About INCAP/ Shortly

Mission

INCAP has as mission to support the efforts of Member States, providing technical cooperation to achieve and maintain Food and Nutrition Security of their populations, through its basic functions of research, information and communication, technical assistance, training and mobilization of human resources, and mobilization of financial and non financial resources as a support to its mission.

Vision

Its vision within the framework of the Central American Integration is to be a leading, self-sustainable and permanent institution in the field of food and nutrition in Central America and beyond its borders.

Institutional Values

The actions carried out at INCAP are guided by its institutional values:

Integrationist Spirit

We develop our actions with a high respect for diversity. We promote, internally and externally among all human groups, tolerance, agreement and teamwork, because we are convinced of the advantages of complementarity and synergies.

Equity

We provide our technical support services, with a rights-based approach, promoting decision-making and the execution of actions aimed at reducing unjust differences in the nutrition of population groups in the Member States, objectively considering the dimension and opportunity for satisfaction their needs, based on their political, economic, geographical, cultural, religious, ethnic and gender conditions.

Solidarity

We feel deeply united and committed to our peers, so we provide our services with empathy for their needs, expectations and interests, participating proactively and disinterestedly in the development of learning initiatives, cooperation and mutual support, in search of better conditions of life and the generation of common welfare.

Effectiveness

We develop our activities focusing on the achievement of reliable and timely results that allow us to achieve the objectives with excellence and in a sustainable way. We take responsibility for the quality and impact of our work and for the efficient use of resources. We stimulate creativity, innovation and continuous improvement as a means of improving ourselves day by day.

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