Municipal partnerships strengthen educational endeavours
Our Centre for Technical Education in San José, Costa Rica, has systematically expanded its cooperation with municipal stakeholders. The focus is on partnerships with municipalities that effectively support our educational work and link our programmes to the local community.
An outstanding example of this is the cooperation with the municipality of Goicoechea, the district in which the foundation's training centre is located. As part of this partnership, our students actively participate in social and environmental projects in the district. These include clean-up campaigns in various neighbourhoods, acting as guides in road safety education programmes for children, and helping to repair a public playground. The foundation has been officially recognised by the municipality for its commitment to the local Network for Corporate Social Responsibility.
In return, the Goicoechea municipality supports our centre in reaching out to young people and young adults looking for training opportunities. It specifically encourages them to apply, and representatives remain important contacts for students from their neighbourhoods even during their technical education.
Another important step is the foundation's participation in the CONECTA MORAVIA network, an initiative of the canton of Moravia to connect community projects, organisations and companies. Within this framework, the foundation was able to present its application process for the 2026–2027 batch. Around 50 interested participants took the opportunity to find out about our educational offerings first-hand and talk to our team.
The commitment of the Moravia municipality already had a tangible impact last year: eight young people from the district are part of the current 2025–2026 batch. Representatives of the municipality accompany them throughout their technical education and support them with learning materials, among other things.
These municipal alliances make an important contribution to the quality and reach of our educational work in Costa Rica. At the same time, they open up new access to local actors and strengthen the foundation's network on the ground in the long term.