THE MEXICAN COOPERATION AGENCY ANNOUNCES AN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION CATALOGUE

• The catalogue lists Mexico’s most effective areas of cooperation.

• 27 Mexican institutions participated in compiling the catalogue.

• Joint effort of the Mexican and Japanese aid agencies.

The Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) presented a catalogue listing the capabilities of 27 Mexican public institutions that provide various types of international development aid.

The 2012 catalogue took about six months to compile. It codifies information that sets forth in a systematic fashion the areas in which Mexican institutions can provide more and better international cooperation. This will lead to a greater development impact and more effective cooperation.
The catalogue was presented by AMEXCID Executive Director Rogelio Granguillhome and the Director General of JICA’s office in Mexico, Naoki Kamijo.

Ambassador Granguillhome said that the catalogue will be a strategic guide for Mexico’s cooperation policy in key sectors for international development. He said "in order to achieve this, AMEXCID diagnosed the situation and, with JICA’s support, identified the strengths and capacities of 27 Mexican institutions based on international quality standards. With this information, we put together the catalogue that we are proud to present to you today."

The JICA Director General for Mexico said that the catalogue represented one more chapter in the close and productive relationship between both countries as related to international development.
With the information provided by the Mexican institutions that participated in the 2012 Capabilities Catalogue and by analyzing the requests received by Mexico from Central American countries over the last 15 years, five areas were identified as receiving the most requests: environment, education, agriculture, public health and safety.

Now that the areas where Mexico can provide excellent international cooperation have been identified, it is now up to the countries receiving this aid (primarily Central American) to match this to their most important needs for international cooperation in order to create regional development cooperation programs.