MA Citlali Ayala Martínez
Semblance
PhD candidate in Development Studies from the University of the Basque
Country. Her academic works have focused on the cooperation between
middle-income countries, South-South and triangular cooperation, and
international cooperation related to higher education processes. She
has taken part in several research-action projects on cooperation for
development of the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT),
the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development,
Inter-American Development Bank, and Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development, such as the projects derived from the
Mexican Agenda of International Cooperation 208-2015 at the Mora Institute,
and the development of work cases of South-South cooperation Task Team on
South-South Cooperation. She is a member of the ECSA-Mexico Association
of Studies on the European Union. Some of the publications she has
coordinated are: International Cooperation for Development in Mexico. Towards
a Participation Agenda, with Beatriz Schmukler and Gabriela Sánchez,
and Mexico and Middle Income Countries in International Cooperation for
Development, with Jorge Pérez Pineda. Currently she is responsible of the
collection International Cooperation and Development Handbooks in Mora
Institute. She has taught at several higher education institutions, such as
the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Anáhuac Mexico South
University, and Mora Institute. Since February 2013, she has been Academic
Coordinator of the Master’s in International Cooperation for Development at
the Mora Institute.
Academic Education
PhD studies in Studies on Development, School of Economical and
Entrepreneurial Sciences, University of the Basque Country / Euskal Herriko
Unibertsitatea, Spain.
Master’s in International Cooperation European Union- Latin America, José
María Luis Mora Research Institute, 2002.
Bachelor of the Arts in International Relations, Political and Social Sciences
School, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), 1999.
Participant in the international program “Managing Global Governance”, 2012
course, by the German Development Institute (DIE/GDI), and the German cooperation
agency, GIZ.
Research lines
International Cooperation in Middle Income Countries (South-South and Triangle Cooperation).
International Cooperation and higher education processes.
Research Projects
Mexican Agenda of International Cooperation for Development 2008 – 2015 (ended in 2007).
2008 strategic actions for a Mexican Agenda of Cooperation for Development 2008 – 2015 (ended in 2008).
Consolidation of the Observatory of the Mexican Agenda of International Cooperation for Development 2008 – 2015 (ended in 2009).
Consolidation of the Observatory of Cooperation for Development in Mexico.
Promotion of specialized trainers of technicians and of the Mexico – Spain
relation in international cooperation. PCI of the AECID, Mora Institute and
Universidade da Coruña (ended in 2010).
Case studies of South-South cooperation in Latin America, 2011: “Case studies
of the Trifinio Region: South – South cross-border cooperation, a successful
experience,” [online] (in collaboration with Karla Ambrosio Torres) in:
Nils-Sjard Schulz and Enrique Maruri (coords.) <
http://www.southsouthcases.info/pdf/lac13.pdf>
Contact
Phone number: 55548946 Ext. 3127 and 3113