Brazilian Internet Steering Committee

Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil
	CGI.br's logo
Agency overview
Formed	September 3, 2003
Jurisdiction	Brazil
Headquarters	São Paulo, São Paulo state
Child agencies	NIC.br; Registro.br; Cert.br; Cetic.br; Ceptro.br; Ceweb.br; IX.br;
Website	cgi.br

The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (Portuguese: Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil; CGI.br) is a Brazilian government agency, first proposed in May 1995 by the then Ministry of Communication and the Ministry of Science and Technology (currently Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication), and officially created on 3 September 2003. It is a multi-stakeholder organization with members from the government, the corporate sector, the third sector and the academic community.

The purpose of the agency is to promote technical quality, innovation and the dissemination of Internet services in Brazil.

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