42 breweries will have access to technology to carry out research and improve the product.
The Federation of Metropolitan Municipalities has renewed an agreement with the state power company to produce energy from solid waste and sell it for a period of 25 years.
This agreement was renewed despite the fact that there is still a moratorium in effect on power generation from waste, which it is estimated will be suspended in March, once the regulation governing this activity is ready.
The Chamber of Commerce and the General Department of Customs have signed an agreement for exchange of information and monitoring of imports in order to control the illegal transit of goods.
From a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica:
Monday October 27, 2014. The Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica (CCCR) and the General Department of Customs (DGA) on Monday signed an Agreement for Cooperation Trade Transparency in order to combat all unfair practices in trade, such as smuggling, counterfeiting and other illegal practices.
In Costa Rica a proposal has been made to implement free zone regimes linked to universities with internship programs in companies.
The Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica plans to implement free zone models in Guanacaste linked to universities such as the Earth and Invenio Universities, both located in areas which are far away from the greater metropolitan area.
Chambers of Commerce and Importers in Costa Rica are in direct negotiation with cities in China with high potential as buyers.
The Costa Rican Chamber of Importers (Crecex) has signed agreements with the cities of Hunan, Jinan and Zhejiang, while the Chamber of Commerce (CCCR) did the same with Hubei, Jinan, Tianjin, Hunan and Nianjing.
The signing of the agreements was held at the Seventh China and Latin America Business Summit held in Costa Rica on 26 and 27 November and whose main objective was to promote trade between the two regions.
The Chamber of Industries in Costa Rica is to create a trust with resources collected from its members to improve the equipment of the police force.
The trust will be constituted under an agreement with the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), in order to obtain and manage financial resources provided by the companies associated with the Chamber of Industry, and assign them with the aim of improving the equipment of the Police Force .
The objective of the agreement signed between Costa Rica and Argentina is to fight tax fraud and fiscal evasion.
Both countries will exchange fiscal information in a wide array of forms and subjects.
Jenny Phillips, Treasury Minister, told Elfinancierocr.com: "Given the current global economic reality, it is crucial to exchange tax information between countries, to be able to comply with fiscal requirements imposed by the international community".
The isthmus will improve its presence in the European market through an agreement between Rainforest Alliance and the Central American Tourism Promotion Agency.
Such agreement will make it easier for sustainable tourism companies to market themselves in Europe, said Cristina Surh, marketing director of Rainforest Alliance.
"Joint activities will be focused in events, like tourism fairs.