Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica

What Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica does

The Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica is the unicameral national parliament of Costa Rica, constitutionally empowered to enact laws, approve the national budget, ratify international treaties, and exercise oversight of the executive branch. Headquartered in San José and employing 774 staff, the institution has celebrated roughly 200 years of continuous legislative operations and operates under the Reglamento de la Asamblea Legislativa with oversight from the Contraloría General de la República.

The Assembly's core technology stack centers on the Portal Legislativo (asamblea.go.cr), a public web portal supported by the Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) for querying bills, voting records, and committee proceedings, and the Expediente Electrónico Legislativo (EEL) prototype for digital legislative-file management. Complementary channels include the iOS/Android mobile application, Radio Asamblea audio broadcasting, Audiotextos Legislativos accessibility services, live streaming of plenary sessions, and an Open Parliament (Parlamento Abierto) initiative promoting transparency. Specialized institutional units — UTIEG for gender equality, CEDIL for legislative research, the Biblioteca Virtual Parlamentaria, and Datos Abiertos — round out the digital ecosystem, which is supported by SharePoint-based infrastructure, Sectigo TLS/SSL certificates, and Google Analytics for traffic analysis, with content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

The business model is non-commercial: services are provided free of charge to citizens and are funded exclusively through Costa Rica's national budget allocations. There are no equity stakeholders, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no commercial revenue streams. Customer segmentation is horizontal — the Assembly serves the general public, lawyers, students, journalists, and suppliers/vendors — with personas differentiated by use case (legislative tracking, legal research, civic education, news coverage, procurement) rather than by tiered service or pricing.

Name

Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica

Legal name

Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica

Website

https://asamblea.go.cr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The unicameral Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica, a constitutionally mandated state entity in San José with 774 employees, operates the national parliament and the Portal Legislativo digital ecosystem — providing citizens, lawyers, students, journalists, and suppliers with free access to legislative information, bill tracking, and transparency services funded through public budget allocations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legislative Services

NAICS

Legislative Bodies (92112), Legislative Bodies (921120)

akta.pro primary industry

State Legislature/Regional Assembly Administration (BPAIABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Democratic Governance & Public Administration Reform (BPADAGAJ), Government, Public Policy & Regulatory Reference (Public Administration, Regulatory Guidance) (EDAGAGAK)

Keywords

• Legislative information services
• Parliamentary bill tracking
• Government transparency portal
• Open parliament initiatives
• Legislative document access

Headquarters

HQ city

San José

HQ country

Costa Rica

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

The Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica is the unicameral parliament and supreme legislative body of Costa Rica, responsible for lawmaking, budgetary approval, oversight of the executive branch, and international treaty ratification. It provides citizens, legal professionals, journalists, and suppliers with digital access to legislative information through its Portal Legislativo, the Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL), the Expediente Electrónico Legislativo (EEL) prototype, a mobile application, Radio Asamblea broadcasting, and the Open Parliament (Parlamento Abierto) transparency initiative.

Product overview

The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica operates a unified legislative portal ecosystem consisting of the main Portal Legislativo website supported by specialized systems including the Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) for querying bills and legislation, the Expediente Electrónico Legislativo (EEL) for digital document management, and the mobile App Asamblea Legislativa. The portal is enhanced by complementary services such as Radio Asamblea for broadcasting, Audiotextos Legislativos for accessibility, Parlamento Abierto for transparency and citizen engagement, and the Centro de Investigación Legislativa (CEDIL) for parliamentary research. The institutional structure also includes the Unidad Técnica de Igualdad y Equidad de Género (UTIEG) for gender equality mainstreaming, and a Virtual Parliamentary Library for legislative documentation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portal Legislativo

Quantifiable outcome

• 200 years of continuous legislative operations
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• United Nations (Naciones Unidas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica signed an agreement with the United Nations. The Assembly declared Sustainable Development Goals (ODS) of institutional interest and integrates them into its policy framework. The partnership supports alignment with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
• AliarseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner for Sustainable Development Goals implementation and coordination in Costa Rica.
• Fundación Konrad AdenauerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman political foundation partner supporting democratic governance and parliamentary development initiatives in Costa Rica.
• Nations United (UN) Costa RicacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN Resident Coordinator Office in Costa Rica collaborates on Sustainable Development Goals initiatives and institutional development programs.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Costa RicacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Sustainable Development Goals implementation and reporting in Costa Rica.
• ParlAmericasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInter-American organization supporting the Open Parliament initiative and legislative transparency programs. The Assembly participates in regional forums and uses their tools and frameworks.
• Instituto Nacional de la Mujer (INAMU)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational women's institute collaborating on gender equality policies and women's empowerment initiatives within the legislative institution.
• Suprema Corte de Justicia (Poder Judicial)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical gender secretariat of the Judicial Branch collaborating on gender equality standards and best practices in Costa Rica.
• Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner collaborating on inclusive language guidelines and educational materials for the Assembly.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• ParlAmericas: The inter-parliamentary organization of the Americas is not a legislature itself but is an enabling peer — a regional network that directly supports Costa Rica's Open Parliament initiative, provides benchmarking frameworks, and convenes legislative transparency programs in which the Assembly participates.

Broad incumbents

• Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil: Brazil's lower house is a larger broad-incumbent peer that operates one of the most advanced legislative digital ecosystems in Latin America, frequently cited as a benchmark for Open Parliament and legislative transparency in the region.
• Congreso de la Unión de México: Mexico's bicameral federal Congress is a broad-incumbent peer operating comprehensive legislative information platforms and parliamentary television, with a far larger scale than Costa Rica's Assembly.

Direct peers

• Honorable Congreso de la Nación Argentina: Argentina's bicameral National Congress is a larger Spanish-language peer operating a comparable legislative information system, parliamentary library, and televised plenary proceedings.
• Congreso de la República de Colombia: Colombia's bicameral Congress shares comparable transparency norms and operates an active Open Parliament initiative with citizen participation tools — making it a direct peer on digital governance benchmarking.
• Congreso Nacional de Chile: Chile's bicameral National Congress is the most direct regional peer — a Latin American national legislature with a comparable digital transparency agenda (Open Parliament initiative), bicentennial history, and citizen-facing legislative information systems.
• Asamblea Nacional de Panamá: Panama's unicameral National Assembly is a Central American peer with a similar scale, unicameral structure, and Spanish-language citizen portal for legislative information.
• Congreso de la República del Perú: Peru's unicameral Congress is a structural peer as a Latin American national legislature. Operates a comparable parliamentary information system and citizen portal for bill tracking and plenary proceedings.

Regional players

• Congreso Nacional de Honduras: Honduras's National Congress is a Central American regional peer with comparable unicameral parliamentary structure and Spanish-language citizen portal, though operating at a smaller scale and with a less mature digital platform.
• Congreso de la República de Guatemala: Guatemala's unicameral Congress is a Central American regional peer with comparable parliamentary structure and a publicly accessible legislative information portal.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/asambleacrc
• YouTubeasamblea.go.cr/p/Lists/BibliotecaVideo/AllItems.aspx
• Facebookfacebook.com/asambleacrc
• Instagraminstagram.com/asambleacrc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/asambleacrc

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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