Digital Transformation Strategy: The Bicentennial of Costa Rica 2018-2022 Remarks by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications This document is the product of a consultation and co-creation exercise that involved multiple stakeholders of Costa Rican society. It includes the short, medium and long term visions, strategic focal points and lines of action that are to be developed in the coming years to achieve the transformation of Costa Rica into a digitally inclusive, more technologically connected, and more productively innovative state. Our country has a wide margin to grow in terms of digitalization and innovation; hence, inter-institutional and political coordination and technical standardization require the highest level of political support. Hence, the Alvarado Quesada Administration has entrusted the MICITT [Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications, in Spanish] with the consolidation of a digital transformation strategy that will help identify initiatives and proposals of disruptive technologies that will enable the creation of a national digital ecosystem which fosters greater equity and benefits for citizens, companies and the Costa Rican state. The Government of the Bicentennial has undertaken the challenge of changing Costa Rica’s course to one that enhances the opportunities and reaps the benefits of Industry 4.0 and the knowled ge society. Today, more than ever, digital technologies have become catalysts in the transformation of nations, and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications, under the guidance and leadership of the President of the Republic, Mr. Carlos Alvarado Quesada, has undertaken the task of presenting the Digital Transformation Strategy: The Bicentennial of Costa Rica 4.0. I am deeply grateful to the President of the Republic for his vision and leadership, the Inter-American Development Bank, for the support during this process, Mrs. Paola Vega Castillo, Vice-Minister of Science and Technology, and Mr. Edwin Estrada Hernández, Vice-Minister of Telecommunications, as well as with the staff of MICITT and those who have contributed to this strategy with conviction and dedication. Luis Adrián Salazar Solís Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunica- 02