FORMULATION OF POLICIESThe SOFTEX System maintains partnerships with universities, research centers, incubators, private enterprises, funding agencies, banks, investors, class associations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), foundations and tech parks. It also cultivates strong relationships with the Legislature, Judiciary and Executive powers, the latter on the federal, state and municipality spheres. The geographic distribution of SOFTEX agents and the multilevel support network stimulate the organization and strengthening of the Brazilian software and IT services sector.
SOFTEX System takes advantage of this extensive network to conceive policies that may favor the development and enhancement of the software and IT Services sector in Brazil. In doing so, it also contributes to the countries economic and social development. Example of such efforts, that obviously are not reputed solely to SOFTEX interventions, are public policies which followed the end of the market reserve, in the early 1990s, increasingly expanding the legal and institutional landmark of support to the Information Technology sector. First software and, more recently, IT services, are nowadays regarded as strategic to the development of Brazil.
A publication on the legal framework related to the IT sector can be found in Portuguese at the Ministry´s of Science and Technology website by clicking here.
