Small and Medium Sized Businesses  Have Opportunity To Develop Environmental Projects
A Central American commission is offer small to medium sized business an opportunity to develop environmental projects.

The Centro de Gestión Tecnológica e Informática Industrial (CEGESTI) is offering up to us$500.000 to companies who comply with their progrma.

Costa Rica has some 84.000 companies, of which 75% are micro to small businesses.

CEGESTI offers these small companies funding to purchase equipment friendly to the environment, capital to finance work projects and training for cleaner production methods.

The commission is aiming to guarantee better environmental conditions and reduce the amount of water, energy and dangerous substances in the production process.

In addition the Ministerio de Economía (economy ministry) is offer help to small business to help develop a plan before applying to the CEGESTI program.

CEGESTI is a private, independent and non-profit organization, founded in 1990 with the purpose of promoting and supporting the competitive position of the productive sector in Costa Rica and other Latin American countries, by offering integrated consultancy services, training, research and information to private and public enterprises, universities, technology-based companies and government organizations.

Through their environmental management services, CEGESTI promotes Industrial Sustainable Development in the region and support a stronger and more competitive productive sector, by introducing Environmental Management along with its innovative support technology.

CEGESTI is supported by a team of professionals who are specialists in different fields, such as: Industrial Engineering, Sanitary Engineering, Chemistry, Geology, Business Administration, and Organizational Culture, provide the following services: Cleaner Production, ISO 14001, Ecodesign, Integrated Solid Waste Management, Feasibility studies for projects and environmental technologies and renewable energies, and Environmental technology transfer and representation of European environmental technologies.