The study Contracts, Codes and Control constitutes a strategic input for the BRICS+ Strategic Technology Forum, carried out in partnership with FGV and UnB, and aims to understand how the Brazilian State's contractual dependence on large foreign technology companies reconfigures power, governance, and public autonomy. Through a systematic examination of official government procurement databases, we mapped contracting patterns, values, and key actors, revealing how critical digital infrastructures come to operate under proprietary codes and opaque contractual arrangements.

 

We understand that technological architecture consolidates discrete forms of control, with direct effects on digital sovereignty and state capacity, and it is from this diagnosis that we guide our actions in Brazil, articulating research, proposal formulation, and public advocacy aimed at strengthening sovereign alternatives and a more balanced insertion of the country in the technological dynamics of the BRICS+ space.