Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications
| Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación, Tecnología y Telecomunicaciones | |
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| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | June 26, 1990 |
| Type | Ministry |
| Headquarters | Avenida 20, Ruta 204, 10105 Zapote, San José |
| Annual budget | ¢ 8,378,355,000 (2020) |
| Minister responsible |
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| Vice Minister responsible |
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| Parent department | Government of Costa Rica |
| Website | https://www.micit.go.cr/ |
The Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (Spanish: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación, Tecnología y Telecomunicaciones, MICITT) is part of the government of Costa Rica, it was created on 26 June 1990.[1]
The current Minister is Ms Paola Vega Castillo. The Vice Minister of Science and Technology is Mr Federico Torres Carballo. The Vice Minister of Telecommunications is Teodoro Willink Castro.
Structure
[edit]The Ministry is structure in the following way:
- Office of the Minister (Despacho de la Ministra)
- Financial Administrative Directorate (Dirección Administrativa Financiera)
- Digital Governance Directorate (Dirección de Gobernanza Digital)
- Internal Audit (Auditoría Interna)
- Comptroller of Services (Contraloría de Servicios)
- Secretariat of Institutional and Sectoral Planning (Secretaría de Planificación Institucional y Sectorial)
- Legal Affairs Unit (Spanish:Unidad de Asuntos Jurídicos)
- Institutional Communication Unit (Unidad de Comunicación Institucional)
- International Cooperation Unit (Unidad de Cooperación Internacional)
- Technological Services Unit (Unidad de Servicios Tecnológicos)
- Vice Ministry of Science and Technology (Viceministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología)
- Directorate of Social Appropriation of Knowledge (Dirección de Apropiación Social del Conocimiento)
- Innovation Department (Dirección de Innovación)
- Department of Research and Technological Development (Dirección de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico)
- Innovation and Human Capital Program for Competitiveness PINN (Programa de Innovación y Capital Humano para la Competitividad PINN)
- Technical Secretary for Incentives (Secretaría Técnica de Incentivos)
- Vice Ministry of Telecommunications (Viceministerio de Telecomunicaciones)
- Radio Spectrum and Telecommunications Networks Directorate (Dirección Espectro Radioeléctrico y Redes de Telecomunicaciones)
- Directorate of Evolution and Telecommunications Market (Dirección de Evolución y Mercado de Telecomunicaciones)
- Department of Concessions and Standards. (Dirección de Concesiones y Normas)
References
[edit]- ^ "Estructura organizacional". MICITT. January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
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