Mexican Law for International Development Cooperation

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1 Mexican Law for International Development Cooperation Sofia Hurtado Epstein AMEXCID Mexico 1st Training in Management of South-South and Triangular Cooperation

2 Index 1. Institutional arrangements for development cooperation before Legislative process to approve the Mexican Law for International Development Cooperation 3. Elements of the development cooperation system 4. AMEXCID within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 5. AMEXCID organizational chart 6. Mission and vision of PROCID 7. Geographical and thematic priorities 8. National Registry for International Development Cooperation (SIMEXCID) 9. Challenges 10. Lessons learned

3 Institutional arrangements for development cooperation before s 80 s 90 s Creation of the General Directorate for International Technical Cooperation (DGCTI) 1980 San José Agreement is signed with Central America 1988 International development cooperation as a principle of foreign policy (Art. 89 f. X) 1990 Creation of the General Directorate for Technical and Scientific Cooperation 1994 Creation of the Under-Secretary of International Cooperation 1998 Creation of the Mexican Institute for International Cooperation (IMEXCI) 2000 Creation of the Under-Secretary for Economics and International Cooperation (SECI) 2001 IMEXCI dissapears 2004 Unit for Economic Relations and Cooperation (URECI) is created 2007 LCID is presented in Congress to be discussed 2011 Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID)

4 Legislative process Law is presented to Congress March 2007 April 2010 Law is approved by both Chambers President sends Law back with comments Sept 2010 Dec 2010 Law is approved by Congress in its final version Ministry s Internal Regulation is modified URECI = AMEXCID Law is published in the DOF Law s entry into force AMEXCID s creation Oct. 5, 2011 April 6, 2011 April 16, 2011 Sept. 28, 2011 Ministry s Internal Regulation modified Mesoamerican Project to AMEXCID February 27, 2012

5 Elements of the Mexican development cooperation system The Cooperation Law sets a comprehensive framework of five resources 1 Legal framework Law 5 Strategic resource Programme International Cooperation for Development System AMEXCID 2 Institucional resource Registry and Information System National Fund 4 Statistical resource 3 Financial resource

6 AMEXCID within the MoFA Secretariat of Foreign Affairs Under- Secretariat of Foreign Affairs Under- Secretariat for North American Affairs Under-Secretariat for Latin America and The Caribbean Affairs Under- Secretariat for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights AMEXCID September 28th, 2011; AMEXCID begins operations. Deconcentrated body of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (technical and administrative autonomy) Responsible for planning and coordinating the Mexican International Cooperation for Development (ICD)

7 Organizational chart AMEXCID Advisory Body Directive and Administrative Body Technical and Financial Body Advisory Council Executive Director 2 SRE 17 Secretariats 3 Public Entities Ad-hoc 1 Technical Committees DGCTC DGCEC DGCPEI DGREB Mesoamerica Project Technical and Administrative Committee for the Trust Fund 3 (1) Can be created to address specific issues (2) Proposed by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, appointed by the President (3) Integrated by SRE, AMEXCID and the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit

8 Mission and vision of PROCID Mission Conduct, coordinate and implement the Mexican international cooperation for development policy, according to national and international priorities in order to foster sustainable development. Vision Consolidate the Mexican international cooperation for development (ICD)as an instrument of dual public policy: contributing to national and international development efforts, particularly in Latin America.

9 Geographical and thematic priorities Geographic priorities The LCID and the PROCID, sets as priority "Central America and other countries of Latin America" Thematic priorities Convergence between the global and national thematic agenda. Additionally, in succession, Africa, Asia and Oceania. 9

10 SIMEXCID Gov. institutions Legal background Legal agreements Evaluations Information system Projects and actions Financial resources Reports

11 Challenges Increase resources (human, financial, capacities) Improve formal mechanisms to interact with other actors Improve monitoring, evaluating and systematizin g results Consolidate coordination system Design a communication strategy

12 Lessons learned A solid legal framework allows long-termn institutional sustainability. Dual cooperation agencies are useful for Middle Income Countries. Legal framework needs to be forward looking and consider the capacity needs for its implementation.