Costa Rica will be added to Mexico, Chile and Colombia as part of the Latin American countries in the OECD
The costarican government announced Friday its entry into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), becoming the Member state number 38 and in the first Central American country to be part of this international body.
Costa Rica received the invitation of the OECD because the country ruled by Carlos Alvarado Quesada meets all the requirements. Its entrance to the organization will be formalized after they have ratified the instruments of accession, as reported by local media.
Completes a difficult journey of an extraordinary effort country. I applaud the great work of the team of government of former president Luis Guillermo Solís and former president Laura Chinchilla that made it possible”, held the Costa Rica president in his official Twitter account.
Quesada announced via their social networks that the Secretary-General of the OECD, Angel Gurria, was the one who gave him the news. With the completion of this process, Costa Rica is also the fourth Latin American country to enter the international body.
Once the process of accession, and Central American country may participate in 300 committees and groups to decide issues related to innovation, global challenges, climate change and the fourth industrial revolution, detailed the local environment of The Republic.
The presidency of Costa Rica highlighted the hard work done during five years to achieve their admission to the OECD. In accordance with the statement of the government, on the 31st of march, the country gained the approval of the 22 committees of the agency, after a rigorous evaluation process.
The valuation of the country through the roadmap of Accession involved a set of recommendations, which enabled him to Costa Rica to make an agenda of robust reforms. It was from this process as the country was complying with one-on-one requirements of the OECD.
Costa Rica will be added to Mexico, Chile and Colombia as part of the Latin American countries that joined the OECD. In fact, the country ruled by Ivan Duque, Colombia, entered just last April 28, after a process that started in 2013. (https://codelist.biz/2020/05/16/costa-rica-the-first-central-american-country-in-the-oecd/)
