CCT Discusses Reductions in the National Science and Technology Fund – Senado Notícias

Discuss the effects of the interim measure This reduces the resources of the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FNDCT). Back to the Committee on Science and Technology (CCT) agenda. In a public hearing scheduled for Wednesday (26th), at 10 a.m., CCT will receive experts and government representatives to discuss the limits it imposes. MP 1.136 / 2022 To use the fund – one of the main sources of funding for the promotion of science, technology and innovation in the country.

App author (REQ 31/2022 – CCT) from the audience, Senator Jean-Paul Prates (PT-RN), Classified Measures as such “Explicitly contrary to the Federal Constitution”, Insofar as it aims, he said, to illegally restrict the FNDCT’s budget (particularly non-refundable resources) and make room in the budget between 2022 and 2027 for other expenditures, under the spending cap.

The deputy is not the government’s first attempt to cut resources from the fund. by punishing Supplementary Law 177 of 2021which prohibits the emergency of these resources, and veto government Only this part, but The veto has been overturned by parliamentarians. In July 2022, representatives and senators rejected a new try The government to withdraw resources from the FNDCT, stipulated in PLN 17/2022.

The public hearing was originally scheduled for October 11, but the meeting was canceled and rescheduled for October 26. FRepresentatives from the Ministries of Economy, Science, Technology and Innovations were invited. Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC); And the From the Parliament’s Science and Technology Initiative (ICTP). The committee also invited the President of the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), Robson Braga de Andrade, and representatives of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC); National Association of Administrators of Federal Higher Education Institutions (Andifes); and the National Council of Institutions for Supporting Higher Education and Scientific and Technological Research (Confies).

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How to participate

The event will be interactive: Citizens can submit questions and comments by calling the Senate Ombudsman (0800 061 2211) or Online citizenship portal, which can be read and answered by senators and debaters live. The Senate offers a declaration of participation, which can be used as a supplementary activity in a university course, for example. a Online citizenship portal It also receives citizens’ opinions on Senate bills, as well as proposals for new laws.

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