For the purposes of this Institutional Manual for the approval and execution of cooperation agreements and addenda, the following shall be understood as:
Addenda (Adenda): Agreement of will that modifies the current text of a cooperation agreement.
Internal Audit (Auditoría): Internal Audit of the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo.
Draft text (Borrador del texto): Text of the agreement or addendum in the process of review.
Cooperation agreement or agreement (Convenio de cooperación o convenio): Agreement of wills that seeks the improvement of the quality and efficiency of public service provision through relationships of collaboration and cooperation, in which the parties participate in a situation of equality.
Instituto Costarricense de Turismo: ICT.
Interested Party (Interesado): Public or private entity(ies) with which the ICT enters into an agreement.
Tax on Legal Entities of Law No. 9428 (Impuesto a las Personas Jurídicas de la Ley N° 9428): Tax that must be mandatorily paid by commercial companies, as well as any branch of a foreign company or its representative and individual limited liability companies that are registered or that register in the Registry of Legal Entities of the National Registry.
Board of Directors (Junta Directiva): Board of Directors of the ICT.
Manual (Manual): Institutional Manual for the approval and execution of cooperation agreements and addenda.
Coordinating Unit (Unidad Coordinadora): Administrative unit of the ICT (Executive Presidency, General Management, Directorate, Department, Unit) that promotes the signing of an agreement, or which has been entrusted with the formation of the administrative file for its analysis and recommendation, to manage its approval, and to supervise its proper execution.
Formation of the administrative file