Integrated support for health and socio-economic recovery focused on local women, migrants and vulnerable asylum-seekers (COVID-19 MPTF)

This project is in response to the request of the Costa Rican authorities for support in health emergencies and the strengthening of the health system, safe management of migratory flows and assistance in particularly vulnerable geographic areas. Adopting a humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach, the United Nations in Costa Rica have prepared an integrated and coherent response to support action in areas of Upala and San Carlos on the northern border with Nicaragua and Corredores in the southern border area with Panama, as well as in the Area of “Los Santos” which receives between 6,000 and 8,000 people annually from the indigenous Ngäbe and Bugle population of Panama for the coffee harvest. In these areas, the UN agencies involved in the proposal already have operational capacity and a strong relationship with employers, workers, municipalities and government authorities, who are key actors in ensuring a coordinated and comprehensive response to meet the need of the most vulnerable people and communities.

Project symbol

CRI/20/50/UND

Admin unit

DWT/CO-San Jose

Start date

24/11/2020

End date

31/12/2021

Total allocation

414732

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

413624

Development Partners

Multi Partner Trust Fund Office, UNDP

Country/Countries

Costa Rica

Outcomes

Outcome 4: Sustainable enterprises as generators of employment and promoters of innovation and decent work