BRICS COOPERATION IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY ANDINNOVATION: PROGRESS TO BE SHOWN

Cooperation in science, technology and innovation is a theme that has been discussed by BRICS in the last few years for its relevance in the current international panorama of the 21st century. However, each country has shown itself to be different, in a matter of progress: some have excelled more successfully than others in each field of development. This paper presents the progress of BRICS cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation over the years, highlighting each country’s development and also comparing the block’s improvement to other countries and blocks throughout the world. The analysis brings, in each section, possible pathways for BRICS in the discussed topics.