This Tuesday (7), in the Main Hall of the Chamber of Deputies, the launch of the Joint Parliamentary Front for the Economy and Digital Citizenship, chaired by deputy João Henrique Caldas (PSB/AL) and coordinated by Deputy vinicius Poit (NEW/SP).
The front proposes to act as an organizer of actions in different sectors, such as govtech, healthtech, industry 4.0, in addition to broadening and deepening the debate on topics related to technology and the digitization of segments of everyday life. The Digital Front was born with the adhesion of 201 deputies and 11 senators. She will focus on issues such as the popularization of the internet in the country, the use of apps for urban mobility, cybersecurity, open data, finance and legal services, among others.
The president of the Front, deputy JHC, defended the development of Science, Technology and Innovation, and said that it aims to bring together stakeholders at all levels who may, at some point, collaborate for the development of the sector. JHC also recalled that all actors will have space to speak: from those dealing with data protection to those working with blockchain. The motto of the front aligns with this vision: “Connecting Brazil to the 21st Century”. “This bicameral group of parliamentarians was born with the ambitious objective of being the bridge between the past and the future of the country, preparing Brazil for the ongoing digital revolution and the changes imposed by this revolution”, he explains.
The deputy also argued that connectivity has to be one of the government's essential concerns to enable Brazilian development, and that regulatory frameworks are retrograde and are not prepared to debate topics such as IoT. According to him, the debate on education also goes hand in hand with the debates on innovation.
Interlocution with the Federal Government
At the ceremony, the Secretary Luis Felipe Monteiro, representing the Ministry of Economy, in addition to providing projection data on the development of the digital economy, highlighted that despite the government having more than 2500 online services, only 25% of the population interviewed said they had interacted with the State over the internet. The country has the 4th largest digital population, but is the 44th in terms of Digital Government offering, with only 41% of fully digitalized services, so the Government has been working to improve these numbers and connect citizens.
Already Julio Semeghini, Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications, said that the ministry will maintain dialogue with the digital front, I remember the main projects, such as the Startups Marco, IoT Plan and the bidding for 5G frequencies, of the need to promote the universalization and democratization of broadband access.
Also present at the event Guto Ferreira, president of ABDI, praised the Front's action, and stated that innovation must be a pillar for the development of the Brazilian State. The ABDI is also, according to him, with open doors, and intends to collaborate intensively with the work of the Frente. “ABDI is committed to the mission of subsidizing the Front with technical information for the construction of a vigorous agenda aimed at digitizing the Brazilian economy,” Ferreira said, citing as an example the need to amend the General Telecommunications Law (LGT), provided for in PLC 79/2016, pending in the Federal Senate.
The event featured speeches by other members of the Joint Parliamentary Front, and with the presence of representatives of companies, sectoral entities, civil society organizations and research and innovation institutes.
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