Cetic.br presents ICT data in Brazil to the Federal Government

Meeting in Brasília gathered representatives from Ministries, academia, and civil society

For the second consecutive year, the Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br), of the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br), met with representatives from government bodies, researchers, academics, and civil society members to discuss, based on indicators and statistics, the challenges faced by public policies in the area of information and communication technology (ICT). The meeting took place on November 17, in Brasília.

“It has been ten years of ICT surveys, developed to support government initiatives with data and generate benefits for society as a whole,” said Demi Getschko, CEO of NIC.br, who also highlighted Brazil's leadership in Internet governance. Francisco Ibiapina, Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Communications, stated that it is important to work with this information to build public policies in the ICT area.

During the 2nd Interministerial Meeting “Dialogue on Public Policies and ICT Indicators in Brazil,” Dr. Cezar Alvarez, expert in Education and Sciences and speaker, presented research results on the One Laptop Per Student program. Subsequently, the panel “The Role of the Internet in Promoting Basic Education in Brazil” took place. From the results of the surveys ICT Households, ICT Kids Online Brazil, and ICT Education, Fabio Senne (Cetic.br), the debate moderator, outlined a profile of network usage by the school community. “We are in a scenario where students and teachers from both public and private schools are already connected. The question is understanding how schools are taking advantage of this,” questioned Senne.

The meeting was attended by panelists Artur Coimbra (Ministry of Communications), Marcos Toscano (Ministry of Education), Daniela Caldeirinha (Lemann Foundation), and Luiz Kubota (IPEA), who discussed actions to expand the use of ICT in the educational environment and improve the quality of broadband offered to educational institutions.

Among the aspects addressed in the debate were issues such as the lack of teacher training for the pedagogical use of technologies and how ICT adoption should go beyond traditional teaching and learning methods. "To operate in this new model, it is necessary to invest in innovation, creativity, critical thinking development, and digital literacy," pointed out Kubota.

e-Gov

Subsequently, the panel "ICT and Creative Digital Content as Tools to Boost the Evolution of Electronic Government Offer" began with a presentation by Manuella Ribeiro (Cetic.br), who showed survey data that provide indicators on e-Gov: ICT Households, ICT Companies, ICT Non-Profit Organizations, as well as ICT Electronic Government. Manuela listed the challenges for using e-Gov services based on four premises: providing online transactional services, enhancing interaction between government and society, personalizing access channels, and reducing barriers.

"Government bodies, in the vast majority, are already on social networks, as are most citizens. But how do we make citizens and governments meet on these platforms? And what is the role of these networks? Governments can use social networks to facilitate access to information and understand individual opinions, but on the other hand, we are talking about proprietary platforms, which involve important issues such as ensuring privacy and data protection for users," considered Manuela.

With moderation by James Marlon Azevedo Gorgen (Ministry of Communications), the panel included the participation of Américo Tristão Bernardes (Ministry of Communications), Andrea Ricciardi (Ministry of Planning), José Carlos Vaz (USP), Maria Alexandra Cunha (FGV-SP), and Leonardo Barbosa Germani (Ministry of Culture). The panelists analyzed the importance of setting standards and establishing interoperable systems for online service provision, as well as public consultations in the digital environment, and the development of management systems that consider the needs and particularities of each municipality.

During the meeting, there was also recognition from the Ministry representatives present at the debate on the importance of continuous generation of indicators by Cetic.br. In conclusion, Cetic.br manager Alexandre Barbosa reiterated CGI.br and NIC.br's commitment to conducting regular and increasingly high-quality surveys. Barbosa also emphasized the importance of holding periodic meetings to strengthen relationships between those who produce the surveys and those who consume the data for public policy formulation.

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