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D.3.1 – Update on ICT Priorities in Mexico for

ICT R&I cooperation with EU.

Interim Version

Grant Agreement number: 723088

Project acronym: FIWARE Mexico

Funding Scheme: Coordination and Support Action

Due date: 1/6/2017

Actual date: 14/7/2017

Document Author/s: INMARK, ITESM

Version: 1.0

Dissemination level: PU

Status: Final

This project has received funding from the European Union’s H2020 research and innovation programme

under grant agreement No 723088

Copyright © FIWARE Mexico Consortium 2017 – 2018

Update on ICT Priorities in Mexico for ICT R&I cooperation with EU

WP3_D3.1 FIWARE Mexico of 51

DOCUMENT HISTORY

Version Date Comments Author

0.1 16/06/2017 First draft Xianshu Zeng, INMARK

0.2 26/06/2017 First draft revision Yolanda Ursa, INMARK

0.3 30/06/17 Second draft Xianshu Zeng, Yolanda

Ursa, INMARK

0.4 10/07/17 Input to second draft Miguel Gonzalez, ITESM

1.0 14/07/2017 Final Version Yolanda Ursa, INMARK,

Miguel Gonzalez, ITESM



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 5 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 7 2. LANDSCAPE OF ICT FOR EU-MEXICO COPERATION ................................................... 8 2.1 EU-Mexico S&T Agreement .............................................................................................. 8

2.1.1 UEMEXCYT & EU-MEX INNOVA in FP7 ............................................. 8

2.1.2 Other Instruments for EU-Mexico S&T cooperation .......................... 9

2.2 Collaborative Projects in ICT R&I ...................................................................................... 9 2.2.1 FP6 Projects ............................................................................... 9

2.2.2 FP7 Projects .............................................................................. 10

2.2.3 LEADERSHIP project outcomes..................................................... 11

2.2.4 EU-Mexico S&T cooperation in H2020 ........................................... 14

2.3 Highlights of the EU-Mexico cooperation ........................................................................ 15 3. ICT R&I PRIORITIES SURVEY RESULTS ....................................................................... 16 3.1 Survey methodology ........................................................................................................ 16

3.1.1 Scope and sample size ................................................................ 16

3.1.2 Selection of FIWARE and ICT priorities .......................................... 16

3.1.3 Online questionnaire ................................................................... 19

3.2 Respondents profile......................................................................................................... 20 3.2.1 Organisation type ....................................................................... 20

3.2.2 Organisation size ........................................................................ 21

3.3 Perspectives for ICT and FIWARE collaboration with Europe ........................................ 22 3.3.1 ICT R&I cooperation with Europe .................................................. 22

3.3.2 Assessment of the experience in cooperation with Europe ............... 22

3.3.3 Interest in R&I collaboration with Europe ...................................... 22

3.3.4 Awareness of Next Generation Internet ......................................... 23

3.3.5 Awareness of FIWARE ................................................................. 24

3.3.6 Barriers for Europe-Mexico Collaboration in ICT R&I ....................... 25

3.4 FIWARE and ICT priorities for Europe-Mexico cooperation............................................ 27 3.4.1 Top ICT priority topics in Mexico .................................................. 27

3.4.2 Top ICT priority topics per Organisation Type................................. 27

3.4.3 Alignment of ICT priorities with FIWARE domains ........................... 28

3.4.4 Analysis of priority topics by FIWARE domain ................................. 29

4. CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................. 35 ANNEX 1 – SELECTED ICT AND FIWARE PRIORITY TOPICS IN MEXICO .......................... 37 ANNEX 2 –QUESTIONAIRE ...................................................................................................... 39



LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1 ICT priorities in Mexico, LEADERSHIP Project ................................................... 13 Figure 2 Selection process of ICT priorities ................................................................... 17 Figure 3: Match ICT topics with FIWARE Mexico domains ............................................... 18 Figure 4 Match ICT topics with H2020 ICT Topics and FIWARE ........................................ 18 Figure 5 Match ICT topics with NGI topics .................................................................... 19 Figure 6: Organisation type ........................................................................................ 21 Figure 7: Organisation size ......................................................................................... 21 Figure 8: Assessment of participation in EU projects ...................................................... 22 Figure 9: Willingness to participate in R&I funding programmes ...................................... 23 Figure 10 Percentage of awareness of NGI ................................................................... 23 Figure 11 Percentage of awareness of FIWARE ............................................................. 24 Figure 12 Benefited R&I Domains by FIWARE Technologies ............................................ 25 Figure 13: Barriers for ICT R&I collaboration ................................................................ 26 Figure 14 Potential ICT Priorities for organisations ........................................................ 27 Figure 15 Priority of FIWARE domains .......................................................................... 29 Figure 16 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Health .................................................. 30 Figure 17 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Energy ................................................. 31 Figure 18 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Industry 4.0 .......................................... 31 Figure 19 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Security ................................................ 33 Figure 20 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Smart Cities .......................................... 34

LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Respondents Profile ...................................................................................... 20 Table 2 Top ICT Priority Topics per Organisation Type ................................................... 28 Table 3 Priority topics per FIWARE domain ................................................................... 29



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report on ICT priorities in Mexico provides an overview of the landscape of ICT

for EU-Mexico cooperation and presents the results of the survey conducted in Mexico

to identify priority topics for future cooperation between Mexico and Europe in the

field of ICT R&I and FIWARE.

The online survey was carried out from 26 April to 5 June 2017. The questionnaire

was answered by a total of 398 relevant stakeholders in Mexico, including

representatives from Universities and research centres (75%), industry (18%),

government institutions, associations and NGOs (7%). This explains that most of the

respondents have a research profile, although consultants and C-suite executives are

also well represented. Moreover, most of the survey respondents belong to small and

medium size organisations (54%), but there is a significant group of large

organisations (46%).

Findings from the survey suggest good perspectives for future EU-Mexico

collaboration in topics of common interest related to ICT and FIWARE. Although the

awareness of FIWARE technologies in Mexico is relatively low (15% of respondents),

there is an increasing interest in collaborating with Europe. The great majority of

respondents (96%) say that they have interest or are planning to participate in future

collaborative R&I projects with Europe. In addition, there is consensus among the

FIWARE community in Mexico about the benefits of FIWARE to research and

innovation in Smart cities and Security, and to a lesser extend in the domains of

Health, Energy and Industry 4.0. This highlights the opportunities for future

collaboration between Mexico and Europe, but also the existing gap between interest

and actual collaboration in the field of ICT and FIWARE, and thus the need to

overcome some important barriers to enhance cooperation.

The report underlines the relevance of topics connected to FIWARE domains, like

Health, Energy, Industry 4.0, Security and Smart Cities.

PRIORITY TOPICS Average Tier

Healthcare platform development 3,42

Tie

r 1

Energy efficiency 3,32

Real time information technology 3,30

Security monitoring 3,29

Artificial Intelligence 3,28

Big Data 3,24

IoT 3,23

Software defined technology 3,20

Intelligent transport system 3,16

Tie

r 2

Smart citizen-centred energy system 3,16

Cloud Computing 3,09

Electric Vehicles Support

Technologies 3,08

Advanced manufacturing 2,96

Tie

r 3

Data Sovereignty 2,94

Smart Factory 2,91

Smart Home 2,77



The above topics that have been scored on a scale from 1 – not relevant to 4 – very

relevant, are the basis to further Europe-Mexico collaboration in ICT and FIWARE.

Based on the findings of the survey it is evident that Mexico and Europe share

priorities of common interest for ICT research and innovation, and these priorities

are aligned with FIWARE domains, as well as with areas and topics identified in

Horizon 2020 ICT-related Work Programmes and Next Generation Internet (NGI),

which creates a solid basis for future cooperation between Europe and Mexico.

However, the survey results also confirm the existence of important obstacles for

collaboration. The main barriers perceived by respondents in Mexico are the lack of

awareness of funding programmes, lack of knowledge about ICT and FIWARE

research topics and short experience in international cooperation projects. In

addition, the relatively low knowledge about FIWARE in Mexico could hinder future

collaboration between Mexico and Europe.

Thus, current actions undertaken by FIWARE Mexico to promote the FIWARE brand

in Mexico and support the uptake of FIWARE technologies are pertinent to advance

in this direction and face key challenges to improve ICT and FIWARE collaboration

between Europe and Mexico.



1. INTRODUCTION

As part of the activities of WP3 Priority setting & follow-up for cooperation in ICT and

FIWARE, this interim version of Deliverable 3.1 presents ICT and FIWARE research

priorities in Mexico, based on the mapping of the landscape of ICT collaboration and

the results of the survey conducted in Mexico to identify ICT priority topics and to

connect these topics with FIWARE domains relevant for EU-Mexico cooperation.

The online survey was carried out from 26 April to 5 June 2017 provides feedback

and qualified opinions from relevant ICT and FIWARE stakeholders. Specific

objectives of the survey were:

- Update the priorities for ICT cooperation, including topics for collaboration in

FIWARE.

- Assess their alignment with FIWARE Mexico domains, ICT-related topics in

Horizon 2020 (Work programmes 2018-2020), and additionally with Next

Generation Internet (NGI).

- Identify main barriers for Europe-Mexico collaboration in ICT R&I

- Get insights to support the uptake of FIWARE technologies in Mexico

The structure of the report is as follows. Section 2 outlines the current landscape for

ICT cooperation between Europe and Mexico, in terms of ICT R&I projects and

investigation carried out by the Consortium in previous projects to explore topics of

common interest for future collaboration in ICT and FIWARE, which lead to a first

identification of relevant cooperation topics.

Section 3 presents the results of the survey, following the structure of the

questionnaire. In chapter 3.1 we explain the methodological approach to conduct the

survey, including the scope and sample size, criteria and steps to select FIWARE and

ICT topics to be ranked, and the web tool used. Chapter 3.2 describes the

respondents profile, detailing the type and size of the organisations represented in

the survey. Chapter 3.3 outlines the perspectives for FIWARE and ICT R&I

collaboration between Mexico and Europe, including respondent’s experience when

participating in EU projects, plans for future collaboration, awareness of FIWARE and

barriers for EU-Mexico collaboration. Chapter 3.4 presents the ranking of ICT priority

topics in Mexico and a detailed analysis of the of these topics by FIWARE domains.

Finally, section 4 present the overall conclusions.



2. LANDSCAPE OF ICT FOR EU-MEXICO COPERATION

This section presents the landscape of current ICT collaboration in EU-Mexico as a

first step to identify priority topics for future ICT R&I cooperation between these

countries.

2.1 EU-Mexico S&T Agreement

Bilateral relations between the EU and Mexico are governed by the Economic

Partnership, Political Co-operation and Co-operation Agreement (the Global

Agreement signed in Brussels on 8 December 1997 and entered into force on 1st

October 2000).

Signed on 3 February 2004, the Bilateral Agreement for scientific and technological

cooperation between the European Community and the United Mexican States, came

into force on 13 June 2005.

At the fifth EU-Mexico summit held on 16 May 2010, a Strategic Partnership between

Mexico and the EU was agreed by the parties, reflecting the readiness of both players

to strengthen coordination on matters of global importance and further intensify their

political, economic and cooperation links.

The main areas of cooperation are: environment; information and communication

technologies; food, agriculture, fisheries, and biotechnology; health; nano-

technologies, transport materials and new production technologies; energy; social

sciences as well as infrastructures.

2.1.1 UEMEXCYT & EU-MEX INNOVA in FP7

One of the first actions to support and implement and the S&T cooperation between

Europe and Mexico, and therefore the achievement of the engagement foreseen in

the Agreement, was the launch in 2006 of the Bureau for European and Mexican

Science and Technology Cooperation UEMEXCyT, located in CONACyT (Mexican

National Council of Science and Technology) and cofinanced by the European

Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Technological Development (DG

RTD) and CONACyT, for a two-year period.

The 2nd stage of UEMEXCYT Office (UEMEXCYT2), was launched to support the

bilateral political dialogue initiated by the S&T Agreement’s Joint Steering Committee,

providing information about opportunities for cooperation in FP7, follow-up and

continuity to the efforts carried out since the launch of the UEMEXCyT Office, as well

as improving the channels of communication and partnership between Mexico and

the EU Member States. The Joint Steering Committee Meetings (JSCM) are normally

held once a year. The participants are CONACYT from the Mexican side, and the EC

Directorate General for Research and Innovation, from the EU side.

The 3rd stage, the European Union – Mexico Bilateral Innovation Initiative (EU-MEX

INNOVA), seeks to develop and strengthen collaborations between the two sides to

cope societal challenges and industrial technologies through international

cooperation, by making science, research and innovation proceed more rapidly and

more cost effectively.



EU-MEX INNOVA took into consideration the previous efforts between the EC and

CONACYT (UEMEXCYT 1 & 2). The consortium involved strategic partners from

France, Germany, Italy and Spain, that work with Mexico toward the objectives of

the project seeking and important impact in the EU-Mexico ST&I cooperation1.

2.1.2 Other Instruments for EU-Mexico S&T cooperation

Another axe of the EU-Mexico S&T cooperation is the Fund for International

Cooperation in Science and Technology (FONCICYT), which was established by

Mexico and the European Union in 2007 as part of the International Cooperation

Programme between both parties for the encouragement of Scientific and

Technological Research. This programme is upheld in the Financing Convention

between the European Commission and CONACYT in Mexico, which stipulates that

each party must contribute €10M (€20M in total), and that the geographical sphere

of intervention must include all Mexican territory and all European Union member

countries.

The direct beneficiary of the Cooperation Programme is the CONACYT, which is

responsible for administration of the FONCICYT and ultimately responsible to the

European Commission for the application of funds contributed by this body to the

FONCICYT trust. The CONACYT must ensure at all times that these funds are used

pursuant to the Financing Agreement. The indirect beneficiaries of the Programme

are stakeholders in the science and technology sector of Mexico and those EU

countries which are directly involved in public and private research projects. Other

indirect beneficiaries are public and private higher education institutions, local

government and the productive sector.

The final beneficiaries of the Programme are the societies of both Mexico and EU, as

these co-financed projects increase the capability and applicability of scientific and

technological research in the two regions, thus allowing improvements to the

standard of living and well-being of their populations. In addition to the above, the

implementation of the FONCICYT also aims to contribute to improving

competitiveness, growth and employment in the medium term. Moreover, it creates

the conditions for improving Mexican participation in the research, technological

development and innovation programmes of the European Research Area. FONCICYT

was especially important for the participation in the Seventh Framework Programme

for Research and Technological Development (FP7)2.

2.2 Collaborative Projects in ICT R&I

The bilateral dialogue has stimulated the participation of Mexican partners in

collaborative projects with Europe. In a more specific way, the following projects (not

an exhaustive list) directly related to ICT were funded, with Mexican partners

participation:

2.2.1 FP6 Projects

WINDS LA – Widening IST Networking Development Support – Latin America Instrument: SSA Thematic Priority: FP6-2005-IST-6

1 Source: Bureau for EU-Mexican Science and Technology Cooperation, Step II (UEMEXCYT2)

http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/mexico.pdf 2 FONCICYT catalogue (ENG) http://consultoria.conacyt.gob.mx/es-es/foncicyt/DocumentosInteres/PUBLICACI%C3%93N/Catalogue-Foncicyt.pdf

http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/mexico.pdf

http://consultoria.conacyt.gob.mx/es-es/foncicyt/DocumentosInteres/PUBLICACIÓN/Catalogue-Foncicyt.pdf

http://consultoria.conacyt.gob.mx/es-es/foncicyt/DocumentosInteres/PUBLICACIÓN/Catalogue-Foncicyt.pdf



From 2007/01/01 to 2008/12/31 IST-45108 SENSATION - Advanced sensor development for attention, stress, vigilance and sleep/wakefulness monitoring ID: 507231

From 2004-01-01 to 2008-04-30 Topic(s): IST-2002-2.3.1.2 - Micro and nano-systems ASK-IT - Ambient intelligence system of agents for knowledge-based and integrated services for mobility impaired users ID: 511298

From 2004-10-01 to 2008-09-30 Topic(s): IST-2002-2.3.2.10 - e-inclusion EELA – e-Infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America ID: 26409 Funded under: FP6-INFRASTRUCTURES From 2006-01-01 to 2007-12-31

Topic(s): INFRASTR-6 - Accompanying Measures for promoting a more co-ordinated approach to research infrastructures in Europe Funding scheme: SSA - Specific Support Action RINGRID - Remote instrumentation in next-generation grids ID: 31891 Funded under: FP6-INFRASTRUCTURES

From 2006-10-01 to 2008-03-31 Topic(s): INFRASTR-3 - Communication network development in conjunction with thematic priority 2 (Information Society Technologies) to establish a high-capacity and high-speed communications network for all researchers in Europe (GEANT). Funding scheme: SSA - Specific Support Action

2.2.2 FP7 Projects

EELA-2 - E-SCIENCE GRID FACILITY FOR EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

ID: 223797

Funded under: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES From 2008-04-01 to 2010-03-31 Topic(s): INFRA-2007-1.2-03 - e-Science Grid infrastructures Call for proposal: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-2

OASIS - Open Architecture for Accessible Services Integration and Standardisation ID: 215754 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2008-01-01 to 2011-12-31 Topic(s): ICT-2007.7.1 - ICT and ageing Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2007-1

GISELA - GRID INITIATIVES FOR E-SCIENCE VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

ID: 261487 Funded under: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES From 2010-09-01 to 2012-08-31, closed project Topic(s): INFRA-2010-1.2.3 - Virtual Research Communities Call for proposal: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010-2

FORESTA - Fostering the Research Dimension of Science and Technology Agreements ID: 248676 Funded under: FP7-ICT



From 2010-01-01 to 2011-12-31 Topic(s): ICT-2009.9.1 - International Cooperation Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2009-4See other projects for this call FIRST - Implementing cooperation on Future Internet and ICT Components between Europe and Latin America

Project ID: 248753 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2010-01-01 to 2011-12-31 Topic(s): ICT-2009.9.1 - International Cooperation Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2009-4

PRO-IDEAL PLUS - PROmotion of an Ict Dialogue between Europe and America Latina – extension towards Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica Project ID: 246644 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2010-01-01 to 2011-12-31 Topic(s): ICT-2009.9.1 - International Cooperation Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2009-4

AMERICAS - Latin America-Europe ICT Cooperation Advanced Strategies Project ID: 287805 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2011-11-01 to 2013-10-31 Topic(s): ICT-2011.10.3 - International partnership building and support to dialogues Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2011-7

Idealist2011 - Trans-national cooperation among ICT National Contact Points Project ID: 231367 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2008-10-01 to 2011-09-30, Topic(s): ICT-2007.9.3 - Transnational cooperation among National Contact Points

Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2007-3 LEADERSHIP - Latin America-Europe Advanced Dialogues to Enhance ICT Research and Innovation partnerSHIP Project ID: 611099 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2013-11-01 to 2015-10-31

Topic(s): ICT-2013.10.3 - International partnership building and support to dialogues – Horizontal International Cooperation Actions Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2013-10 CONECTA 2020 - COoperation and NEtworking between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean to Coordinate Research Opportunities around ICT and Horizon 2020 challenges via Technology PlAtforms

Project ID: 611517 Funded under: FP7-ICT From 2014-03-01 to 2016-02-29 Topic(s): ICT-2013.10.3 - International partnership building and support to dialogues – Horizontal International Cooperation Actions Call for proposal: FP7-ICT-2013-10

2.2.3 LEADERSHIP project outcomes

The investigation carried out by the LEADERSHIP project, where INMARK and ITESM

were involved, identified ICT research priority topics of common interest for EU-

Mexico collaboration, which provides the basis to identify the most viable, future

research topics and ways of cooperation in ICT and FIWARE. LEADERSHIP identified

33 ICT priority topics of particular relevance for Latin America and Mexico, including



ICT for societal challenges, such as efficient energy, health and smart cities; as well

as Big Data and Future Internet.

In particular, LEADERSHIP project pointed that Mexican ICT priority R&I areas have

much in common with the European ones, defined by Horizon 2020, the current EU

Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, in particular with the H2020

pillar of societal challenges. Among Mexican ICT priority R&I areas framed within this

pillar are: Inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies; Health, demographic change

and wellbeing; and Secure, clean and efficient energy. This reflects a fertile ground

for future cooperation between Europe and Mexico in ICT R&I.

The outcomes of LEADERSHIP pointed 33 R&I areas, gathered in 12 topics related to

ICT, as described in Horizon 2020. These are the following3:

Topic 1: A new generation of components and systems

1. Smart Cyber-Physical Systems

2. Smart System Integration

Topic 2: Advanced Computing

3. Customised and low power computing

Topic 3: Future Internet

4. Smart Networks and novel Internet Architectures

5. Smart optical and wireless network technologies

6. Advanced Cloud Infrastructures and Services

7. Boosting public sector productivity and innovation through cloud computing

services

8. Tools and Methods for Software Development

9. Future Internet Research & Experimentation - FIRE +

Topic 4: Content technologies and information management

11. Big data

12. Technologies for creative industries, social media and convergence

13. Technologies for better human learning and teaching

14. Advanced digital gaming/gamification technologies

15. Multimodal and Natural computer interaction

Topic 5: Robotics

16. Robotics

Topic 6: Micro- and nano-electronic technologies, Photonics

17. Internet of Things and Platforms for Connected Smart Objects

Topic 7: ICT Cross-Cutting Activities

18. Cybersecurity, Trustworthy ICT

Topic 8: Factories of the Future (FoF)

19. Process optimisation of manufacturing assets

20. Developing smart factories that are attractive to workers

Topic 9: e-Infrastructures

21. Managing, preserving and computing with big research data

22. Network of HPC Competence Centres for SMEs

23. Provision of core services across e-infrastructures

Topic 10: Inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies

24. ICT-enabled open government

25. Innovative schemes for open innovation and science 2.0

26. ICT platform for Learning and Inclusion

Topic 11: Secure, clean and efficient energy

27. New ICT-based solutions for energy efficiency

28. Large scale energy storage

3 Country brief on EU-LAC R&I cooperation in ICT: Mexico. LEADERSHIP project.



29. Smart Cities and Communities solutions integrating energy, transport, ICT

sectors

Topic 12: Health, demographic change and wellbeing

30. Advanced ICT systems and services for Integrated Care

31. Self-management of health and disease: citizen engagement and mHealth

32. Patient empowerment supported by ICT

33. Digital representation of health data to improve disease diagnosis and treatment

The top 10 ICT priority areas selected in Mexico are the following:

• Technologies for better human learning and teaching

• Smart Cities and Communities solutions integrating energy, transport, ICT

sectors

• Advanced ICT systems and services for Integrated Care

• Cybersecurity, Trustworthy ICT

• Digital representation of health data to improve disease diagnosis and

treatment

• Advanced Cloud Infrastructures and Services

• Big data

• ICT platform for Learning and Inclusion

• Robotics

• Large scale energy storage

Figure 1 ICT priorities in Mexico, LEADERSHIP Project

Overall, potential areas for ICT R&I cooperation identified by LEADERSHIP in

Mexico are related to FIWARE domains, such as Smart Cities, Health Energy. These

topics were considered in the selection of topics to the online survey conducted by

FIWARE Mexico, as described below in section 3.



2.2.4 EU-Mexico S&T cooperation in H2020

Aiming to encourage the participation of Mexican entities in the Horizon 2020

Program and in order to strengthen bilateral relations between the European Union

and Mexico in Science, Technology and Innovation, the National Council of Science

and Technology (CONACYT) launched the ”CONACYT - H2020 call” on 25 February

2014. This new mechanism funds the participation of Mexican researchers in all areas

of Horizon 20204, by using the FONCICYT Mechanism.

Mexican entities aiming to participate in a European consortium may apply to

CONACYT for financial support. CONACYT will review the Mexican application and, if

they approve it, will guarantee the financing of the Mexican partner, should the

proposal subsequently be selected by the EU. This decision was taken after Europe

decided to declare Mexico as non-eligible for funding in H2020 calls.

Particularly, Mexico confirmed in the 2014 Joint Scientific Committee the interest to

strengthen the collaboration in the ICT domain within Europe. Therefore, it was

decided to launch a specific call, released on 14 October 2015 (the ICT-38-2016)

devoted to use FIWARE as the open service platform of reference and to develop

FIWARE platform components5.

In this way, the following projects are running on H2020:

MAGIC - Middleware for collaborative Applications and Global vIrtual Communities Project ID: 654225 INFRASUPP-7-2014 - e-Infrastructure policy development and international cooperation From 2015-05-01 to 2017-04-30 CSA - Coordination and support action

SmartSDK - A FIWARE-based SDK for developing Smart Applications Project ID: 723174 ICT-38-2016 - MEXICO: Collaboration on ICT From 2016-09-01 to 2018-08-31 RIA - Research and Innovation action FIWARE Mexico - Enhancing FIWARE collaboration between Europe and Mexico

Project ID: 723088 ICT-38-2016 - MEXICO: Collaboration on ICT From 2016-09-01 to 2018-08-31 CSA - Coordination and support action FINEXT - Bringing FIWARE to the NEXT step Project ID: 732851

ICT-12-2016 - Net Innovation Initiative From 2016-12-01 to 2018-11-30 IA - Innovation action SynchroniCity - SynchroniCity: Delivering an IoT enabled Digital Single Market for Europe and Beyond

Project ID: 732240 H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

4 http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/index.cfm?lg=en&pg=mexico 5 EU- Mexico collaboration on ICT http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-38-2016.html



H2020-EU.3.1.4. - Active ageing and self-management of health From 2017-01-01 to 2019-09-30, Topic IoT-01-2016 - Large Scale Pilots H2020-IOT-2016 (not financed by CONACYT)

2.3 Highlights of the EU-Mexico cooperation

After analysing the main ICT collaborative projects with Mexican participants, there

are numerous research topics with a prevalence in the last 10 years in:

• Infrastructures (Network, e-Science Grid infrastructures, Virtual research

communities)

• Micro and nano systems

• IoT and large scale pilots (FIWARE related)

• e-inclusion and ICT and ageing (FIWARE related)

• Collaboration on ICT (International Cooperation, FIWARE related)

The prevalence in infrastructures highlights the interest and the importance for the

EU-Mexico ICT cooperation, which allows Mexican researchers to be eligible for EU

funding when participating in the calls. Moreover, the last 2016 Joint Steering

Committee Meeting highlights the interest for High Performance Computing,

reinforcing the cooperation in terms of infrastructure, IoT, but also within the

applications, giving the integrating element of the FIWARE platform6.

6 EU- Mexico Joint Committee meeting. 27 May 2016, Brussels,

http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/index.cfm?pg=mexico



3. ICT R&I PRIORITIES SURVEY RESULTS

3.1 Survey methodology

This section describes the methodological approach to design and conduct the online

survey in order to update ICT research and innovation priorities in Mexico and to

identify priority topics for EU-Mexico collaboration in FIWARE.

The survey was launched on 26th April 2017 and data collection took place until 5th

June 2017. INMARK coordinated the process of information gathering and monitoring,

supported by Mexican partners that performed a personal monitoring of the survey

in Mexico by phone and email to increase response rates.

3.1.1 Scope and sample size

The survey was conducted to a sample of 3.250 stakeholders from Mexico,

representing ICT researchers from academia and the industry, decision makers,

government institutions and associations.

The sample composition includes relevant ICT stakeholders interested in ICT research

and innovation activities and/or involved in R&D policies. They were selected from

the Mexican partners’ databases including representatives from:

• CUDI R&E community

• INFOTEC community of FIWARE supporters

• Tecnologico de Monterrey network of technology parks and industry

associations

• ICT-related initiatives for Europe and Mexico collaboration

• Universities and research centres

• ICT industry

In total, 398 people answered the questionnaire, which represent an average

response rate of 12%.

3.1.2 Selection of FIWARE and ICT priorities

The selection process of ICT R&I priorities included in the survey was performed in

three steps:

1. Shortlist of 30 ICT topics in Mexico, on the basis of previous work carried out by

the Consortium to map the Mexican landscape of ICT and FIWARE. These

shortlisted topics are of particular relevance for collaboration in FIWARE as they

are related to the FIWARE Catalogue of Generic Enablers (GE) and domain-

specific enablers (DSEs).

2. Matching the shortlisted topics with FIWARE Mexico Domains, H2020 Topic (Work

Programmes 2018-2020) and key areas addressed by Next Generation Internet

(NGI).

3. Final selection of the 16 FIWARE and ICT-related topics that are particularly

relevant for R&I cooperation between Europe and Mexico, as included in the

survey, based on the following criteria: • Consortium expertise and knowledge on FIWARE and ICT R&I priorities for

international cooperation

• Relevance for FIWARE in Mexico

• Relevance for FIWARE Mexico partners and Working Groups members



Figure 2 Selection process of ICT priorities

The selected 16 topics to be ranked by respondents are the following:

• Cloud Computing

• Intelligent transport system

• IoT

• Smart Factory

• Smart Home

• Security monitoring

• Big Data

• Data Sovereignty

• Advanced manufacturing

• Real time information technology

• Energy efficiency

• Electric Vehicles Support Technologies

• Smart citizen-centred energy system

• Healthcare platform development

• Artificial Intelligence

• Software defined technology

FIWARE GE&DSE

30 ICT topics in

Mexico of particular relevance for collaboration in FIWARE

Matching

The shortlisted topics with FIWARE Mexico Domains, H2020 Topics (Work Programmes 2018-2020) and key areas addressed by Next Generation Internet (NGI)

Final Selection

16 FIWARE and

ICT-related topics that are particularly relevant for R&I cooperation between Europe and Mexico



Figure 3: Match ICT topics with FIWARE Mexico domains

Figure 4 Match ICT topics with H2020 ICT Topics and FIWARE



Figure 5 Match ICT topics with NGI topics

3.1.3 Online questionnaire

Questionnaire structure

The questionnaire comprises a total of 12 questions structured into the following

sections:

1. Basic Information: basic data of respondents (position, organisation type and

number of employees).

2. Perspectives for R&I Collaboration: previous experience in collaborative R&I

projects Europe, including current involvement in R&I projects and initiatives

relevant to Next Generation Internet; overall assessment of Europe-Mexico

collaboration in R&I; interest in future collaboration with Europe in specific topics

and areas for collaborative R&I projects.

3. Awareness of FIWARE and how FIWARE solutions can benefit research in the

domains of smart cities, security, health, energy and industry 4.0.

4. Barriers for Europe-Mexico collaboration in ICT R&I:

perceived current barriers and problems for taking part in ICT R&I cooperation

projects between Mexico and Europe.

5. ICT and FIWARE Priorities for R&I collaboration between Europe and

Mexico: Comprises the list of selected ICT priority topics connected to FIWARE

technologies to be ranked by respondents according to their knowledge and

experience.

The questionnaire includes four types of questions:

• Single answer questions, e.g. Yes or No answers.

• Multiple choice questions, where respondents may choose from a list of

options.

• Rating scale questions, where respondents rank a list of options from 1- not

relevant to 4 – very relevant.

• Open questions.



Online tool

The questionnaire was based on the online survey platform, Survey Monkey7. This

tool was chosen because it is easy to use for respondents, fast to collect responses

and convenient to analyse the results. It has been proved to be the optimised process

of distribution, response collection and visualisation of data analysis.

To protect data privacy and safety, the following actions were carried out to avoid

accidental deletion of the data gathered:

• There was only one admin that could access the questionnaires.

• Backups of responses obtained were performed every week.

• Ensure the security of the database collected in the Survey Monkey account.

The link to the survey, along with an invitation letter to fill in the survey, was

distributed by email on 26th April 2017 among Mexican stakeholders’ databases. The

first deadline to receive responses was fixed for 15 May. Two reminders were sent

on 18 and 26 May respectively, with a final deadline to complete the survey extended

to 5 June. In parallel, personalized monitoring by phone and/or email was performed

by the partners in Mexico.

3.2 Respondents profile

Most of the respondents who answered the questionnaire are researchers and

professors (43,4%), followed by consultants (28,5%) as well as directors, C-suite

and managers (28%).

Table 1: Respondents Profile

Position Percentage

Consultant 28.50%

Professor 24.70%

Researcher 18.80%

Director 10.80%

CEO, COO, CFO 9.70%

Manager 7.50%

Total 100%

3.2.1 Organisation type

Universities (62%) and research centres (13%) together represent 75% of

respondents’ organisations, which explains the relevance of the research profile

among respondents. The industry, including private companies and SME represent

18% of respondents’, while the remaining organizations (7%) are NGO, Associations

and government organisation.

7 https://www.surveymonkey.com/



Figure 6: Organisation type

3.2.2 Organisation size

The questionnaire was answered by large and small and medium size organisations,

including SME. 46% of respondents reported they work for organisations with more

than 250 employees, while 16% of respondents work for organisations between 50-

250 employees and 38% pertain to organisations with less than 50 employees. Thus,

there is a balance between large and small and medium size organisations.

Figure 7: Organisation size

Findings on respondents’ profile

• Most of the respondents who answered the questionnaire are researchers

and professors (43,4%), although consultants (28,5%) and C-suite

executives are also well represented (28%).

• Universities and research centres together represent 75% of respondents’

organisations, which explains the relevance of the research profile among

respondents.

• The industry, including SME, represent 18% of respondents.

• There is good balance between large and small and medium size

organisations.

University62%

Research Center13%

Private Company

11%

Government Organisation

4%

NGO2%

Association1%

SME7%

< 10 employees; 25,5%

11-50 employees;

13,1%

51-250 employees;

15,7%

> 250 employees; …



3.3 Perspectives for ICT and FIWARE collaboration with Europe

3.3.1 ICT R&I cooperation with Europe

Only 8.2% of Mexican respondents have participated in ICT R&I projects in

cooperation with Europe, while a vast majority of respondents (91.8%) recognise

that they do not have previous experience in collaborative projects with Europe.

Among the respondents that have participated in R&I collaborative projects and

initiatives, the more important areas and topics mentioned in the responses are:

Process modelling, software engineering, business model innovation, flood risk

simulation, and civil security.

3.3.2 Assessment of the experience in cooperation with Europe

We asked respondents who have previously participated in collaborative projects with

Europe to assess their experience in a scale from 1 to 4 (from 1 - Not positive to 4 -

Very positive). The opinions are divided, while 45% of respondents evaluate their

experience in EU projects participation as positive (22%) or very positive (23%),

41% of respondents rated their collaboration experience as negative. There is a

certain level of dissatisfaction in previous collaborations with Europe in ICT R&I

projects, which should be taken into account in future actions to improve EU-Mexico

cooperation.

Figure 8: Assessment of participation in EU projects

3.3.3 Interest in R&I collaboration with Europe

When asked about the interest in collaborative research and innovation with Europe,

an overwhelming majority of responses are affirmative. While 51.6% of respondents

have shown interest in participating in R&I projects, 44,5% affirm to have plans to

embark in future collaborative R&I projects with Europe.

Main areas and topics for future Europe-Mexico collaboration are:

• IoT

Negative41%

Fair14%

Positive22%

Very Positive23%



• Renewable energy


• Traffic monitoring

• Real-time technology

• Smart Cities

• Artificial intelligence

• Quantum computing

• Cybersecurity.

• Personal Security Sensors

• Big Data

• Data Mining

• Virtual reality

• Embedded Services

• Business Intelligence

• Industry 4.0

• Machine Learning

• Electronic Government

• eHealth

• Robotics

• ICT for environment

• ICT for social aspects of innovation

Figure 9: Willingness to participate in R&I funding programmes

3.3.4 Awareness of Next Generation Internet

When asked if the participants in the survey are involved in any R&D initiative

relevant to shape and build the Next Generation Internet (NGI), 14.4% of

respondents say they are involved in this kind of initiatives, although a very large

majority have registered the negative answer.

Figure 10 Percentage of awareness of NGI

Planning to participate

44%

No interest4%

Interest to participate

52%

14,40% 85,60%Response Percentage

Yes No



Among the respondents who have answered yes, several R&D projects and

initiatives were mentioned:

• Data Science and Public Health

• Red LATE Mexico

• SmartSDK

• Digital Transformation

• Smart Cities MX

• Digital gap measurement

• Innovation agendas in ICT

• Big Data and real-time monitoring

• Data mining in social networks

• Future Internet

• Super-computing in the cloud

• Digital Inclusion Centers

• IoT

• Machine learning

3.3.5 Awareness of FIWARE

Similarly, when asked about the knowledge about FIWARE, 15% of respondents have

acknowledged their awareness to this platform, while 85% showed the lack of

knowledge of FIWARE technologies. This reflects the fact that FIWARE still has ample

room to improve its brand awareness in Mexico.

Figure 11 Percentage of awareness of FIWARE

Among the respondents who know FIWARE, they highlighted the following channels

for them to get information about this open source platform:

• INFOTEC community

• University network

• Email

• FIWARE online presence, e.g. website and social media account

• Horizon 2020 calls

Among the respondents who know about FIWARE, they have also been asked if they

believe the FIWARE platform and technologies can benefit the FIWARE Mexico

domains:

• Smart cities

• Security

• Health

• Energy

• Industry 4.0

15,8% 84,2%Response Percentage

Yes No



It turns out that most respondents stated that FIWARE can significantly benefit

research and innovation in smart cities (73.2%), followed by security (54.9%),

Health (47.9%), Energy (39.4%) and Industry 4.0 (31%).

Figure 12 Benefited R&I Domains by FIWARE Technologies

Among the specific benefits mentioned for each domain the following research areas

were highlighted:

• Smart cities:

o Technology implemented in Europe is useful for Mexico

o The generation of open data could allow the development of

applications that help improve the quality of life of citizens

o Real-time information related technologies

• Security:

o Network security

o Cybercrime prevention

o Automatic monitoring

• Health

o Digital transformation in Health

o Big Data in health

o Machine learning in health

• Energy

o Energy efficiency

o Renewable energy

o Smart grid applications

• Industry 4.0

o IoT

o eGovernment

o Efficiency

3.3.6 Barriers for Europe-Mexico Collaboration in ICT R&I

To understand the perceived barriers in cooperating in ICT R&I with Europe, Mexican

respondents were asked to select the five main barriers/obstacles to participate in

R&I cooperation projects from a multiple-choice list.

Overall, the biggest barrier is the lack of awareness of funding programmes in Mexico

(78.4%%), followed by lack of awareness about ICT and FIWARE research topics of

common interests (64.5%) and the lack of experience in international cooperation

projects (63.6%). Lack of calls for proposals targeting collaboration between Mexico

and Europe (51.2%) and difficulties to build research and innovation partnerships

between industry and academia (42.3%) are also considered among the top 5

barriers standing in the way of Europe-Mexico cooperation.

31,0%

39,4%

47,9%

54,9%

73,2%

Industry 4.0

Energy

Health

Security

Smart Cities



Other important problems mentioned in the survey are related to the grants for

collaboration, namely the long time to receive the grants (31,4%) and gap in grants

timing between Mexico and Europe (26,3%), which could affect the implementation

of cooperation projects.

Figure 13: Barriers for ICT R&I collaboration

Findings on Perspectives for ICT and FIWARE Mexico-Europe collaboration

• Only 8.2% of Mexican respondents say they have participated in ICT R&I projects in cooperation with Europe.

• A majority of respondents with experience collaborating with Europe are

satisfied with this cooperation. However, there is a certain level of

dissatisfaction, which should be taken into account in future actions to improve EU-Mexico cooperation.

• An overwhelming majority of respondents (96%) have interest or are planning to participate in future collaborative R&I projects with Europe.

• Around 15% of the survey respondents are aware of FIWARE technologies and are currently involved in R&I initiatives related to NGI.

• Among the respondents who know about FIWARE, most of them recognise

that FIWARE can significantly benefit research and innovation in Smart

Cities and Security, and to a lesser extend in Health, Energy and Industry 4.0.

• Top 5 barriers for Europe-Mexico cooperation are:

o the lack of awareness of funding programmes in Mexico (78.4%).

o lack of awareness about ICT and FIWARE research topics of common interests (64.5%).

o lack of experience in international cooperation projects (63.6%).

o lack of calls for proposals targeting collaboration between Mexico

and Europe (51.2%).

o difficulties to build research and innovation partnerships between

industry (42.3%).

0,0% 10,0%20,0%30,0%40,0%50,0%60,0%70,0%80,0%90,0%

Rules related to IPR and access rights to backgroundtechnology and results

Disalignment with grants timing between Mexicoand Europe

Long time to receive the grant

Difficulties to build research and innovationpartnerships between industry and academia

Lack of calls for proposals targeting collaborationbetween Mexico and Europe

Lack of experience in international cooperationprojects

Lack of awareness about ICT and FIWARE researchtopics of common interests

Lack of awareness of funding programmes in Mexico



3.4 FIWARE and ICT priorities for Europe-Mexico cooperation

3.4.1 Top ICT priority topics in Mexico

As the stated above in the methodology section, Mexican respondents were asked to

rate the selected 16 ICT and FIWARE related topics. Each topic was ranked by

respondents (from 1 – not relevant to 4 – very relevant), based on their knowledge,

experience and relevance for Europe-Mexico cooperation.

The ranking of the topics and average scores are shown in the Figure below. Most of

them, 12 out of 16 topics, were scored above 3 points, which highlights the relevance

of ICT for R&I collaboration between Mexico and Europe.

Figure 14 Potential ICT Priorities for organisations

The top 5 priorities for future cooperation have been scored from 3.28 to 3.42, which

shows the great interest of Mexican respondents in these particular topics:

• Healthcare platform development


• Real time information technology

• Security monitoring

• Artificial Intelligence

3.4.2 Top ICT priority topics per Organisation Type

Further analysis into the ICT priority topics chosen by different organisation types

reveals that healthcare platform development and energy efficiency are both

considered to be the top priorities regardless of the organisation type of respondents.

2,77

2,91

2,94

2,96

3,08

3,09

3,16

3,16

3,20

3,23

3,24

3,28

3,29

3,30

3,32

3,42

0,00 0,50 1,00 1,50 2,00 2,50 3,00 3,50 4,00

Smart Home

Smart Factory

Data Sovereignty

Advanced manufacturing

Electric Vehicles Support Technologies

Cloud Computing

Intelligent transport system

Smart citizen-centred energy system

Software defined technology

Internet of Things

Big Data

Artificial Intelligence

Security monitoring

Real time information technology

Energy efficiency

Healthcare platform development

Average



Table 2 Top ICT Priority Topics per Organisation Type

TOPIC Average Research Industry Others

Healthcare platform development 3.42 3.35 3.63 3.65

Energy efficiency 3.32 3.27 3.51 3.63

Real time information technology 3.30 3.28 3.22 3.59

Security monitoring 3.29 3.30 3.25 3.35

Artificial Intelligence 3.28 3.30 3.14 3.53

Big Data 3.24 3.18 3.37 3.50

IoT 3.23 3.24 3.23 3.21

Software defined technology 3.20 3.19 3.08 3.53

Intelligent transport system 3.16 3.09 3.46 3.37

Smart citizen-centred energy system 3.16 3.15 3.04 3.56

Cloud Computing 3.09 3.09 3.08 3.12


Technologies 3.08 3.08 3.00 3.37

Advanced manufacturing 2.96 2.94 2.94 3.26

Data Sovereignty 2.94 2.94 2.88 3.12

Smart Factory 2.91 2.87 3.08 3.22

Smart Home 2.77 2.83 2.40 3.06

Nevertheless, the analysis suggests some differences in the selected key priority

topics. For researchers, their priority topics selected are in line with the average of

all respondents. While for industry players, other key priority topics are Big Data and

Intelligent Transport System. Similarly, respondents from other organisations,

namely government institutions, associations and NGOs selected smart citizen

centred energy system as one of their key priorities. This result demonstrates that

industry and institutions have shown a clear preference in topics related to smart

cities and energy.

3.4.3 Alignment of ICT priorities with FIWARE domains

The 16 selected topics to survey are linked to FIWARE Mexico domains: Smart cities,

Security, Health, Energy and Industry 4.0.

The following table shows the ranking of the topics and scores, alongside the FIWARE

associated domains.



Table 3 Priority topics per FIWARE domain

These priority topics can be segmented into 3 tiers, according to the average score

given by respondents to each topic:

o 1st tier priority topics are the ones scored above 3.2.

o 2nd tier priority topics are the ones scored between 3.0-3.2.

o 3rd tier priority topics are the ones scored below 3.0.

3.4.4 Analysis of priority topics by FIWARE domain

In order to analyse the different priorities of each FIWARE domain, first we have

ranked the domain based on the average scores of the topics included in each

domain. As shown in the Figure below, Health is considered as the most relevant

domain for FIWARE in Mexico, with an average score of 3.33, followed by Energy

(3.21). Industry 4.0., Security and Smart Cities domains (3.13-3.11) are in the third

position.

Figure 15 Priority of FIWARE domains

Following we present the analysis of each FIWARE domain individually, the score of

the topics included in each domain.

TOPIC Smart Cities Security Health Energy Industry 4.0 Average Tier

Healthcare platform development X X 3.42

Energy efficiency X X 3.32

Real time information technology X X 3.30

Security monitoring

X3.29

Artificial Intelligence X 3.28

Big Data X X X 3.24

IoT X X 3.23

Software defined technology X 3.20

Intelligent transport system X 3.16Smart citizen-centred energy

system X X 3.16

Cloud Computing X 3.09


Technologies X X3.08

Advanced manufacturing X 2.96

Data Sovereignty X X 2.94

Smart Factory X X 2.91

Smart Home X X 2.77

Tier

1Ti

er 2

Tier

3

3,11

3,12

3,13

3,2

3,33

Smart cities

Security

Industry 4.0

Energy

Health



• FIWARE Domain: Health

Health is the top FIWARE domain for Mexico, according to the survey respondents.

There are two specific topics under this domain: healthcare platform development

and big data. Healthcare platform development refers to open source platform

for the purpose of health related digital transformation. It is scored as the top priority

topic under this domain.

Big data refers to data sets that are so large or complex that traditional software

applications for data processing are inadequate to deal with them. Challenges include

capture, storage, analysis, data curation, search, sharing, transfer, visualization,

querying, updating and information privacy.

Both topics under the health domain, are within the 1st tier in the ranking of priority

topics.

Figure 16 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Health

• FIWARE Domain: Energy

Energy is considered the second priority domain for FIWARE in Mexico. It includes

the following priority topics:

o Energy efficiency is the goal to reduce the amount of energy required to

provide products and services. For example, insulating a home allows a

building to use less heating and cooling energy to achieve and maintain a

comfortable temperature.

o Big data (as defined above).

o Smart citizen-centred energy system. The integration of an increasing

share of renewable energies, a more active role for consumers ('prosumers')

require appropriate integration of existing technologies and new technologies,

infrastructure, management approaches as well as market and business

models.

o Electric vehicles support technologies. An electric vehicle may be

powered through a collector system by electricity from off-vehicle sources, or

may be self-contained with a battery, solar panels or a generator to convert

fuel to electricity.

3,24

3,42

Big Data




Figure 17 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Energy

Energy efficiency and Big Data are within the 1st tier in the ranking of priority topics,

while smart citizen-centred energy system and electric vehicles support technologies

are in the 2nd tier.

• FIWARE Domain: Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 is the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing

technologies. It will revolutionize the industry through “smart factories” that will allow

greater flexibility in production needs, efficient allocation of resources, and

integration of processes; from equipment monitoring to final delivery, through the

use of technologies such as integration of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), IoT and

IOS, and the real time interaction between machinery, software, and individuals.

Industry 4.0 has been considered by the survey respondents the third most important

FIWARE domain in Mexico.

Figure 18 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Industry 4.0

The Industry 4.0 domain is associated to most of the FIWARE and ICT priority topics

in Mexico:

o Healthcare platform development (as defined above).

o Energy efficiency (as defined above).

3,08

3,16

3,24

3,32



Big Data

Energy efficiency

2,77

2,91

2,94

2,96

3,08

3,20

3,23

3,28

3,30

3,32

3,42

Smart Home

Smart Factory

Data Sovereignty

Advanced manufacturing



IoT



Energy efficiency




o Real time information technology captures and processes and responds to

data as the events generating that data are happening in the real world. Unlike

batch processing, real time processing deals with a continuous stream of

inputs and has hard deadlines for completing tasks.

o Artificial Intelligence (AI). In computer science, the field of AI research

defines itself as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its

environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some

goal. Colloquially, the term "artificial intelligence" is applied when a machine

mimics "cognitive" functions that humans associate with other human minds,

such as "learning" and "problem solving".

o The Internet of things (IoT) is the inter-networking of physical devices,

vehicles (also referred to as "connected devices" and "smart devices"),

buildings, and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors,

actuators, and network connectivity which enable these objects to collect and

exchange data.

o Software-defined technologies. These technologies may provide more

functionalities and control for the allocation of resources, configuration and

deployment, and may open new opportunities to develop the Internet.

o Electronic vehicle support technologies (as defined above).

o Advanced manufacturing is the insertion of new technology, improved

processes, and management methods to improve the manufacturing of

products.

o Data sovereignty is the concept that information which has been converted

and stored in binary digital form is subject to the laws of the country in which

it is located.

o Smart factory is within the modular structured of Industry 4.0, where cyber-

physical systems monitor physical processes, create a virtual copy of the

physical world and make decentralized decisions.

o Smart home is building automation for the home. It involves the control and

automation of lighting, heating (such as smart thermostats), ventilation, air

conditioning (HVAC), and security, as well as home appliances such as

washer/dryers, ovens or refrigerators/freezers.

It can be observed that the Industry 4.0 domain covers priority topics through the

three tiers in the ranking:

o 1st tier (3.2 – 3.4): healthcare platform development, energy efficiency, real

time information technology, Artificial Intelligence , IoT and Software defined

technology.

o 2nd tier (3.0-3.2): electric vehicle support technologies.

o 3rd tier (below 3.0): advanced manufacturing, data sovereignty, smart factory

and smart home.

• FIWARE Domain: Security

Security is considered to be the fourth more important FIWARE domain in Mexico.

This domain comprises the following priority topics:

o Security monitoring technology will alert people when attacks are

underway, providing accurate and timely details that allow you to quickly

respond before threats can wreak havoc on your network.



o Data sovereignty (mentioned above)

Figure 19 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Security

Security monitoring is under the 1st tier in the ranking of priority topics, while data

sovereignty falls within the 3rd tier.

• FIWARE Domain: Smart cities

Smart cities are considered by the survey respondents to be the fifth most important

FIWARE domain in Mexico. This domain is associated to the following priority topics:

o Real time information technology (as defined above).

o Big data (as defined above).

o Internet of Things (as defined above).

o Smart citizen-centred energy system (as defined above).

o Intelligent transport system. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are

advanced applications aiming to provide innovative services relating to

different modes of transport and traffic management and enable various users

to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of

transport networks.

o Cloud Computing. Cloud computing and storage solutions provide users and

enterprises with various capabilities to store and process their data in either

privately owned, or third-party data centers that may be located far from the

user–ranging in distance from across a city to across the world.

o Smart factory (mentioned above).

o Smart home (mentioned above).

2,94

3,29

Data Sovereignty

Security monitoring



Figure 20 Priority topics under FIWARE Domain Smart Cities

It can be observed that Smart Cities domain covers priority topics through the three

tiers in the ranking:

• First tier (3.2 – 3.4): Real time information technology, big data and IoT.

• Second tier (3.1-3-2): Smart citizen-centred energy system, intelligent

transport system and cloud computing.

• Third tier (below 3.1): Smart factory and smart home.

Real time information technology, IoT, smart factory and smart home form a mutual

complementary package to drive the development of the Smart Cities and Industry

4.0 domains. FIWARE technologies under these domains can contribute significantly

to the development of such priority topics and thus stimulate research collaboration

between Mexico and Europe.

Findings on FIWARE and ICT priorities for Europe-Mexico cooperation

• All ICT topics selected for scoring by the survey respondents (16 in total)

are considered relevant or very relevant for Mexico-Europe T&I

collaboration. The average score ranges from 2.77 to 3.42.

• The analysis of topics by FIWARE domain shows the relevance of Health

(3.33), followed by Energy (3.2), Industry 4.0 (3.13), Security (3.12) and

Smart Cities (3.11).

• The top 5 priority topics for Europe-Mexico collaboration are:

o Healthcare platform development (Health and Industry 4.0)

o Energy efficiency (Energy and Industry 4.0)

o Real time information technology (Smart cities and Industry 4.0)

o Security monitoring (Security)

o Artificial Intelligence (Industry 4.0)

2,77

2,91

3,09

3,16

3,16

3,23

3,24

3,30

Smart Home

Smart Factory

Cloud Computing

Intelligent transport system


IoT

Big Data




4. CONCLUSIONS

Based on the mapping of the ICT landscape in Mexico and key insights from the

survey conducted among ICT researchers from academia and the industry, decision

makers, government institutions and associations, we have identified ICT and

FIWARE priority topics, and explored opportunities for R&I collaboration in areas of

common interest for Mexico and Europe.

There is an increasing interest in collaborative research and innovation with

Europe in the field of ICT and FIWARE technologies.

In spite of that only a minority of survey respondents in Mexico have not previous

experience in ICT R&I collaborative projects with Europe, the vast majority of

respondents (96%) say that they have interest or are planning to participate in future

collaborative R&I projects with Europe. This opens good perspectives for future

collaboration between Europe and Mexico, especially in areas and topics related to

FIWARE, such as IoT, energy efficiency, traffic monitoring, smart cities, Big Data,

Industry 4.0, cybersecurity, AI, among many others.

Awareness of FIWARE technologies and of Next Generation Internet (NGI)

are critical to enhance R&I collaboration between Mexico and Europe.

Around 15% of the survey respondents are aware of FIWARE technologies and there

is consensus among the FIWARE community in Mexico about the benefits of FIWARE

to research and innovation in Smart cities and Security, and to a lesser extend in the

domains of Health, Energy and Industry 4.0. Furthermore, other 15% of respondents

say they are currently involved in R&I initiatives that can contribute to build the NGI,

e.g. the Red LATE Mexico, Data Science and Public Health, Smart Cities MX, Big Data

and real-time monitoring and Future Internet initiatives.

Top 5 priorities for Mexico-Europe cooperation in FIWARE and ICT R&I.

ICT priority topics identified in Mexico by the survey respondents match with FIWARE

Mexico domains: Smart cities, Security, Health, Energy and Industry 4.0.

The top 5 priority topics in Mexico for future cooperation with Europe are the

following:

• Healthcare platform development (Health and Industry 4.0)

• Energy efficiency (Energy and Industry 4.0)

• Real time information technology (Smart cities and Industry 4.0)

• Security monitoring (Security)

• Artificial Intelligence (Industry 4.0)

Generally, there is not a big difference in topics chosen by respondents’ organisation

types. Nevertheless, the industry players and government institutions showed

relatively a relatively high interest in topics that are particularly associated with smart

cities and energy, such as Big Data, Intelligent Transport System and smart citizen

centred energy system.

There are still important barriers for Europe-Mexico collaboration in FIWARE

and ICT R&I.

The findings of the survey also indicate that in spite of the interest of Mexican

researchers to participate in FIWARE and ICT R&I projects with Europe, there are still

some important barriers that need to be overcome to increase Europe-Mexico

collaboration. Main obstacles perceived by the survey respondents are associated

with the lack of awareness of funding programmes in Mexico, the lack of awareness

about ICT and FIWARE research topics of common interests, and the lack of

experience in international cooperation projects. In addition, the lack of calls for



proposals targeting collaboration between Mexico and Europe and difficulties to

partnership building are also considered an obstacle to participate in ICT R&I

cooperation projects with Europe.

Brand awareness towards FIWARE should be increased in Mexico. The results

of the survey also suggest the limited knowledge about FIWARE in Mexico. This

reveals opportunities to explore and further spread the uptake of FIWARE

technologies in Mexico. Therefore, current actions undertaken by FIWARE Mexico will

contribute to expand the communication channels of FIWARE and to create buzz and

popularity of FIWARE technologies in Mexico. Only in this way, FIWARE technologies

can benefit more researchers and industries, the synergy of FIWARE community will

be maximised and thus, the FIWARE global approach will be truly achieved.

In conclusion, the findings of the survey provide a valuable input to potential

partnership building between Europe and Mexico. Furthermore, FIWARE Mexico

actions to support the uptake of FIWARE technologies and to promote the FIWARE

brand in Mexico, and indirectly in the Latin America market, add synergies to the

global approach of the FIWARE ecosystem.

ANNEX 1 – SELECTED ICT AND FIWARE PRIORITY TOPICS IN MEXICO

FIWARE Mexico DOMAIN

H2020 Topic (Work Programmes 2018-2020)

Next Generation Internet NGI

TOPIC Smart Cities Security Health Energy

Industry 4.0

Cloud Computing X

ICT - Cloud computing ecosystem

Intelligent transport system X IoT

IoT X X

Cross-cutting integration platform

Smart Grid X X


Smart Factory X X


Smart Home X X


Security monitoring X Cybersecurity

Big Data X X X Big Data

Data Sovereignty X X

Personal data spaces, immersive environments and privacy by design

Secure internet

Manufacturing processes development X Digital Automation

CNC machining - Computer numerical control X Digital Automation

Machining dynamics X Digital Automation

Robotics Automation Intelligence X X

Robotics for novel production value chains and enabling innovation in services

Advanced manufacturing X Digital Automation

Renewable energy X X

Accelerating clean energy innovation

Medical devices X X

Digital transformation in health and care


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Next Generation Internet NGI

TOPIC Smart Cities Security Health Energy

Industry 4.0

Real time information technology X X IoT

3D Technologies X

Interactive and Media technologies

Protocols, language and communication

Energy efficiency X X

Efficient Energy Use

Electric Vehicles Support Technologies X X

Building a low carbon, climate resilient future

Testbeds X High performance computing

Smart citizen-centred energy system X

X


Trusted big data solutions in health X X

Trusted big data solutions in health

Cybersecurity and digital privacy X

Cybersecurity and digital privacy

Secure internet

Advanced Software Services X

Cross-cutting activities and new high-potential areas

Healthcare platform development X X

Digital transformation in health and care

Secure and resilient societies X

Secure and resilient societies

Trusted internet

Artificial Intelligence X

Next generation internet initiative


Software defined technology X

Next generation internet initiative


Interactive technologies by SME X

Interactive technologies by SME

Large scale energy storage X X

Global leadership in renewale enery technologies



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