NIC.br contributes to the debate on Internet Universality Indicators

A meeting in São Paulo was attended by representatives from 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries

Representatives from 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries from areas such as government, academia, and the third sector - including specialists from various departments of the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br) - gathered last Friday (2), at the NIC.br headquarters in São Paulo, to discuss and produce a document with contributions for the measurement of Internet Universality Indicators. The event was organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the support of the Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br) of NIC.br.

The indicators proposal aims to define evaluation tools for the principles of Internet Universality based on four fundamental axes - Rights, Openness, Accessibility, and Multistakeholderism - to realize the network's potential for sustainable development. The analyzed document will form the basis of a global survey on the situation of each country regarding the theme, providing recommendations for policies and best practices. Until March 15, UNESCO is promoting a global public consultation phase with different actors and forums, in which the group gathered at NIC.br participates.

“As a producer of indicators on Internet access and usage in Brazil, NIC.br believes in multistakeholder participation and advocates, as UNESCO has done, for an open consultation process to ensure the construction and implementation of relevant data for public policies on the Internet,” highlights Alexandre Barbosa, manager of Cetic.br - which is also the first UNESCO study center on the information society.

During the meeting, the process of Internet Universality Indicators of the organization and the document generated during the first consultation phase were presented, followed by a debate in discussion groups dedicated to each of the four principles. The results obtained from the discussions will be compiled into a document that will be submitted to UNESCO.

E-Government

In the same week that hosted the meeting on Internet Universality Indicators, Cetic.br also received representatives from the Electronic Government Network Measurement Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (Red Gealc) and held the specialists meeting of the third edition of the ICT Electronic Government survey, which investigates the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Brazilian public sector. On Wednesday (02/28), representatives from Red Gealc discussed the construction of a regional survey methodology based on six dimensions for measuring e-government and the group's agenda for the first half of 2018. The ICT Electronic Government survey meeting, held on March 1, was attended by more than 50 specialists from the government, academia, and the third sector – including representatives from Red Gealc – who discussed and validated the results collected in 2017.

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