Innovation for Competitiveness 1st phase APL

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The Innovation for Competitiveness Project is part of the first phase of the Innovation for Competitiveness program which seeks to support the Government's efforts to improve the competitiveness of the Mexican economy by strengthening the innovative capacity of the private sector, accelerating advanced human capital formation, and increasing the international integration of the innovation system. The first phase, supported by this project, will help consolidate ongoing science and technology (S&T) sector reforms by strengthening business innovation and human capital development programs and building a strong system-wide policy and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system. The first component, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia / National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) program to promote business innovation, will support the following of CONACYT's competitive funding lines : (a) consortia and research networks;(b) venture capital fund; (c) pre-competitive fund; (d) sectoral fund for economic development (managed by the ministry of economy), and (e) researchers and technologists in industry. The second component, CONACYT program to finance scholarships for excellence and relevance, will support CONACYT's scholarship programs, to increase both quality and relevance of human resources to society. The third component, support for policies to enhance innovation and internationalization, will improve the innovation system by strengthening Mexico's science, technology and innovation (S,T&I) policy framework, and increasing international integration.