COSEP- July 16, 2008

Jose Adam Aguerri is the executive director of COSEP which is the umbrella organization for the private sector in Nicaragua, we met with him on Wednesday morning. The organization has been in existence for 35 years and COSEP us not a political organization. Members of COSEP represent all political parties in Nicaragua and politics is put aside when discussing private business and how to ignite the economy.

The main priorities for COSEP are, in this order, food- to ensure all Nicaraguan’s are able to afford food and that food meets health standards for exporting, health- that more citizens have health care, education- to provide more resources to education to develop the leaders of tomorrow, and energy- provide renewable energy sources. To advance their agenda, COSEP actively works with the National Assembly. COSEP communicates their policy positions and provide an economic agenda that the National Assembly can understand from a policy and technical perspective as well as being able to act on it. When presenting the economic agenda, all political parties agree to the policies and projects before it is placed on an agenda.

Pictured left to right: Adam, Valerie, Christy, Jose Adam Aguerri, Marianne, Josh, Marshand, and Joe.


COSEP had a nice building with a neat courtyard.