After the UCCAEP in Costa Rica began to negotiate the lifting of the blockades with the self-proclaimed group Rescate Nacional, promoter of the protests, several business chambers distanced themselves from that decision and others have expressed their support.
Given the wave of protests and blockades that have been reported in the country, which arose after it was reported that to access a loan from the International Monetary Fund for $1.75 billion, the government planned to tax financial transactions, raise the tax on the profits of companies and persons, and increase the tax on real estate. The Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of the Private Business Sector (UCCAEP) decided to negotiate the lifting of the blockades.
For every ten professionals in demand by private companies in Costa Rica between 2014 and 2016, 7 were computer and software engineers.
The growing demand for professionals in careers related to engineering, especially in the area of computing and software development, contrasts increasingly with the demand for professionals in other disciplines, such as social work, which are losing ground as the use of information technologies advances.
The government affects the activity with bureaucratic costs of more than $3,500 for companies who want to use drones.
While in the US there is an online registration process where companies and individuals pay only $5, in Costa Rica the Directorate General of Civil Aviation does not seem to be interested in encouraging the market. An investigation of Elfinancierocr.com reveals that $1,874 has to be paid to obtain certification and to commercially operate the drones, plus $94 per license, an insurance policy for liability and damage to third parties (which is around $1,800), and a course taken whose price varies depending on the school teaching it.
The communication and technology sector predicts that for the next two years it will hire more technical staff and university graduates than licensed professionals with master's degrees or doctorates.
The need for staff with technical rather than academic skills continues to grow in the field of technology and communications. A study by the Chamber of Information Technology and Communication concludes that only 2% of companies in the technology sector in the country plan to hire professionals with a PhD, while only 32% said they expected to hire graduates.
In the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica a bill is being discussed which would impose compulsory licensing for IT and computing professionals.
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The bill that seeks reform of Law No. 7,537, Organic Law of the Association of Professionals in Information Technology and Computing has been ruled on positively in the Commission which is studying it.
The Digital Television Regulations were published last week, with a deadline of August 6 having been set for analysis and suggestions to be made.
According to Antonio Alexandre Garcia, a broadcast operator, "the document leaves questions with respect to all existing concessions of broadcast rights which can not be modified by decree".
"The regulation does not present a channelization plan as requested by the Comptroller General of the Republic to the Vice Ministry of Telecommunications. Regarding the technical criteria for the start of digital broadcasts the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel) is still presenting a proposal with requirements that are 'not final' generating technical concerns in the sector," Garcia said.
The Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies and the American Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce have requested that the bill be vetoed by President Chinchilla.
An article in Elfinancierocr.com echoes the troubles caused by the adoption of the law which "allows without sanction copying of music CDs and movies or counterfeit software", in the national and creative sectors, and in the union that groups together American companies in the country.
The event aims to bring together people from the software and digital animation industries.
Organized by the Trade Office and the Chamber of Information Technology and Communications, the eighth edition of the event will take place on 19 and 20 June at the Hotel Real Intercontinental.
According to the organizers, the event will feature participation by companies from at least 10 countries and 2.000 business meetings will be conducted.
The use of smartphones in the corporate world should be subject to data protection policies and carefully controlled by IT departments.
According to an article in elfinancierocr.com, companies must create mobile device management (MDM) policies in order to ensure information is accessed securely. An inventory of devices also needs to be kept with and provision made to enable them to accessed remotely by IT departments.
Today and tomorrow, companies from 12 countries are meeting in Costa Rica to build ties and identify potential partnerships.
The forum, organized by Costa Rica's export promotion agency (Procomer) and the Chamber of Information and Communication technologies (CAMTIC), will bring together 35 companies from Germany, Canada, China, Guatemala, USA, Spain, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and India.
Grupo Asesor en Informatica provided support for the development of IT project for tax and revenue management
"The Computerworld Honors Program" gave a recognition to a technological project in which the Costa Rican company Grupo Asesor en Informatica was involved.
It is an IT system developed for the Ministry of Finance of Costa Rica, called "New Models of Digital Integrated Tax and Revenue Management", which drew in the category of using technology to benefit society.
IT companies get more than 70 business oportunities through CostaRicaisIT.net marketplace.
Website serves as a marketplace for more than 200 Costa Rican companies of information and communication technologies (ICT) sector and puts IT companies in touch with potential customers, business partners and sponsors from around the world.
The online IT directory CostaRicaisIT.net, which operates as a marketplace for technology companies in Costa Rica, already includes over 200 information and communication technologies (ICT) companies registered and over 70 business opportunities sent by potential clients, business partners and investors from around the world, as well as visitors from 91 different countries.
The Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies (CAMTIC) reiterates to the public its support to the establishment of a free trade agreement between Costa Rica and the Republic of China.
San José, Costa Rica. The Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies (CAMTIC) reiterates to the public its support to the establishment of a free trade agreement between Costa Rica and the Republic of China.
Grupo ICE, composed of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) and its subsidiaries Radiográfica Costarricense (RACSA) and Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL), joined the Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies of Costa Rica (CAMTIC) as a strategic partner since June 2009.
Grupo ICE, composed of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) and its subsidiaries, Radiográfica Costarricense (RACSA) and Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL), joined the Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies (CAMTIC, for its acronym in Spanish) as a strategic partner since June 2009.
The reknowned event "Costa Rica Technology Insight" will hold its sixth edition on June 3 and 4 at the San José Palacio Hotel, in San Jose, Costa Rica, during the "Costa Rica Services Summit 2009", organized by the Foreign Trade Corporation of Costa Rica (PROCOMER) in cooperation with the Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies of Costa Rica (CAMTIC).
The reknowned event "Costa Rica Technology Insight" held its sixth edition this June 3 and 4 during the "Costa Rica Services Summit 2009", a business meetings event organized by the Foreign Trade Corporation of Costa Rica (Procomer) in cooperation with the Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies of Costa Rica (CAMTIC).