EU Delegation in Mexico presents cooperation priorities with Mexico for the period 2021-2027

This strategy addresses the most urgent global issues such as democracy and governance, climate change, social cohesion, public health, education and other issues linked to the Sustainable Development Goals. To meet these goals, the EU is determined to strengthen relations with its partners and support the changes that are needed.

Ambassador Mignot stressed that “working together with Mexico is central. The EU is Mexico’s third largest trading partner. Our Global Agreement allows us to strengthen the strategic relationship, strengthen cooperation opportunities and improve political and commercial exchange, based on common values such as sustainable development, equity, peaceful conflict resolution and the promotion of employment based on democratic governance and human rights.”

 

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The event was attended by prominent Mexican personalities, who presented the activities undertaken in partnership with the EU, building a positive agenda between both parties on a daily basis.

The Governance, Human Rights and Security and Justice panel was attended by Karla Quintana Osuna, Head of the National Commission for the Search for Disappeared Persons, who focused on the efforts made to strengthen institutional capacities for the implementation of the mass forensic identification methodology in the states of Coahuila, Sonora, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa and the State of Mexico.

In the Global Green Challenges panel, the topic of sustainable finance was addressed together with María Ariza, General Director of the Institutional Stock Exchange BIVA, who highlighted the essential role of the private sector in financing development in order to meet the commitments of countries in terms of environmental protection and the fight against climate change. Miguel Torruco Garza, Federal Deputy of the LXV Legislature, spoke about the close collaboration with the EU for the modernization of the Mexican railway sector, as a sustainable mobility alternative that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions in transportation by up to 60%, in addition to triggering economic growth of great proportions in Mexico.

The Social Cohesion panel started with the topic of modernization of sub-national public finances, undertaken by a network of 25 states and led by the State of Guanajuato, represented at this event by Carlos Fabián Muñoz Tejeda, General Coordinator of Advisors of the State Secretariat of Finance, who explained how this group of states work together to improve the efficiency and transparency of tax collection and public spending. The panel ended with the participation of Dana Graber Ladek, IOM Representative in the country, who emphasized that Mexico is currently consolidating its position as a host country, offering an economic and political opportunity made concrete by the dignified labor integration of people in human mobility in Mexican society, with the constant support of the EU.

More information: Delegation of the European Commission in Mexico