What is the Institute for Mexicans Abroad and what does it do?

MEXICO CITY.- The president-elect, Claudia Sheinbaumannounced that Tatiana Clouthier will be the next owner of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IMAGE).

This Tuesday it was announced that the former Secretary of Economy during the government Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will return to the Executive in the next six-year term.

Who is Tatiana Clouthier?

Tatiana Clouthier He is part of a family known in the political sphere.

She is the daughter of Manuel Clouthieran influential businessman and politician who was a presidential candidate in Mexico.

He studied at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), the bachelor’s degree in English Language.

He subsequently completed postgraduate studies in Public Administration in the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon.

She was coordinator of the presidential campaign of AMLO.

In 2021 he assumed the ownership of the Secretary of EconomyHowever, he resigned in October 2022 for reasons that are not entirely clear.

Clouthier will direct the DO from his native New Leon.

What is the Institute for Mexicans Abroad?

The Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME) is a decentralized body of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the scope of the Office of the Chancellor.

It was created on April 16, 2003, to address the community needs of Mexicans living and working outside the country.

According to the decree for its creationits objective is:

“Promote strategies, integrate programs, collect proposals and recommendations from communities, their members, organizations and advisory bodies, aimed at raising the standard of living of Mexican communities abroad.”

In addition, it is responsible for implementing the guidelines issued by the National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad.

The IME seeks to design a long-term agenda and programs to benefit Mexican communities abroad.

What does the IME do?

The Institute for Mexicans Abroad will have the following powers, indicated in the Official Journal of the Federation:

• Promote the revaluation of the migration phenomenon and the dignified treatment of Mexicans living abroad.
• Promote the creation of meeting spaces and communication with and between Mexican communities living abroad.
• Act as a liaison, in coordination with Mexican representations, with Mexican communities living abroad.
• Establish appropriate coordination with state and municipal governments, institutions and organizations in matters of prevention, care and support for Mexican communities abroad and other related and complementary issues.
• Design and promote mechanisms for the execution of programs and projects specific to the work of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad.
• Organize and participate in seminars, conferences, symposia, colloquia and public, private and academic congresses on migration and assistance to Mexicans abroad.
• To collect and systematize proposals and recommendations aimed at improving the social development of Mexican communities abroad, formulated by advisory bodies made up of representatives of said communities.

Regarding the work of the incumbent, he will be assisted in his duties by a Executive Directorwho will have the powers determined by the Internal Regulations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The body is dependent on the Ministry of Foreign Affairswhich will be headed Juan Ramon de la Fuente.

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