Mexico

GIZ local staff

National employees: 209
International employees: 27
Integrated experts: 3

_{(as at: 31.12.2021)}  

Germany’s successful cooperation with Mexico, an emerging economy, began in the 1970s. On behalf of the German Government, GIZ has provided advisory services to the Government of Mexico since 1997. 

As Latin America’s second largest economy and the most important export nation in the region, Mexico plays a key economic and political role in Latin America and the Caribbean. Since 1994, the country has signed numerous multilateral and bilateral trade agreements, including the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United States and Canada, and agreements with the European Union (EU). Germany is Mexico’s largest investor after the US and also its most important EU trading partner. Mexico is highly attractive to foreign investors and around 1,900 German companies are currently operating there.

Mexico joined the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1994 and is a member of the Group of Twenty (G20), a forum for the world’s leading industrial and emerging economies. Mexico plays an important role in international negotiations on key issues and thus builds bridges between the North and South. By hosting the first High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation in April 2014, Mexico underlined that it is a highly committed global player.

Mexico is at the forefront of international efforts to address environmental and climate issues. Together with Germany, Mexico is taking the lead on mitigating the impact of climate change. By 2050, the Government of Mexico has set itself the ambitious target of halving the country’s greenhouse gas emissions compared with 2000. Mexico has also signed the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2012) and was thus one of the first countries to make an active commitment to the Convention’s implementation.

As an emerging economy, Mexico is no longer simply a recipient of international development funding. By founding the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) in 2011, Mexico has systematically expanded its donor commitment. Among other things, Mexico participates as a donor in triangular cooperation, sharing its experience and knowledge with other countries in the region.
As a global development partner, Mexico is a priority country for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and, since 2008, for the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) within the framework of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). Working mainly on behalf of these commissioning parties, GIZ assists Mexican partners to implement projects in the fields of environmental and resource conservation, climate change mitigation and sustainable energy.