Transcript Sonora Mexico

Strengthening innovation and competitiveness through
cooperation between European and Latin American
regions
Geographic location
There is rapid population
growth in US regions near
Sonora border.
Pacific rim
economies
Northwest of Mexico, bordering
with Arizona, USA and the states
of Baja California, Chihuahua
and Sinaloa in Mexico
Territorial extension
184,934 km2 / 71,403 sq mi
Border line
592 km / 368 mi
Coast line
1,207 km / 750 mi
Population (2005)
2.3 million
Economically active
955,161
Median age
23
Economic performance
2004
2005
2006
2007
Economic growth
%
7.2
5.7
6
5.4
Job creation
#
29,624
30,760
31,992
31,176
M Euro
470
1,353
101
400
Euro
4,561
5,812
6,107
6,695
Foreign direct
investment
Per capita income
From 2006 to 2008:
Sonora advanced 24 positions in a nationwide
ranking for Economic stability (going from
position 30 in 2006 to position 6 in 2008).
The public expenditure on investment growth
45%
Average: 30,888
Accumulated: 2,324
CAGR: 3.7%
Employment by economic sector
Primary,
10.10%
Secondary,
21.70%
Growth of 81% in fixed and mobile phone
penetration.
An increase of 64% in the number of Internet
users.
CAGR: 5.8%
Tertiary,
68.20%
Sonora’s competitiveness
agenda (Sectors)
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Automotive and aerospace
Agribusiness and biotech
Mining
Tourism
Knowledge-based economy (digital cities)
Information and communication technologies
Logistics services
Energy & Water management
 Internationalisation (Forum di Torino, SonoraArizona Commission for regional competitiveness,
expanding partnerships through Europe and Asia)
Sonora’s Competitiveness
Agenda
Develop international
networks and collaborative
projects
Strength state-wide human
capital system
Productive sector growth trough innovation infrastructure and knowledge development
Public policy
to foster
industry
development
Increase the
number of
collaboration
networks
More access
to research
centers for
industry
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Better access
to knowledge
and
technology
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Develop and
attract highqualified
people
Enhance
research
capabilities
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Increased regional capability on innovation and competitiveness
Forum di Torino:
Facilitating innovation efforts
through international cooperation
• Sonora: A founder member of FdT.
• FdT serves as a gateway between LatAm and
European regions.
• Our strategy aims to increase collaboration with
European regions.
• An increase in FDT member regions is expected
for 2009, bringing more collaboration
opportunities.
Sonora State projects with European
Regions
• Aquiculture & Seaculture with Galicia (ES)
– EU – Mexico Aquiculture Network
– MoU with INTERCO Aquitaine
– European regions’ companies accessed to distribution
networks in USA
– Joint projects to improve organic breeding capabilities
• Viticulture
– Technical visits that resulted in collaboration projects
with France companies
• Forest
– MoU with CIS Madeira in Galicia (ES)
– Joint research project among European and Mexican
universities and R&D centres
Sonora State projects with European
Regions (cont’d)
• Specific interest Tourism
– The Sea of Cortes (Sonora’s coastline) has served for many
years as a research area for R&D centres and agencies from
Europe.
• Water & Environment
– Joint research project in remote sensing, GIS (Geo-referenced
information system), hydrology... with Institut de recherche
pour le développement (France).
– Irrigation water management project funded by EC (6thFP)
• Agribusiness
– Joint project with University of Almeria (ES) in Mexico. Almeria
Producers’ letter of intention to invest €1 million in protected
agricultural crops in Sonora.
Knowledge Economy Index for Sonora (Mexico), 2005 and 2007
Sonora
Knowledge Economy
Index for Sonora:
GDP annual growth
rate,
1995-2004
PIB medio
Anual
Penetración
de Telefonia
Móvil
Mobile
telephone
penetration
Densidad
Telefonia Fija
Access
to fixde
telephones
Community Digital Centers by
Centros
comunitarios
100,000
inhabitantsdigitales
Porcentaje de viviendas
Houses with
particulares
quecomputer
disponen de PC
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
enrollment rate
TasaNet
netatertiary
de matriculación
terciaría
2005: 3.809
2007: 4.497
Human
development
index
Índice
de Desarrollo
Humano
Knowledge Economy
Index for Mexico:
2005: 3.394
2007: 3.592
index
Índice Openness
de Apertura
Tradecomercial
policy
politica
State
rights
Estado
deof
Derecho
Position in national
ranking:
2005: 7th
2007: 4th
MarcoRegulatory
Regulatorio
framework
Researchersen
in el
Mexican
Investigadores
SNI porResearch
cada
System
by habitantes
100,000 inhabitants
100 mil
neta deenrollment
matriculación
NetTasa
secondary
rate en
educación secuandaria
Requested
patents
Patentes
solicitadas
porby
cada 100
100,000
milinhabitants
habitantes
Artículos
cientificos
y técnicos
Scientific
and technical
papers
published
by100
100,000
publicados
por cada
mil…
de la población
LiteracyPorcentaje
rate (Population
above 15
alfabetizada
de más de 15 años
years-old)
IECKnowledge
2005
Economy Index, 2005
IEC
2007
Knowledge
Economy Index, 2007
inhabitants.
Economic performance
Institutional economic regime
Innovation system
Education and human resources
Information infrastructure
European and Latin America Regions
Working together long time ago... with a big potential to growth
• Regions are the engine for national economic
development and the main partners for international
collaboration.
• Emerging sectors in Sonora (such as aerospace,
biotech, ICT, etc.) are receiving important governments’
support and funding.
• Proximity with US markets and their connection with the
Pacific rim makes of Sonora an excellent potential
partner.