Institute for Mexicans Abroad
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The Mexican government’s commitment to the Mexicans who live and work abroad led to the creation of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad (Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, IME), a decentralized agency of the Foreign Ministry.
The IME carries out the functions of the Presidential Office for Mexican Communities Abroad and the Mexican Communities Abroad Program. It has an Advisory Board made up of 152 members who are representatives of the Mexican, Mexican-American, and Mexican Canadian community in the United States and Canada.
who was the administrative head of the organization from 2003 until 2009.
With the aim of ensuring that migrants receive their response to increasing demand, a decade later, it devised a strategy to create an Office for Mexicans Abroad and Mexican-Americans and finally, the strategy resulted in the installation National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad, the Institute of Mexicans Abroad and the Advisory Council of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad.
The next phase was announced on August 6 in Los Pinos
the Mexican Presidential Complex. Before representatives of the Mexican communities abroad, the National Council was set up for Mexican Communities Abroad, the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME) and the Advisory Council of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad, in order to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Mexican government to develop policies of rapprochement with this population.
The purpose of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME) is to promote strategies, integrate programs, gather proposals and recommendations of the communities, their members, their organizations and advisory bodies, aimed at raising the living standards of Mexican communities in the abroad, as well as implement the guidelines issued by the National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad.
I. To promote the appreciation of the migration phenomenon and the dignified treatment for Mexicans living abroad;
II. Encourage the creation of reunion and promote communication with and among the Mexican communities living abroad;
III. Serve as liaison in coordination with representatives of Mexico, with Mexican communities living abroad;
IV. Establish appropriate coordination with governments, institutions and organizations in states and municipalities in terms of prevention, care and support for Mexican communities abroad and other related topics and complementary;
V. Design and promote mechanisms for the implementation of programs and projects specific to the work of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad;
VI. Organize and participate in seminars, conferences, symposia, conferences and public, private and academic in the field of migration and attention to Mexicans abroad;
VII. Collect and systematize the proposals and recommendations aimed at improving the social development of Mexican communities abroad, develop a consultative body consisting of representatives of these communities.
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Decree on the establishment of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad, the decentralized nature of the administrative body of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Andalusia margin a seal with the National Shield, which says: Estados Unidos Mexicanos. - Presidencia de la República.
VICENTE FOX QUESADA, President of the United Mexican States, under the powers conferred upon me by Article 89, Section I of the Constitution of the United Mexican States, and based on the provisions of Articles 17 and 28 Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration and
CONSIDERING
Which corresponds to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provide support and protection to Mexicans abroad as part of the driving of the country's foreign policy;
The National Development Plan 2001-2006 states that the promotion and defense of democracy and human rights are of particular interest to the Government of Mexico, as they provide tools for protecting the rights of Mexicans abroad;
Plan it states, that is a growing demand for predictable actions for the protection and social and economic development of Mexican communities abroad, particularly in the United States is essential to strengthen the institutional capacity to ensure that all Mexican resident abroad to receive support and care of the highest quality by the Government of Mexico and its units;
Since 1990 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs implements the Program for Mexican Communities Abroad, which promotes the involvement of these communities in our country, as well. development in such areas as health, education, sports, culture, economic development and community organization;
That December 2000 to July 2002 worked formally Office for Mexicans Abroad and Mexican Americans from the President of the Republic, which linked directly to the President with the Mexican communities abroad and led to their most pressing concerns;
That on August 8, 2002, was published in the Official Gazette of the Agreement on the Establishment of the National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad, as a permanent Inter-Ministerial Commission, which aims to develop proposals to assist in the adoption of policies and implementation of government actions aimed at addressing the needs and demands of the Mexican communities living outside the country, at all times, respect the sovereignty and authority of the States where they reside, and
Mexico requires that administrative strategies and modern, efficient and more capable of coordination to meet adequately the demands of the Mexican people and the communities abroad and that the form of administrative decentralization helps to achieve these objectives without any impact on the authorized budget, I wanted to issue the following
DECREE
ARTICLE 1. - create the Institute for Mexicans Abroad, the decentralized nature of the administrative body of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
ARTICLE 2. - The purpose of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad will promote strategies to integrate programs, gather proposals and recommendations of the communities, their members, their organizations and advisory bodies, aimed at raising the living standards of Mexican communities in abroad and implement the guidelines issued by the National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad.
ARTICLE 3. - The Institute of Mexicans Abroad will have the following powers:
I. To promote the appreciation of the migration phenomenon and the dignified treatment for Mexicans living abroad;
II. Encourage the creation of reunion and promote communication with and among the Mexican communities living abroad;
III. Serve as liaison in coordination with representatives of Mexico, with Mexican communities living abroad;
IV. Establish appropriate coordination with governments, institutions and organizations in states and municipalities in terms of prevention, care and support for Mexican communities abroad and other related topics and complementary;
V. Design and promote mechanisms for the implementation of programs and projects specific to the work of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad;
VI. Organize and participate in seminars, conferences, symposia, conferences and public, private and academic in the field of migration and attention to Mexicans abroad;
VII. Collect and systematize the proposals and recommendations aimed at improving the social development of Mexican communities abroad, develop a consultative body consisting of representatives of these communities, and
VIII. Perform such other functions as this decree and other laws will give the Institute of Mexicans Abroad, or the Secretariat, and are similar to those identified in the previous sections, as well as those assigned by the Secretary.
ARTICLE 4. - The Director of the Institute shall be appointed by the President upon nomination by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
ARTICLE 5. - The Director of the Institute shall:
I. Develop plans and programs of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad
II. Develop draft programs and budgets relating to the Institute of Mexicans Abroad, in accordance with applicable guidelines and
III. Coordinate actions on behalf of Mexican communities abroad, through the diplomatic and consular network of the Government of Mexico,
IV. Coordinate and participate in meetings of the advisory bodies to be formed,
V. Implementing the policies and guidelines established by the President or the Secretary for Foreign Affairs
VI. Participate in committees and councils that form part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the purview of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad;
VII. Coordinate and promote institutional action in areas that promote the strengthening and developing communities overseas in coordination with the agencies of the Federal Executive;
VIII. Promote and participate in coordination with governments, institutions and organizations in states and municipalities and private sector, programs and actions that benefit migrants;
IX. Participate in activities to benefit them in coordination with public and private offices, to support Mexican migrants,
X. Collaborate and participate in various federal government programs for Mexican communities abroad;
XI. Participate in programs and activities of the Federal Government to obtain and provide information on topics of interest about communities abroad;
XII. Formulate and propose policies to the National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad, based on needs, views and concerns expressed by Mexicans living abroad, and
XIII. Perform such other functions as this decree and other laws will give him or the Secretariat, and are similar to those identified in the previous sections and those assigned by the Secretary.
TRANSITION
FIRST ARTICLE. - This Decree shall enter into force the day following its publication in the Official Gazette.
SECOND ARTICLE. - The structure, human resources, financial and material resources of the Directorate General of Mexican Communities Abroad and Link State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will become part of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad.
THIRD ARTICLE. - The following cases are pending in the General Directorate for Mexican Communities Abroad and Link State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will be attended by the Institute of Mexicans Abroad.
Since the residence of the Federal Executive in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, on the eleventh day of April two thousand and three .- .- Rubric Vicente Fox Quesada .- The Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista .- Heading.
The IME carries out the functions of the Presidential Office for Mexican Communities Abroad and the Mexican Communities Abroad Program. It has an Advisory Board made up of 152 members who are representatives of the Mexican, Mexican-American, and Mexican Canadian community in the United States and Canada.
Current Leadership
The leadership of the IMA is divided between Candido Morales Rosas who is liaison to the President and other Mexican Departments and Director Carlos Garcia de Alba Zepeda who replaced Carlos Gonzalez GuttierezCarlos Gonzalez Guttierez
Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez a career Mexican diplomat who served as the Director of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad. He is currently serving as the Consul General in Sacramento, California.-Sources:*...
who was the administrative head of the organization from 2003 until 2009.
Origins of the Program
Since 1990, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs implemented the Program for Mexican Communities Abroad, which promoted the involvement of these communities to our country and its development in such areas as health, education, sports, culture and community organization.With the aim of ensuring that migrants receive their response to increasing demand, a decade later, it devised a strategy to create an Office for Mexicans Abroad and Mexican-Americans and finally, the strategy resulted in the installation National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad, the Institute of Mexicans Abroad and the Advisory Council of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad.
The next phase was announced on August 6 in Los Pinos
Los Pinos
Los Pinos is the official residence and office of the President of Mexico. Located in the Bosque de Chapultepec in central Mexico City, it became the presidential seat in 1934, when Gen...
the Mexican Presidential Complex. Before representatives of the Mexican communities abroad, the National Council was set up for Mexican Communities Abroad, the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME) and the Advisory Council of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad, in order to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Mexican government to develop policies of rapprochement with this population.
The purpose of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME) is to promote strategies, integrate programs, gather proposals and recommendations of the communities, their members, their organizations and advisory bodies, aimed at raising the living standards of Mexican communities in the abroad, as well as implement the guidelines issued by the National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad.
Function
The Institute of Mexicans Abroad has the following powers:I. To promote the appreciation of the migration phenomenon and the dignified treatment for Mexicans living abroad;
II. Encourage the creation of reunion and promote communication with and among the Mexican communities living abroad;
III. Serve as liaison in coordination with representatives of Mexico, with Mexican communities living abroad;
IV. Establish appropriate coordination with governments, institutions and organizations in states and municipalities in terms of prevention, care and support for Mexican communities abroad and other related topics and complementary;
V. Design and promote mechanisms for the implementation of programs and projects specific to the work of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad;
VI. Organize and participate in seminars, conferences, symposia, conferences and public, private and academic in the field of migration and attention to Mexicans abroad;
VII. Collect and systematize the proposals and recommendations aimed at improving the social development of Mexican communities abroad, develop a consultative body consisting of representatives of these communities.
Charter
EXECUTIVEMINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Decree on the establishment of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad, the decentralized nature of the administrative body of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Andalusia margin a seal with the National Shield, which says: Estados Unidos Mexicanos. - Presidencia de la República.
VICENTE FOX QUESADA, President of the United Mexican States, under the powers conferred upon me by Article 89, Section I of the Constitution of the United Mexican States, and based on the provisions of Articles 17 and 28 Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration and
CONSIDERING
Which corresponds to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provide support and protection to Mexicans abroad as part of the driving of the country's foreign policy;
The National Development Plan 2001-2006 states that the promotion and defense of democracy and human rights are of particular interest to the Government of Mexico, as they provide tools for protecting the rights of Mexicans abroad;
Plan it states, that is a growing demand for predictable actions for the protection and social and economic development of Mexican communities abroad, particularly in the United States is essential to strengthen the institutional capacity to ensure that all Mexican resident abroad to receive support and care of the highest quality by the Government of Mexico and its units;
Since 1990 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs implements the Program for Mexican Communities Abroad, which promotes the involvement of these communities in our country, as well. development in such areas as health, education, sports, culture, economic development and community organization;
That December 2000 to July 2002 worked formally Office for Mexicans Abroad and Mexican Americans from the President of the Republic, which linked directly to the President with the Mexican communities abroad and led to their most pressing concerns;
That on August 8, 2002, was published in the Official Gazette of the Agreement on the Establishment of the National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad, as a permanent Inter-Ministerial Commission, which aims to develop proposals to assist in the adoption of policies and implementation of government actions aimed at addressing the needs and demands of the Mexican communities living outside the country, at all times, respect the sovereignty and authority of the States where they reside, and
Mexico requires that administrative strategies and modern, efficient and more capable of coordination to meet adequately the demands of the Mexican people and the communities abroad and that the form of administrative decentralization helps to achieve these objectives without any impact on the authorized budget, I wanted to issue the following
DECREE
ARTICLE 1. - create the Institute for Mexicans Abroad, the decentralized nature of the administrative body of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
ARTICLE 2. - The purpose of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad will promote strategies to integrate programs, gather proposals and recommendations of the communities, their members, their organizations and advisory bodies, aimed at raising the living standards of Mexican communities in abroad and implement the guidelines issued by the National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad.
ARTICLE 3. - The Institute of Mexicans Abroad will have the following powers:
I. To promote the appreciation of the migration phenomenon and the dignified treatment for Mexicans living abroad;
II. Encourage the creation of reunion and promote communication with and among the Mexican communities living abroad;
III. Serve as liaison in coordination with representatives of Mexico, with Mexican communities living abroad;
IV. Establish appropriate coordination with governments, institutions and organizations in states and municipalities in terms of prevention, care and support for Mexican communities abroad and other related topics and complementary;
V. Design and promote mechanisms for the implementation of programs and projects specific to the work of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad;
VI. Organize and participate in seminars, conferences, symposia, conferences and public, private and academic in the field of migration and attention to Mexicans abroad;
VII. Collect and systematize the proposals and recommendations aimed at improving the social development of Mexican communities abroad, develop a consultative body consisting of representatives of these communities, and
VIII. Perform such other functions as this decree and other laws will give the Institute of Mexicans Abroad, or the Secretariat, and are similar to those identified in the previous sections, as well as those assigned by the Secretary.
ARTICLE 4. - The Director of the Institute shall be appointed by the President upon nomination by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
ARTICLE 5. - The Director of the Institute shall:
I. Develop plans and programs of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad
II. Develop draft programs and budgets relating to the Institute of Mexicans Abroad, in accordance with applicable guidelines and
III. Coordinate actions on behalf of Mexican communities abroad, through the diplomatic and consular network of the Government of Mexico,
IV. Coordinate and participate in meetings of the advisory bodies to be formed,
V. Implementing the policies and guidelines established by the President or the Secretary for Foreign Affairs
VI. Participate in committees and councils that form part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the purview of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad;
VII. Coordinate and promote institutional action in areas that promote the strengthening and developing communities overseas in coordination with the agencies of the Federal Executive;
VIII. Promote and participate in coordination with governments, institutions and organizations in states and municipalities and private sector, programs and actions that benefit migrants;
IX. Participate in activities to benefit them in coordination with public and private offices, to support Mexican migrants,
X. Collaborate and participate in various federal government programs for Mexican communities abroad;
XI. Participate in programs and activities of the Federal Government to obtain and provide information on topics of interest about communities abroad;
XII. Formulate and propose policies to the National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad, based on needs, views and concerns expressed by Mexicans living abroad, and
XIII. Perform such other functions as this decree and other laws will give him or the Secretariat, and are similar to those identified in the previous sections and those assigned by the Secretary.
TRANSITION
FIRST ARTICLE. - This Decree shall enter into force the day following its publication in the Official Gazette.
SECOND ARTICLE. - The structure, human resources, financial and material resources of the Directorate General of Mexican Communities Abroad and Link State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will become part of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad.
THIRD ARTICLE. - The following cases are pending in the General Directorate for Mexican Communities Abroad and Link State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will be attended by the Institute of Mexicans Abroad.
Since the residence of the Federal Executive in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, on the eleventh day of April two thousand and three .- .- Rubric Vicente Fox Quesada .- The Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista .- Heading.
Directors
- Leonardo FfrenchLeonardo FfrenchLeonardo Ffrench Iduarte is a retired career Mexican Ambassador who served in variety of posts. He was the Foreign Press spokesperson for President Carlos Salinas and the first full time spokesman at the Mexican Embassy in the US. He was also Consul General of Mexico in Denver and in Chicago...
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- Carlos Gonzalez GuttierezCarlos Gonzalez GuttierezCarlos Gonzalez Gutierrez a career Mexican diplomat who served as the Director of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad. He is currently serving as the Consul General in Sacramento, California.-Sources:*...