Institutional Channels for Citizen Diplomacy in Mexico

This article contributes to the debate on how government and civil society relate to each other in Mexico. Miguel Díaz does this by looking at the relationship between foreign policy and civil society, government strategies planned and carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (sre) to promote citizen diplomacy in Mexico and the challenges faced by civil society and government to generate better conditions for the participation of civil society organizations on international political platforms. The author presents the government’s perspective of what has been done by the sre through the General Directorate of Engagement with Civil Society Organizations to achieve increased institutionalization in the promotion of citizen diplomacy in Mexico, looking at different engagement experiences between government and civil society that have been pursued by this government office.