Israel-Mexico Sign Strategic R&D Cooperation Agreement

December 8, 2014 | Israel’s MATIMOP and Office of the Chief Scientist recently signed a cooperation agreement with Mexico to fund shared research & development projects between the countries. As part of the agreement, Mexico joined the international cooperation track supported by the Office of the Chief Scientist that will see to the funding of projects as well as shared R&D on joint projects. The countries are likely to cooperation in the sectors of: water treatment, agriculture in arid regions, medicine, medical equipment, electronics and communications. At the beginning of 2015, a general announcement for cooperative efforts between Israeli and Mexican companies will be issued, with the selected projects funded by MATIMOP and the Office of the Chief Scientist.