Sistema de Información de la Población Objetivo

The Sistema de Información de la Población Objetivo (SIPO) is a social registry used by the Joint Social Welfare Institute of Costa Rica, in order to identify, characterize, sort, classify and select the population of Costa Rica in poverty and extreme poverty. Its function ensures that the institutional resources effectively reaches the most vulnerable groups of Costa Rican society.

It works as an information tool for communities to develop projects and most importantly, enables government institutions to use it to implement programs to benefit the target population.

The information is obtained through the Social Information Sheet (FIS) which contains a set of variables, grouped into 10 sections. To collect this information from the FIS, the visit is a prerequisite to housing and can register up to four families in the same tab. It applies as demand for services of the beneficiaries of social programs or in accordance with the requirements of social sector institutions.