Cetic.br and UNESCO release document on the importance of ICT for sustainable development

Publication available for free in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, on the NIC.br website

The Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br) of the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br) and UNESCO's Regional Bureau for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean in Montevideo launched the policy paper “ICT for sustainable development: Recommendations of public policies that guarantee rights”. The publication is aimed at public policy makers, researchers, and those interested in the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by the United Nations.

The release of the document took place in New York on July 10 during the “4th United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)”, in a side event organized by Cetic.br/NIC.br, UNESCO's Regional Bureau in Montevideo, UNICEF's Data, Research and Policy Division, and the Ministry of Education and Innovation of the City of Buenos Aires. The event was marked by discussions on challenges for public policies in measuring goals associated with the SDGs, particularly those related to the use of ICT in education and digital inclusion.

The policy paper seeks to address how ICT can enhance the implementation of the SDGs, as well as recommend public policies that promote the use of ICT as development tools, without worsening situations of inequality and exclusion. The document highlights how ICT can contribute not only in achieving the SDGs (through access to information and ICT-based solutions and resources) but also in measuring their accomplishment. In this context, some emerging technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things are mapped and placed in perspective.

“In each of the Sustainable Development Goals, ICT can facilitate the implementation of the proposed targets or can intensify the inequalities that are sought to be addressed. The policy paper provides concrete elements for this debate and seeks to disseminate the discussion among a wide range of stakeholders,

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