Mexico – European Union Cooperation

Jessica Urueta QuirozCONACYT

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

Background:Participation in consortia since the FP5

FP5 FP6 FP7 Horizon20200

20406080

100120

27

62

106

7

Mexican participation

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

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

¡Gracias!

Jessica Urueta Quirozjurueta@conacyt.mx

Deputy Director of the Office for Cooperation with Europe