Context: At the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India highlighted the risks of weaponisation of technology and critical minerals and stressed resilient supply chains and crisis preparedness.
- BRICS Integrated Early Warning System: For prevention and response to infectious diseases.
- Early Warning Data Integration Guidelines: Prepared for disaster management.
- BRICS Logistics Supply Chain Cooperation Framework: Aims to improve reliability and resilience of supply chains.
- BRICS Incubator Network: Connects start-ups and incubators across member countries.
- BRICS Startup Innovation Fund: Proposed to support innovative and scalable solutions.
- BRICS Network on Digital Agriculture: Integrates Artificial Intelligence (AI), geospatial technology and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for agriculture.
- BRICS CONNECT: Focuses on skills, employability, women’s workforce participation, social security and capacity building.
- BRICS Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Cooperation Portal: Connects small enterprises with knowledge, finance and markets.
- BRICS Urban Mobility Hub: Facilitates sharing of urban mobility best practices.
- BRICS Digital Centre of Excellence: Focuses on smart grids and energy storage.
- Centres of Excellence for Agro-Ecology and Regenerative Agriculture: Link traditional knowledge with modern science and support climate adaptation.
- Critical minerals are strategically important minerals essential for technologies such as renewable energy, batteries, electronics and defence systems; their concentrated geographical supply makes them vulnerable to geopolitical disruptions.
- Early Warning Systems aim to enable anticipatory action by detecting risks before they develop into major crises.
