Conacyt introduces the Mexico – European Union cooperation framework and related activities.

1. Mexico – European Union Cooperation
Jessica Urueta Quiroz
CONACYT

2. Joint Steering Committee Meeting
• Mexico – CONACYT and NCPs or other
institutions
• European Commission – Direction of
International Cooperation and other DGs
• Discussion over the main common
cooperation topics
• Roadmap towards collaboration

3. Background:
Participation in consortia since the FP5
27
62
106
7
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
FP5 FP6 FP7 Horizon2020
Mexican participation

4. Horizon 2020
• Main Cooperation Programme in the world,
with 80 billion euros invested
• Mexico was the first matching fund
• So far, we have funded 5 proyects on ICT,
health, energy with over 35 million pesos
• ICT – 38
• Geothermal energy: 20 million euros

5. Bilateral cooperation
• Some of the main strategic partners for Mexico in STI are
in Europe: France, UK, Spain and Germany.
• Bilateral calls:
– Newton fund – UK
– CDTI – Spain
– DAAD, BMBF – Germany
– ANR – France
– CNR – Italy

6. ¡Gracias!
Jessica Urueta Quiroz
jurueta@conacyt.mx
Deputy Director of the
Office for Cooperation with Europe