From the beginning, the Costa Rican Foundation for Sustainable Development has promoted cross-sectoral collaboration. We believe that the each sector can make a unique contribution to improving the livelihoods of the communities within the LINCOS network.

Academic Institutions

We proudly share all the experience we have gained in the fieldwork with the collaborating academic institutions. Every LINCOS Unit is a real lab, where the community and the institution contribute to each other in order to transform realities.

• Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Media LAB
• Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, TEC
• INCAE
• Universidad de Costa Rica, UCR
• Universidad Estatal a Distancia, UNED
• Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, UNA
• Harvard University Center for International Development
• Rochester University Center for Future Health
• West Florida University, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition.
• Tulane University, The Payson Center
• Design School, Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany)

Companies and Corporations

Many private companies are aware that most technologies are designed for rich countries, and that the said market only represents 20% of all the inhabitants of the Planet. With projects such as LINCOS, the search for technological alternatives opens new and novel markets that could transform the world economy. Undoubtably, computers as we have them now will not solve all our problems; the tools for the future will be new technologies with different characteristics. We are especially thankful for the support of the following companies that recognise their global responsibility

• Hewlett Packard Corp.
• Microsoft Corporation
• Intel Corp.
• Logo Computer System Inc. LCSI
• Alcatel
• Banco Nacional de Costa Rica

Foundations

The following organisations have contributed to the success and vision of LINCOS:

• The Discovery Channel Global Education Fund.
• AVINA Foundation
• The Rockefeller Foundation
• The Flora Family Foundation
• CR-USA Foundation

Additionally, LINCOS promotes the participation of the community. We exist because of the communities; and we put forth our best effort to help them. We learn from them with every activity we carry out and do our best to transfer overall solutions that will help each community develop their own applications. View list of communities where we are currently working.

If you would like to join the LINCOS network, contact us for more information.