Proposal

Prioritise the allocation of resources from the Fund for Universalisation of Telecommunications Services (FUST) to projects that serve traditional communities and smallholder farmers, in particular to public education and health care facilities.

Problem

The connectivity challenge is not limited to access: it includes the use, quality, supply and availability of equipment as well as digital literacy. In the North region, the problem is even more acute than in the rest of the country: only 51% of schools have internet access; during the COVID-19 pandemic, only 31% of rural schools implemented some measure for remote teaching. These numbers, however, may be even more alarming: there is a lack of data on internet access regarding isolated populations, villages, and quilombola, riverine and traditional communities in general.

Goals

This Resolution proposes to the Management Board of the Fund for Universalisation of Telecommunications Services (FUST) that its resources be allocated primarily in projects that serve indigenous, quilombola and riverine populations, and smallholder farmers in the Brazilian Legal Amazon. Priority should be given to initiatives that contemplate the expansion of connectivity in public schools. Access to funds needs to be accompanied by coordinated public policies – universalisation of electricity, expansion of fibre optics coverage, defrayal of internet expenses, among others. This resolution also contemplates health-related initiatives aiming to promote telehealth and telemedicine in the region, complying with the same conditionalities and assumptions.

Main axe

social

ADMINISTRATIVE SPHERES OF COMPETENCE

federal

Key Actors

Federal Government
States
Municipalities
Legislative
Academy
Private sector
Third sector
Civil society
Local communities

Resources needed

Allocation of existing financial resources

steps

01
Resolution 45 days
02
100 days
03
04
05
VISION FOR THE FUTURE
Approve Res- olution with the Board.
Define pilot areas.
Formulate an in- centives policy for internet providers and an internet defrayal policy for schools.
Expand fibre optics and alternative in- frastructures.
Promote projects at the local and re- gional levels
Universalise connectivity in the Amazon Region.

Basic applicable legislation

Law No. 9.998/2000 - Created the Fund for Universalisation of Telecommunications Services (FUST); article 5 item 2 provides that at least 18% of total FUST resources should be invested in education, specifically in public educational institutions.

Law No. 13.005/2014 - Approved the National Education Plan (PNE), among other provisions.

Law No. 14.109/2020 - Amends Laws No. 9.472, of July 16, 1997, and No. 9.998, of August 17, 2000, providing for the purpose, allocation of resources, management and objectives of the Fund for Universalisation of Telecommunications Services (FUST).

RELATED PROPOSALS

Survey on Connectivity in Public Schools
MegaEdu
https://concertacao.com/gbw7

Ensure at least 1 megabyte of internet per student nationwide for classroom teaching, in order to cre ate opportunities that could leverage traditional education.

get to know the other proposals as well
Acai
Land use planning and land tenure
1

Restore spaces of social participation and control within the scope of the Federal Government for monitoring and evaluating food security and nutrition policies.

Esferas administrativas de competência
Federal

Main axis

Social

Type of draft

executive order
Acai
Food Security and Nutrition
2

Reinstate the National Council for Food Security and Nutrition (CONSEA) within the scope of the government bodies under the President’s office and its Ministries.

Esferas administrativas de competência
Federal

Main axis

Social

Type of draft

provisional presidential decree
Abiu
Infrastructure
3

Qualify infrastructure projects in the Brazilian Legal Amazon for the Investment Partnerships Programme (PPI), bringing forward in the decision-making timeline the assessment of socio-environmental impacts.

Esferas administrativas de competência
Federal

Main axis

Environmental

Type of draft

executive order
Jarina
Mining
4

Revoke the Support Programme for the Development of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining.

Esferas administrativas de competência
Federal

Main axis

Environmental

Type of draft

executive order
Jarina
Mining
5

Establish new parameters for purchasing, selling and transporting gold within the country.

Esferas administrativas de competência
Federal

Main axis

Environmental

Type of draft

provisional presidential decree
ucuuba
Land use planning and land tenure
6

Form a committee to carry out technical, legal and operational feasibility studies to integrate real estate and land registries.

Esferas administrativas de competência
Federal

Main axis

Environmental

Type of draft

executive order
ucuuba
Land use planning and land tenure
7

Create an Interministerial Working Group to formulate a National Land Governance Policy and a National Land Development Plan.

Esferas administrativas de competência
Federal

Main axis

Social

Type of draft

executive order
Urucum
Public Security
8

Prioritise a tactical and operational programme in Public Security within the scope of the Interstate Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Legal Amazon.

Esferas administrativas de competência
State

Main axis

Social

Type of draft

Seringueira
Economy
9

Reinstate the Bolsa Verde cash transfer Programme, prioritising families living in extreme poverty in forest areas of the Brazilian Legal Amazon.

Esferas administrativas de competência
Federal

Main axis

Economic

Type of draft

executive order
Andiroba
Health care
10

Integrate data from the Health Information System for Indigenous Peoples (SIASI) to the Health Information System for Primary Care (SISAB) and to other Unified Healthcare System (SUS) information systems at a national level.

Esferas administrativas de competência
Federal

Main axis

Social

Type of draft

executive order
Andiroba
Health care
11

Create a Working Group focused on health in the Brazilian Legal Amazon.

Esferas administrativas de competência
Federal

Main axis

Social

Type of draft

executive order
Castanha-da-Amazônia
Governance
13

Create the State Secretariat for Climate Emergency, directly under the President’s Office.

Esferas administrativas de competência
Federal

Main axis

Environmental

Type of draft

provisional presidential decree
Caroba
Cities
14

Develop technological alternatives for decentralised sewarage solutions in special, rural and peri-urban areas.

Esferas administrativas de competência
Federal

Main axis

Environmental

Type of draft

Bill