1	e-Brasil e-Development for Brazil and its States Peter Knight Telemática e Desenvolvimento Ltda. www.tedbr.com peter@tedbr.com Presentation at the Global Conference on e-Government at the University of Maryland, 0923/03/2006
2	Structure of the Presentation e-Development – beyond do e-government A strategic vision – to raise consciousness and mobilize political leaders (candidates in 2006 state and federal elections) and the Brazilian public Organization and timetable for the project Merging with related initiatives e-Leadership initiative, UMD/Eduardo da Costa ICT Scenarios for 2015 being done for the Center for Management and Strategic Studies in Brasília Finance and fundraising
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5	What is needed to accelerate Brazilian socio-economic development? A broadly-shared vision of where the country is going and how to get there Something similar to Juscelino Kubitchek’s developmentalism – but enabled by ITC and without the macroeconomic hangover “50 years in 5” – that was Juscelino’s slogan – what will ber the slogan for the next Brazilian president? e-Development should be a major thrust of overall development strategy
6	What is e-Development? e-Development is more than e-government Involves intensive use of ICT to accelerate socio-economic development In the information society, In the knowledge economy, promoting competitiveness, reducing transaction costs Allowing lifelong learning Addresses two central development issues Socio-economic inequality Competitiveness in a global, knowledge-based economy We’ll see in next slide that e-development is a broad concept. Nagy Hanna, a member of our Advisory Council designed the following slide
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8	How to turn the vision into reality? The e-Brasil project Consciousness-raising for Political Leaders International conference (Piraí-RJ, 22-24 May) Seminars, books (Rumo ao e-Brasil, May 2006; e-Brasil, August 2006) Contact with candidates for the presidency and state governors Consciousness raising for the general public TV, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines, Internet – Strategic communication campaign; Portal e-Brasil [Brazil Country Gateway] Working with the winners of the 2006 elections Government programs (2006/7) “Bankable” projects – public budgets, international banks, private sector investors (2007)
9	The e-Brasil Project ICT for social inclusion and competitiveness Core team Advisory Council/Consultants International – currently Brazilian Affiliated institutions Internacionai: Information Society Institute, Russia; e-Leadership Academy Initiative, University of Maryland; [Development Gateway?] Brazilian: UFF, Fernand Braudel Institute; ABEP
10	How to finance the project? Brazilian and international foundations Brazilian and international ICT companies Interest Groups/Professional associations International financial institutions World Bank Group (IBRD, WBI, IFC) Inter-American Development Bank European Union, etc. Federal, state, and municipal budgets
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