Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2024 Nominee

Integrated and Sustainable Amazonian Program


Amazonian Infoways

Description

The Project is made up of eight infoways, with the objective of offering an infrastructure capable of bringing high capacity and quality connectivity and providing access to public policies in telecommunications, education, research, health, defense and the judiciary to the Amazon region.
The Project foresees the launch of approximately 12,500 km of underwater optical cables, interconnecting 69 municipalities with a population of more than 8 million inhabitants. The benefits of bringing connectivity to a region largely devoid of it are incalculable. This precious connectivity tool will allow the promotion of sustainable development, which values the riches that the biome can generate, in addition to providing advances in the supply and access of services in the areas of health, education, security, etc.
In each municipality interconnected by infoways, a metropolitan optical network must be implemented to serve:
10 (ten) urban public schools; Hospitals; The headquarters of the Forum; Armed Forces Organizations located in urban areas; and A public square with Wi-Fi.

Project website

https://eaf.org.br/infovias;https://www.gov.br/mcom/pt-br/acesso-a-informacao/acoes-e-programas/programas-projetos-acoes-obras-e-atividades/norte-conectado


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development 2024
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 3: Good health and well-being
  • Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
  • Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
  • Goal 13: Climate action
  • Goal 14: Life below water
  • Goal 15: Life on land
  • Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Coverage
  • 69 cities along Amazon, Negro, Branco, Juruá, Purus and Madeira rivers in Amazonia., Brazil

Status

Ongoing

Start date

December 2021

End date

Not set


Replicability

This project can be replicable in other locations with the same environment and needs.


Sustainability

In terms of implementation procedures, the project's very low environmental impact is evident, as it is not necessary to cut down a single tree, along more than 12,500 km of forest. In relation to the availability of infrastructure, the benefits of implementing high-capacity and quality telecommunications transport networks are evident, impacting both common users and public bodies and the business segment, enabling access to public, commercial, leisure, research, security services.


WSIS values promotion

The implementation of the PAIS Project complies with legal requirements for low environmental impact projects. Additionally, the project seeks to combine technological innovation with sustainable development. Analyzing the PAIS Project, we found that its objective is explicitly related to SDG 9 target 9.c, which aims to significantly increase access to high-capacity and quality telecommunications services. Furthermore, the procedures used to implement the Project are related to several other objectives, notably SDGs 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 3, 7, and 13.


Entity name

National Telecommunication Agency (ANATEL)

Entity country—type

Brazil Government

Entity website

www.anatel.gov.br

Partners

Ministry of Communication