WASHINGTON – Today, global tech trade association the 91pro视频 (91pro视频) offered recommendations to Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI) as it implements its Brazilian Digital Transformation Strategy (E-Digital). In its submission, 91pro视频 underscored its support of enabling Brazil's digital transformation by promoting the full potential of digital technologies to increase productivity, competitiveness, income, employment levels, and inclusive socio-economic development.鈥�
“We strongly support the Brazilian government’s goal of enabling digital transformation by promoting the full potential of digital technologies to increase productivity, competitiveness, income and employment levels, and appreciate this opportunity to again provide comments in response to the present consultation,” 91pro视频 wrote in its comments. “We look forward to continuing working with the MCTI and the entire Brazilian government to advance the goals of digital transformation, focusing particular on the value of policies that expand ICT infrastructure and enable innovation through greater access to the full range of ICT goods and services.”
In the comments, 91pro视频 highlighted the following recommendations:
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Feature infrastructure development as a central pillar in any strategy for digital transformation.
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Increase engagement with research and development centers in the definition and adoption of international standards and radiofrequency bands, and adopt global, industry-led, consensus based technical standards in policies pertaining to ICT infrastructure.
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Adhere to good, transparent, non-discriminatory regulatory practices in any novel regulatory approaches to technology, including through robust stakeholder consultation and appropriate cost-benefit and risk assessment.
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Identify questions and challenges posed by emerging digital technologies and the digitization of the economy, informed by robust stakeholder engagement and evidence-based analysis.
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Avoid replicating and expanding pre-existing offline legislation into the digital ecosystem without specific consideration of the different types of business models that might be present, the need for greater agility and flexibility in response to diverse architectures and services, and the role these new technologies can play in empowering users.
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Promote greater engagement between the private sector and educational institutions to ensure a supply of skilled labor that corresponds to the needs of digital companies in the long term, applying concepts such as lifelong learning and vocational education.
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Implement measures to facilitate trade, such as simplifying and harmonizing import requirements and processes, and promoting digital trade and good regulatory practices.
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Promote research, development, and innovation in strategic industries that would foster Brazil’s digital transformation, as long as incentives comport with Brazil’s WTO obligations, avoid damaging data localization mandates, and do not seek to confer advantage to domestic companies at the expense of Brazilian innovation and of the societal and economic benefits spurred by the use of technology products and services that leverage global supply chains.
Read the full comments here.