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Este documento resume los esfuerzos de Microsoft para promover la educación y el desarrollo tecnológico en México entre julio de 2008 y junio de 2009. Se capacitaron a 700,000 profesores y 170,000 líderes educativos, y se entregaron 210,000 computadoras actualizadas. También se beneficiaron a 2,350,000 estudiantes en 75 ciudades y 155 proyectos de emprendedores en 18 ciudades. El objetivo final es promover una educación de calidad para todos y potenciar a los emprendedores en
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The document summarizes key aspects of Mexico's tax structure. It discusses several taxes including corporate income tax (ISR), a flat business tax (IETU), value added tax (VAT), and payroll taxes. It provides details on tax rates, calculations, deductions, and requirements. The document also covers accounting considerations, import/export incentives, and concludes with recommendations for foreign companies operating in Mexico.
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This document discusses the challenges that families face when relocating internationally for work. It notes that family issues are a major cause of executives failing in overseas assignments. Global Bureau Net aims to help families through the entire relocation process, from finding housing to helping them settle into their new community. Their services seek to reduce the stress and anxiety of relocating for families and companies. The document advocates for coaching and counseling support for relocated employees and their families before, during, and after assignments to help with cultural adjustment and minimize family problems that could negatively impact work performance or cause assignments to end prematurely.
The document outlines 10 reasons to invest in the state of Coahuila in Mexico. It highlights that Coahuila has a strategic location, world-class infrastructure providing access to global markets, a strong economy supported by a skilled workforce, competitive production costs, an industrially diversified region particularly in automotive, metal-mechanics, steel, plastics, electronics and aerospace, opportunities to innovate, a high quality of life, low cost of living, supportive government, and many major companies already doing business in Coahuila. The document promotes Coahuila as an attractive location for investment and business.
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The document discusses social media and its application to the Ports-to-Plains organization. It begins with an overview of social media and common tools. It then analyzes the current state of the Ports-to-Plains website and social media presence. Finally, it outlines a roadmap for improving the Ports-to-Plains website and social media strategy in the future to increase engagement and information sharing.
This document summarizes an economic development presentation about Lincoln County, Colorado given by Patricia Vice. It outlines details about Karval, Colorado, a small town of 60 people located in Lincoln County. It discusses Karval's community assessment process which identified strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Key goals that emerged included developing a brand focused on star gazing, establishing a cafe/store, studying a packing plant feasibility, and capitalizing on wildlife. The document then provides updates on progress implementing these goals through branding, events, agriculture, and partnering with organizations to promote wildlife viewing and ranching.
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RES Americas is a leading renewable energy company that is expanding into wind, solar, and other renewable technologies. It moved its US headquarters to Broomfield, Colorado and has development, construction, engineering, accounting and other functions. RES Americas has projects across North America and is developing projects in Canada and Mexico. It is also exploring emerging renewable technologies like solar, geothermal, and energy storage.
Valero Energy Corp has constructed the Sunray Wind Farm, a 49.5 megawatt wind farm located near its McKee Refinery in the Texas Panhandle. The wind farm consists of 33 wind turbines that will generate enough electricity to power 8,900 homes. Some of the electricity will be used to supplement power purchases for the refinery, with the goal of the project producing enough to meet 26% of the refinery's needs. The project was completed ahead of schedule and under budget. The location was chosen for its excellent wind resources and proximity to the refinery to reduce electricity costs.
ConocoPhillips is an international oil and gas company with operations worldwide. It has a significant land position and operations in the Canadian oil sands region. The oil sands contain an estimated 1.7 trillion barrels of oil, with about 20% recoverable through mining and the remainder through in-situ production methods like SAGD. New technologies aim to reduce the environmental footprint of oil sands production by using less land, water and energy and producing fewer greenhouse gas emissions per barrel. The oil sands represent a large strategic resource that can provide energy security for North America.
The document summarizes information presented at the 2009 Ports to Plains Annual Conference in Lubbock, Texas. It discusses Alberta's role as the northern anchor of the Ports to Plains transportation corridor and highlights Alberta's economic growth, energy resources including oil sands, infrastructure including highways, and exports. It also promotes the benefits of trade between Alberta and US states along the Ports to Plains route.
The document provides an overview of Pure Energy Communications and their media training services for the Port-to-Plains Alliance. It introduces the team at Pure Energy including their backgrounds and expertise in areas like journalism, public affairs, and transportation planning. The document then covers topics like understanding the media, maximizing media relations, knowing what makes a good story, preparing for and conducting interviews, and using techniques like bridging to get messages across during interviews.
The Shaw Group Inc. is an engineering, construction, and consulting firm founded in 1987 and headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It provides services to government and private sector clients in energy, chemicals, power, nuclear, environmental, infrastructure, and emergency response. In fiscal year 2008, Shaw Group reported $7 billion in revenue with a backlog of $14.8 billion. It employs 26,000 people globally and has a focus on sustainability in its operations.
This document discusses the history and development of rural communities in Alberta, Canada from the late 19th century to present day. It outlines how agricultural and resource industries like oil and gas drove economic growth and decentralized services. More recently, it addresses how rural development has become more market-based and globalized. The document concludes by recommending strategies like regional visioning, alternative energy development, technology use, and infrastructure investments to support rural revival and opportunities for the next generation.
1. Keys to our future
Tex a s -M ex ic o C ro s s -B o rder P a rtners hips to S ec ure the
B enefits o f Tra de
12th Annual
Ports-to-plains
Conference
October 2009
JSM/JJE/GAM
2. INTRODUCTION
To engage with success the challenges that the international conditions impose, Mexico
is looking forward to increase its competitiveness.
For its closeness to the United States, transport and logistics could offer to Mexico
significant competitive advantages.
The physical infrastructure is essential to create that advantages, but since more than
ten years ago non new international vehicular bridge has been put in operation.
The modernization and expansion of this infrastructure is urgent to overcome the
problems of saturation and congestion.
If the installed capacity is not expanded and to continue with actual increase on the
demand, then the risk that in 2014 more than 85% of the border POE (Ports of Entry)
system could be saturated, will become a reality.
In consequence ,it is require a plan of infrastructure border development to provide
Mexico with enough capacity to address the border flows with efficiency and
competitiveness.
3. IMPORTANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES AND BORDER
CROSSINGS SYSTEM
Since the sign of NAFTA the trade exchange between Mexico and the United States
was intensified and today it reaches more than 300 billion USD.
The efficient and secure exchange of passengers and freight between Mexico and
United States is fundamental for the development of both nations:
Mexico is ranked the 3rd exporter to the US (10.3%, 216 billion USD).
México is ranked the 2nd importer from the US (11.7%, 151 billion USD).
Approximately 70% of the value of that trade exchange is made by truck and 8.4%
by railroad, meanwhile 16.4% is being made by maritime way and the rest 3.9% by
other modes.
98% of the trans-border passenger movement is being made by land.
In 2008 near 203 million passengers, 4.9 million trucks and close to 79 million
vehicles cross the border to the United States.
4. MAIN INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES AND BORDER CROSSINGS
BORDER BRIDGES AND CUSTOMS BORDER ZONE MEXICO MAIN INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES
CROSSINGS - US AND CROSSINGS
NORTH 50 19 TIJUANA – SAN DIEGO • Puerta México-El Chaparral
• Mesa de Otay I
SOUTH 9 2 • Tecate
TOTAL 59 21 MEXICALI - CALEXICO • Mexicali I y II
• Algodones - Andrade
• San Luis Río Colorado I
NOGALES - NOGALES • Nogales I y II
• Sonoyta
• Agua Prieta
CD. JUAREZ – EL PASO •Zaragoza - Ysleta
• Lerdo – Santa Fé
• Palomas – Columbus
•San Jerónimo – Sta. Teresa
PIEDRAS NEGRAS – • Piedras Negras I y II
EAGLE PASS • Ciudad Acuña
NUEVO LAREDO - • Nuevo Laredo I, II y III
LAREDO • Colombia
• Miguel Alemán
REYNOSA - McALLEN • Reynosa - Pharr
• Reynosa Hidalgo
• Progreso – Nvo. Progreso
• Camargo y Díaz Ordaz
MATAMOROS - • Matamoros I, II y III
BROWNSVILLE • Matamoros B&M
• Los Indios
5. BORDER FLOWS BETWEEN MEXICO – UNITED STATES
In 2008 near 203 million passengers, 4.9 million trucks and close to 79 million vehicles cross the border to
the United States.
% of total flows in 2008 Mexico-US
ZONE 1 Zone
TIJUANA – SAN
DIEGO Autos Buses Trucks
ZONE 4
ZONE 2 CD. JUAREZ – EL 1 22.57 50.98 17.52
PASO
MEXICALI -
CALEXICO
2 11.11 1.13 6.70
ZONE 5
P. NEGRAS – EAGLE
3 11.66 5.87 7.73
PASS
4 25.30 22.88 26.55
ZONE 3 ZONE 6 5 7.13 0.73 3.27
NOGALES – N. LAREDO –
NOGALES LAREDO 6 11.10 15.07 32.13
ZONE 7
7 2.72 0.06 1.54
REYNOSA - MCALLEN
8 8.41 3.28 4.56
ZONE 8 Total 100 100 100
MATAMOROS –
BROWNSVILLE
6. TRUCK FLOW PROJECTION BY THE YEAR 2020
FLOW OF TR UC K S B Y 2020 IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE 8 MAIN
BORDER ZONES KEEP THE FLOW
INCREASE.
7. CURRENT PROBLEMS FOR THE BORDER CORSSINGS
Insufficient capacity and low level of service by the existing infrastructure.
Increases on trans-border wait times.
Insufficient personnel for inspection labor at peak hours.
Lack of physical space for the expansion of facilities.
Absence of urban planning and bad integration inside the regional context.
Few and congested highway bypasses and railroads.
Main POE are saturated and overcrowded.
8. OBJECTIVES 2007-2012
M O D E R N I Z A T I O N O F E X I S T A N T I N FR A S T R U C T U R E
Expansion of the facilities to their maximum capacity.
Implementation of technology (SENTRI, FAST, ITS, SIAVE).
C O N S T R U C T I O N O F N E W I N FR A S T R U C T U R E
New international bridges and border crossings.
Construction of bypasses and road access.
IN TE R M ODA L IN TE G R A TION
Creation of intermodal facilities.
International rail bridges and bypasses.
Implement massive passenger transport system and BRT’s in the
border cities.
9. GOALS 2007-2012
I nc rea s e the c a pa c ity o f the interna tio na l bridg es a nd c ro s s ing s in
a bout 30% by the c o ns truc tio n o f 6 new interna tio na l bridg es a nd
the ex pa ns io n to m a x im um c a pa c ity o f 8 P O E .
E na ble 14 S E N T R I ex c lus ive la nes fo r the c ro s s ing o f pa s s eng er
vehic les .
E na ble 14 FA S T ex c lus ive la nes for the c ro s s ing of freig ht truc k s .
C o ns truc tion a nd m o derniza tio n o f 7 hig hw a y bypa s s es a nd
a c c es s to P O E s .
C o ns truc tion o f 3 interna tio na l ra il bridg es a nd 3 ra il bypa s s es .
C o ns truc tion o f 1 interna tio na l pedes tria n bridg e a nd interna tio na l
c o nnec tio n to the bina tio na l a irpo rt.
C o ns truc tion o f 2 m a s s ive pa s s eng er tra ns po rt s ys tem a nd B R T ’s
10. 2012 VISION FOR THE NORTHWEST BORDER
Symbology
FAST SENTRI INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE OR
Operational Operational CROSSING
Construction
In preparation In preparation Preparation
Sonoyta-Lukeville
U n it ed Sasabe-Sasabe
Nogales – Mariposa
El Chaparral – St a t es (expansion)
Puerta México Nogales-Nogales (3 ports )
Tijuana-San Diego
Ca
(4 ports )
Naco-Naco
Mesa de Otay
Ba o r
l i a
Mesa de Otay II
f
Tecate-Tecate
ja n i
Mexicali-Calexico
So n San Jerónimo –
Sta. Teresa (FFCC)
(2 ports )
o r a
Algodones-Andrade Ch ih u Palomas-Columbus
San Luis Río Colorado-
a h u a
San Luis El Berrendo-Antelope Wells
S an Luis R ío C olorado II
Agua Prieta-Douglas
(2 ports)
11. 2012 VISION FOR THE NORTHEAST BORDER
Symbology
FAST SENTRI INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE
Nuevo Laredo IV- V
Operational Operational
Construction Nuevo Laredo-Laredo
(3 ports)
In preparation
In preparation In preparation
Presa Falcón-Falcon Dam
San Jerónimo –
Sta. Teresa (FFCC) Miguel Alemán-Roma
Cd. Juárez-El Paso U n it ed Miguel Alemán-Roma
Reparación Pte.colgante
(4 ports )
Guadalupe Bravo- St a t es Camargo-Rio Grande
Fabens
ampliación
Guadalupe–Tornillo
Libr. Cd. Juárez Diaz Ordaz-Los Ebanos
El Porvenir-
Ch ih u R eynos a-M c Allen
Fort Hancock
Ojinaga-Presidio a h u a Co a h u
“Anzaldúas ”
Reynosa-Hidalgo
(2 ports)
il a Libr. FFCC Matamoros
La Linda-Heath Canyon
N u e Matamoros-Brownsville
(3 ports)
v o Lucio Blanco-Los Indios
u
Ciudad Acuña-Del Rio
Cd. Acuña – Del Río 2 Leó
a
Matamoros-B&M
s
m
a
Nuevo Progreso-
Piedras Negras- n
ip
Progreso
Eagle Pass a
T
(2 ports )
R ío B ravo-Donna
l
Colombia-Webb (FFCC)
Colombia-Laredo III
12. NECESSARY SUPPORT
S peed up the em is s io n o f pres identia l perm its fo r the c o ns truc tio n
o f new interna tio na l bridg es a nd bo rder c ro s s ing s .
S ea rc h fo r inno va tive m ec ha nis m s o f fina nc ing a nd invo lve the
develo pm ent ba nk ing in the c ons truc tio n o f bo rder infra s truc ture.
I nc rea s e the pers o nnel fo r prim a ry a nd s ec o nda ry ins pec tio ns .
E x pa nd the s c hedules o f o pera tio n o n the 8 m a in P O E .
E na ble m o re ex c lus ive la nes fo r ex pres s c ro s s ing s o f vehic les
(S E N T R I ) a nd fo r truc k s (FA S T ).
Fo m ent the ex c ha ng e o f info rm a tio n a nd inc o rpo ra tio n o f s ta te-o f-
the-a rt tec hno lo g y a nd intellig ent tra ns po rt s ys tem s (I T S ) fo r
tra ffic m a na g em ent.
14. CONCLUSION
The development of the infrastructure for the transport in the Mexico U.S.
border is essential to embrace the competitive advantages and the geostrategic
location that North America has to promote the reactivation of the economy
Improve its foreign trade logistic, in strategic industries like the automotive,
electric, manufacture and agricultural requires substantial improvements on its
capacity and efficiency at border region.
In general the increase of international freight and passenger flows throughout
the Mexico - U.S. border ,demands permanent actions and investment.
Mexico has a program with possible projects that can start operations before
2012, these includes:
o New international bridges and border crossings.
o New rail crossings
o Special lanes with SENTRI and/or FAST technology .
To accelerate the instrumentation of these projects it is require to intensify the
binational efforts, dialogue and count with his American counterpart.
16. CIUDAD JUAREZ – EL PASO
Zone 4
PROYECTED FFCC
EXISTENT FFCC
2 or more 2
lanes lanes
PROJECTED ROADS
FREE FEDERAL HIGHWAY
QUOTA FEDERAL HIGHWAY
POE
P Project Zone NA 4
RO YE CTO S ZO 4
1.- Modernization
1.- Modernización
El B e rr en d o
Pa lo m as- C o lu m b u s (a c ce s os )
Z ar a go z a
2.- Construction
2.- Construcción
Gu a da lu p e T o r nil lo y l ib ra m i en to C d. Ju á re z ( p re pa ra ci ón )
3.- Construction/ rails
3.- Intermodal / Ferroviarios
Sa n J er on im o Adecuación de FFCC a BRT )
(
TO TAL JSM/JJE/GAM
18. NUEVO LAREDO – LAREDO
Zone 6
PROYECTED FFCC
EXISTENT FFCC
PROJECTED ROADS
FREE FEDERAL HIGHWAY
QUOTA FEDERAL
HIGHWAY
POE
INVESTMENT (MILLION
Project Zone 6
PROYECTOS ZONA 6 INV ERSION (M ILL ONES DE PESOS)
MXN)
1.- Mode rniza cion
1.- Modernization
N uevo Lare do (FAST) $40
C olom bia (SEN TR I y FAST) $40
Miguel Alem an (acces os ) $15
2.- Construccion
2.- Construction
Nuevo Laredo 4/5 $700
3.- Inte rm oda l / Fe rrovia rios
3.- Construction/ rails
C olom bia (FFC C ) $1,800
N uevo Lare do (C on vivencia U rban a) $600
TOTAL $3,195
20. REYNOSA - MC ALLEN
Zone 7
PROYECTED FFCC
EXISTENT FFCC
PROJECTED ROADS
FREE FEDERAL HIGHWAY
QUOTA FEDERAL
HIGHWAY
POE
INVESTMENT (MILLION
Project Zone 7
PROYECTOS ZONA 7 INV ERSION (M ILLONES DE PESOS)
MXN)
1.- Mode rniza cion
1.- Modernization
C am a rg o $50
R eyn os a - Mc Allen (SEN TR I y FAS T) $690
2.- Construction
2.- Construccion
D ia z Orda z (p re p a ra cio n) $200
R eyn os a-Ph a rr (a cce s o s ) $345
Libramiento de Reynosa Sur II $800
R io Bra vo D o nn a $305
3.- Inte rm odal
3.- Construction/ rails
Via d ucto d e R eyno s a $207
TOTAL $2,597
22. MATAMOROS - BROWNSVILLE
Zone 8
PROYECTED FFCC
EXISTENT FFCC
PROJECTED ROADS
FREE FEDERAL HIGHWAY
QUOTA FEDERAL
HIGHWAY
POE
PROYECTOS ZONA 8 INVESTMENT (MILLION
Project Zone 7 INV ERSION (M ILLONES DE PESOS)
MXN)
1.- Mode rnizacion
1.- Modernization
Matam oros - Bro w ns ville B&M (SEN TR I) $30
Matam oros -Brow ns ville Los Tom ates $400
2.- Construccion
2.- Construction
3.- Inte rm oda l / Fe rroviarios
3.- Construction/ rails
Libra m iento FFC C Matam oro s $500
TOTAL $930