OpportunityTitle: Strengthening Judicial Effectiveness through Training Manuals and Technical Assistance for Costa Rica&#8217;s Prosecutor Office
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible organizations may include: (U.S. based non-profit/non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or educational institutions having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS or overseas based non-profit/non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or private/state educational institutions.
Description: INL Costa Rica has issued several awards with prosecutorial training components and funded the development of a specialized, two-volume reference manual to guide money laundering and narcotics trafficking prosecutions. To further advance progress made during these projects and improve prosecutorial access to up-to-date reference materials, for adequate response to evolving criminal patterns and national trends, the U.S. Department of State has allocated $200,000 USD in Justice Sector Reform funds to execute a one-year project in benefit of Costa Rica&#8217;s Prosecutor Office. This project seeks to improve reference and training resources available to Costa Rican prosecutors and develop and/or adapt prosecution strategies to reflect evolving criminal patterns, with the goal of better equipping prosecutors to successfully prosecute complex criminal cases.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: INL Foreign Affairs Officer
GrantorContactText: ANDREW W OLTYAN &lt;br/&gt;Grantor &lt;br/&gt;Phone 830-331-0850
CloseDateExplanation: Close date extended from 4-25-2019 to 5-3-2019 to account for INL error in posting incorrect package.