Us Mexico Foundation

The us mexico 360 public diplomacy initiative: from the us mexico foundation, provides the opportunity for us and mexican leaders from businesses, think tanks and other research institutions, schools and universities, and ngos to meet counterparts on a professional educational exchange in mexico and the us participants represent a diverse set of institutions, and many aspects of the us-mexico policy, including politics and government, economics and trade, energy, education, media and communications, and research. The program gives a 360-defree vie of us- mexico relations, current affairs, and a glimpse into mexican and american culture.

Convocation: this is an educational program where experts and former ambassadors and legislators from the united states to mexico and from mexico to the united states convene yearly to discuss the future of the bilateral relationship. The main takeaways from the first discussion were published in an informative and educational document. Title convocation: a vision for a stronger us-mexico partnership. The first convocation report has been visibly presented to educate bilateral stakeholders and interest groups in both countries.

200s internship program: this is an educational program that seeks to promote north american leaders by facilitating internship opportunities to young professionals from mexico in washington dc. Participants experience a professional, cultural and academic 3-month experience in the dc area. Ally-shoring initiative: the "ally-shoring initiative" is a usmf-led task force of american and mexican stakeholders with investments on both sides of the border, eager to support and help futher us-mexico economic collaboration. Among them are prologis, grupo prodensa, arca continental, and 3m. The program seeks to offer a unique framework through which the us and mexico can build on more than 30 years of tightly woven co-production and trade, but with an eye towards the future. The two nations can expand their collaboration, enhancing bi-national efforts to create and manufacture transformational exports that support advanced manufacturing r&d, smart borders, and the joint development of us and mexican workforce skills to meet the evolving markets of the 21st century. An ally-shoring framework further supports and enhances the goals of the usmca. The us mexico foundation (usmf) focuses its effort on 3 primary approaches to increasing educational, cultural, and social integration between mexico and the us by public diplomacy core programs like educational exchange us mexico 360. Also, it educates through its in-house research fellowship and research partners by providing educational and informational documents like think tank monitoring, ally shorting, mexico-bay area, and competitiveness studies for sme's ecosystems. The usmf also attempts to educate through media and events, including programs such as the podcast proyecto 1954, opeds in major publications, mexican newscast in the us, and through interactive webinars and events. Finally, education transformation fund: through this fund, the usmf provides grants to local ngos who do work in areas aligned with the usmf's mission. Usmf supports educational programs in the areas of stem, english language learning, and civic engagement.