- The Regulatory Agenda Operating Manual and the Regulatory Impact Analysis were presented. and Regulatory Impact Analysis, which constitute a guide for municipal regulations to be elaborated based on evidence and in accordance with the law. and in accordance with the provisions of the law.

- The Municipal Inspections Model was also presented, which proposes a scheme to streamline and guarantee compliance with the regulatory and guarantee compliance with the regulatory framework, in addition to making more efficient use of public resources for inspection the use of public resources allocated to inspection tasks.

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, April 26, 2023. Today, at the CINTERMEX Convention Center -with the participation of CAINTRA and municipal authorities of the State of Nuevo Leon and Coahuila-, the with the participation of CAINTRA and municipal authorities from the State of Nuevo León and Coahuila-, the presentation of two instruments for municipal regulatory two municipal regulatory improvement instruments were presented today at the CINTERMEX Convention Center, with the participation of CAINTRA and municipal authorities from the State of Nuevo León and Coahuila. of the Regulatory Agenda and the Municipal Regulatory Impact Analysis, as well as the Municipal Inspections Model. Municipal Inspections Model. Both tools were developed within the framework of the "Competitive Municipalities" project. "Competitive Municipalities" project, an initiative supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented International (USAID) and implemented by the Center for Economic Studies of the Private Sector (CEESP).

"Competitive Municipalities" is a project that seeks to contribute to solving one of the great challenges facing Mexico and, in particular, its municipalities: the development of intelligent Mexico and, in particular, its municipalities: the development of intelligent regulation, designed on economic, empirical and behavioral empirical and behavioral bases, based on the best available information, to guarantee that its benefits outweigh its costs, and to to ensure that its benefits outweigh its costs, as well as its full compliance.

The first of the instruments presented - the Regulatory Agenda Operating Manual and the Regulatory Impact Analysis - is a model that can be used by any municipality in Mexico. Regulatory Impact Analysis - is a model that can be used by any municipality in Mexico with an interest in advancing with an interest in advancing in the area of regulatory improvement. It clearly establishes the procedures for the procedures for the issuance of regulations, from their publication in the Regulatory Agenda to the completion of the impact analysis and the public consultations and public consultations foreseen in the law to promote regulations that are built in conjunction with the citizens, based on the with the citizenry, with solid empirical bases that justify their need and benefits for society. society.

The second instrument -- Municipal Inspections Model -- is a tool that proposes an efficient and practical scheme for planning, organizing and carrying out municipal inspections. and practical scheme for the planning, organization and execution of municipal inspections, to guarantee an efficient use of public resources allocated to this task and to contribute to achieve greater and better regulatory compliance. to achieve greater and better regulatory compliance.

The opening ceremony was attended by Ms. Mariela Saldivar Villalobos, State Commissioner for Regulatory Improvement of the Government of Nuevo Leon; Georgina Rangel, representative of the Office of Regulatory Improvement of the State of Nuevo Leon; and of Regulatory Improvement of the government of Nuevo Leon; Georgina Rangel, representative of the Office of Governance, Human Rights and Citizen Security of USAID-Mexico; and Office of Governance, Human Rights and Citizen Security of USAID-Mexico; and Jorge Velázquez, Managing Director of Jacobs, Cordova & Associates for Mexico and Latin America.

As part of the event, two workshops were held to train and deepen the knowledge of the aforementioned instruments with officials and employees of the offices of Regulatory and employees of the Regulatory Improvement offices of the municipalities of Apodaca, General Escobedo, Guadalupe, Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García and Saltillo (municipalities of the of Apodaca, General Escobedo, Guadalupe, Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García and Saltillo (municipalities in the region participating in the "Competitive the "Competitive Municipalities" project).

Both the "Competitive Municipalities" initiative, as well as the instruments presented today, seek to provide municipalities with tools that help to improve regulatory processes, to have better regulators and to increase compliance by the private sector in this area. regulators and increase compliance by the private sector in this area. The aforementioned, with the municipalities to have procedures and practices that strengthen their regulatory work and make the design and implementation of the and make the design and implementation of regulations a more transparent and participatory process, thus contributing to the and participatory processes, thus contributing to a business environment that provides certainty and promotes local and regional competitiveness. promote local and regional competitiveness.