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Representatives of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) were in Salvador on May 12 and 13 to make technical visits to two strategic centers supported by the federal government. Agendas are part of initiative monitoring actions in the areas of science applied to the field and emerging technologies and were led by Guilherme Correa, general coordinator of digital technologies of the Secretariat of Science and Technology for Digital Transformation (SETAD/MCTI).
We have carried out similar inspections in other projects. These are technical, follow -up actions that are part of the ministrys monitoring routine, explained Guilherme Correa.
On Monday (12), the team visited the Agricultural Technological Center of the State of Bahia (Cetab), located in Salvador and linked to the Bahia Secretariat of Agriculture (Seagri). The site is benefited by an agreement signed between the MCTI and the state government, with the objective of modernizing the units research and agricultural innovation structure.
On May 13, the entourage visited Senai Cimatec, where the Embapii Competence Center in Quantum Technologies (Quiin), the first in Brazil focused exclusively on this area is installed. As a result of the partnership between Senai Cimatec, the Brazilian Company of Industrial Research and Innovation (Embrapii) and MCTI, Quin is supported by resources from the so -called ICT Law.
The Technology Center
Quin is one of eight competence centers supported by Embrapii aimed at digital transformation. Focusing on computing and quantum communication, the Center works in the training of professionals, development of solutions and articulation between academy, productive sector and research centers.
Integrated with the Cimatec Quantum laboratory, inaugurated in October 2024, Quin has infrastructure for encryption tests and security systems based on quantum physics, contributing to consolidate a national scientific base and strengthen the countrys technological sovereignty.
