📋 Tender Overview
With the mission of preparing all Brazilians for the digital world and democratizing access to knowledge, the Ministry of Communications, through the Computers for Inclusion program, made 11,473 donations of machines to the 26 states and the Federal District in 2025. In total, the project created 1,120 new computer laboratories in indigenous villages, quilombola territories, rural, riverside and remote areas, as well as needy regions of the country.
The program aims to make society more connected and more autonomous in the digital era. Computers for Inclusion goes beyond donating electronics; it is concerned with learning and training people for the digital era, so that they have access to information and basic services currently available through applications, said the Minister of Communications, Frederico de Siqueira Filho.
The Northeast was the region with the most donations and creation of computer laboratories. 7,162 computers were donated to 727 spaces dedicated to preparing people for the digital era. Next comes the Southeast, with 1,626 donations and 112 laboratories built; the South received 1,120 machines and 139 laboratories; the North recorded 874 donations and 66 laboratories; and the Midwest closed the year with 691 computer deliveries, resulting in the construction of 76 laboratories.
The Computers for Inclusion program supports and enables initiatives to promote digital inclusion. In Computer Reconditioning Centers (CRCs), adapted for people of all ages, the low-income population learns computer skills, the use of applications and techniques for reconditioning discarded electronic equipment.
CRCs hold courses and workshops aimed at the job market. Furthermore, the initiative promotes the correct disposal of electronic waste, with sustainability and concern for the environment as strong points.
Donation
Computers for Inclusion collects equipment from public bodies that is no longer used and reconditions it in CRCs, Computer Reconditioning Centers.
Students on CRC training courses are responsible for reconditioning computers, which contributes to their specialization and increases their chances of entering the job market.
All computers refurbished by the CRCs of the Ministry of Communications are donated to public schools, associations and entities with important social programs, as well as indigenous villages, rural territories, quilombolas, riverside communities and Brazilian favelas.
Numbers
Throughout the entire program, more than 67 thousand refurbished computers have been donated to 1.3 thousand municipalities, enabling the creation of more than 5.3 thousand computer laboratories.
Text: ASCOM | Ministry of Communications * More information: press@mcom.gov.br | (61) 2027.6086 or (61) 2027.6628
