📋 Tender Overview
The Technical Chamber (CT) of Digital Economy of the Interministerial Committee for Digital Transformation (Citdigital) held its first meeting on Thursday (26), establishing the foundations for the construction of a robust national strategy for the sector.
At the meeting, coordinated by the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC), the strategic objectives and topics that will guide the federal governments work to accelerate the development of digital economy in the country were discussed and approved.
In order to guide the groups performance, two central strategic objectives were approved: to build a common vision, paving consensus on the national digital economy strategy; and leverage the potential and accelerate deliveries of the structuring and sectoral initiatives of the digital economy. In line with the New Industry Brazil, the agenda of the digital economy is the responsibility of the Department of Digital Transformation and Innovation of the Secretariat of Industrial Development, Innovation, Commerce and Services (DEIN/SDIC) in the MDIC.
The digital economy involves the integration of digital technologies in economic activities, including the creation, production, distribution and consumption of goods and services by digital means. The sector already represents about 15% of global GDP, especially areas such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, data centers and digital security, which have accelerated growth.
FEDERAL ACTION MAPPING
After mapping and analyzing the ongoing actions in the federal government aimed at digitizing the economy, the Technical Chamber identified 14 initiatives of eight ministries as structuring projects and directly linked to the digital economy. In total, 109 digital projects of 29 ministries were evaluated. To organize the debates and articulate the actions, the Digital Economy CT defined five strategic topics that will serve as pillars for future work:
Densify the national ICT production chains;
Expand the national data processing capacity;
Strengthen the ecosystem of the national digital economy;
Encourage training and research in digital technologies;
Public purchases.
The definition of these axes consolidates the governments commitment to create an environment conducive to innovation and strengthening Brazils competitiveness in the global digital scenario.
At the end of the meeting, the Technical Chamber defined the priority initiatives of work that will be developed within each of the approved topics, ensuring focus and speed for the next steps.
