1. Marco Saborío
COSTA RICA
Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de
Emergencias
National Commission on Risk Prevention and Emergency Response

2. International Humanitarian Assistance in
Costa Rica

3. Legal framework
•Law on Risk Prevention and Emergency Response, Number
8488, 2006
•Manual de Procedimientos de Cancillería para la Coordinación de la
Asistencia Humanitaria y Técnica en casos de Desastre.
Procedures by the Ministry of Foreign Affaris for the Coordination of
International Humanitarian and technical Asistance in case of Disaster, 2011.

4. Procedures for the
Coordination of
International
Humanitarian Assistance
in COSTA RICA

5. CATAI
Comité Asesor Técnico de Asistencia Internacional
Advisory Committe on International Assistance

6. CATAI composition
National Commission on Risk Prevention and Emergency Response
Coordinates
•Ministry of Police
•Ministry of Health
•Ministry of Foreign Affairs
•Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
•Ministry of Internal Affairs (presidency)
•Directorate General of Civil Aviation
•Directorate General of Migration
•Directorate General of Customs
•CCSS

7. Costa Rica como país asistido
Costa Rica as recipient of International Assistance

8. Costa Rica como país asistente (Misión
HAITÏ)
Costa Rica as an assistance country

9. Costa Rica como país asistente (Misión Nicaragua 2007)
Costa Rica as an assistance country (Nicaragua
2007)

10. Regional bodies and cooperation
CENTRAL AMERICA
• Mecanismo Regional de Ayuda
Mutua
Regional Mechanism of Mutual
Collaboration in case of
emergency
Emergency simulation
exercise (SIMEX)
Panamá 2008, CR 2009, El
Salvador, junio 2013

11. Thank you
Marco Saborío Mesén
msaborio@cne.go.cr