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Tag Archives: mct
Interview: Virgílio Almeida, Ministry of Science & Tech
The Brazilian government is adopting a sharper focus on technology policy to ensure the opportunities within the sector are properly leveraged.
Posted in Analysis, Interviews, Video
Tagged "unique hotel", 2022, bdb, brasil, brasscom, brazil, brazilian development bank, conference, economist, eike batista, eiu, foxconn, hi-tech, IT, it decisions, itd, itdecs, ito, mct, offshoring, outsourcing, São Paulo, Science, technology, ti, virgilio almeida
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State of Brazil IT: Exporting technology services
With The Economist in Brazil this week focused on where Brazil is heading in the next decade, IT Decisions is commenting on a series of points raised during discussions in our LinkedIn forum. This chapter of our report State of Brazil … Continue reading
Posted in Comment, Economics
Tagged 540/11, anthony miller, antonio gil, brasil maior, brasscom, brazil it, bureaucracy, CIO, clausio martins, competition, economist, eiu, export, general motors, gm, government, ICT, IT, ito, mct, minister, offshoring, outsourcing, payroll, president, provisional measure, red tape, Science, secretary, senate, tax, techmarketview, technology, virgilio almeida
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IT’s Brazil: the technology skills gap
The Brazilian IT market has gone from strength to strength in the last few years. The sector is forecast to grow more than 10% in 2011, with revenues exceeding $182bn by year-end, up from $165.5bn generated in 2010, according to IT trade body Brasscom. However, does Brazil … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Comment, Culture
Tagged almeida, brasil, brasscom, brazil, BRIC, brics, china, computer science, confea, degree, dilma, dilma rousseff, education, employment, fifa, finep, foxconn, gender, innovation, IT, itdecs, ito, jobs, latin america, mct, olympics, programming marathon, pronatec, r&d, rio, Science, science without borders, shortage, softex, technology, totvs, virgilio almeida, vocational, wef, world economic forum
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Free Brazil IT – let it compete with the world
In the northern hemisphere, the media calls this time of year the silly season. Vacations are taken, governments take a rest from governing, and not much news is generated.
Posted in Comment, Economics
Tagged brasil, brasil maior, brazil, bureacracy, compete, competition, contract, economy, education, employment, freelance, government, illegal, mct, Mercadante, ministry of science and technology, nearshoring, offshoring, outsourcing, outsourcing commission, scholarships, science without borders, tax
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‘Science without borders’ sending students overseas
Earlier this week, the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology announced a major new plan to grant scholarships to Brazilian students who want to study in foreign universities.
Posted in Comment, Culture, News
Tagged aloisio mercadante, aloizio mercadante, education, engineering, exchange, foreign, fund, government, grant, humanities, india, mct, ministry, overseas, philippines, scholarship, Science, science without borders, technology, university
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Interview: Virgílio Almeida, IT policy secretary
Virgílio Almeida is the IT policy secretary at the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT). He talked exclusively to IT Decisions about skills development, entrepreneurship and how IT is positioned in the government agenda at the World Economic Forum on … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Economics, Interviews
Tagged almeida, brasil, brasscom, brazil, BRIC, brics, china, computer science, davos, degree, education, employment, fifa, finep, foxconn, ge, gender, huawei, ibm, innovation, IT, itdecs, ito, jobs, latam, latin america, mct, olympics, programming marathon, r&d, rio, Science, shortage, softex, technology, virgilio almeida, vocational, wef, women, world cup, world economic forum, zte
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Government ploughs R$1,7bn into innovation
The Brazilian Financing Agency for Studies and Projects (Finep) has set deadlines for the deployment of R$ 1.75bn ($ 1.1bn) in resources allocated to support innovation.
Posted in Economics, Environment, News
Tagged biodiversity, finep, funding, ICT, innovation, IT, mct, ministry of science and technology, sustainbility, technology
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State of Brazil IT: plugging the skills gap
With The Economist in Brazil this week focused on where Brazil is heading in the next decade, IT Decisions is commenting on a series of points raised during discussions in our LinkedIn forum. This chapter of our report State of Brazil IT looks at the … Continue reading →