Strengthening Mexico's Regulatory System of Medicines and Vaccines ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Within the new Multiannual Financial Framework, Mexico enjoys an allocation in the regional MIP for LAC (earmarked envelope of EUR 60M) focused on addressing three priorities for the period 2021 to 2027: support to the modernisation and implementation of the EU-Mexico new modernised Global Agreement, address green global challenges, and social cohesion and the fight against inequalities, including by supporting the health sector. ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To deliver on these goals, the EU will team up with EU Member States through two Team Europe Initiatives, on Social cohesion ¿ with a specific focus on public finances and formal / decent work ¿ and on Green transition ¿ supporting smart and sustainable mobility, circular economy, energy and ecosystems and with a partnership on health that is proposed in this fiche. This partnership on health ¿ which has the potential to become in the future the third Team Europe Initiative in Mexico - aims at supporting the access to quality medicine for all by promoting medicine regulation streamlining, strengthening the Mexican regulatory system and support the cooperation between the Mexican Authorities and key partners in the region and the European Union. The establishment of structured technical relations between the Mexican authorities in charge of medicine regulation and their EU Member States counterparts is indeed an important component of the action. ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Against this background, the EU will concentrate its efforts in strengthening&nbsp;public health through a better sanitary regulation in Mexico and supporting the Mexican ambition to become a regional leader for vaccine production and health resilience in LAC, promoting stronger regulatory institutions, supporting the modernisation and streamlining of regulatory frameworks, processes, policies and legislations, as well as the creation of updated sanitary functions and profiles to better prevent and respond to sanitary crisis and emergencies. The support to the definition of the plan for the digitalisation of regulatory services and the strengthening of the General Commission for the protection against Sanitary Risks in Mexico (Cofepris - Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios) is part of the objective to strengthen Cofepris¿ strategic role and to bring transformational changes in regulatory harmonisation and in joint-responses to cross-national health crisis and medicine shortages.&nbsp;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By doing this, the EU will help paving the way for sanitary self-sufficiency, in line with the Mexican commitment to ECLAC declarations, with the EU-LAC Roadmap in supporting the LAC sanitary plan and, as a pilot phase of the future EU regional TEI to support the whole LAC sanitary plan. This will complement the project that are about to be implemented under the EU-Mexico Fund as regards the development of a national roadmap on health. ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The implementation of this cooperation will allow the promotion of a positive EU / Mexico political narrative on health related issues, which will be developed by a whole-of-Delegation strategic communication and public diplomacy approach, which main features will be aligned with the EEAS services.&nbsp;In order to foster EU policy interests, the EUD will use - in close coordination with line DGs and Services - a toolkit aligned with the Global Gateway strategy. &nbsp;