The Media Coordination Group for the Promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals was established to provide broad public information on the need and mechanisms for achieving sustainable development indicators at the local and national levels. This will be done with the help of state print and electronic republican and regional media, as well as accounts in messengers and social networks.
The group included:
The role of the Secretariat of the National Coordinator for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Council for Sustainable Development in Belarus is assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of May 25, 2017 No. 181.
The Public Council for the Formation and Monitoring of Sustainable Development Strategies was established in 2017 as an advisory and advisory body at the Scientific Research Economic Institute of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus to involve scientific and educational circles, international organizations, the business community and other structures of civil society in the development of the strategy sustainable development and monitoring of its implementation, development of goals and priorities of socio-economic development for the long term.
The Public Council worked on the creation of recommendations for the concept of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development until 2035, participated in the evaluation of the Analytical Report on the Implementation of the National Strategy in 2016-2017.
The Public Council included heads of institutes of the Ministry of Economy, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, experts of the BSEU, BGPU, RIPO, representatives of the UN and other international organizations, the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Environment, research centers, public associations and business unions.
Regulations on the Public Council for the Formation and Monitoring of Sustainable Development Strategies
The Partnership Group for Sustainable Development operates within the framework of the architecture for managing the process of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (hereinafter referred to as the SDGs) in the Republic of Belarus and has the status of an open-ended group.
The Partner group for sustainable development is formed from representatives of commercial and commercial and non-profit civil civil society organizations, including public organizations registered in the prescribed manner in the Republic of Belarus, as well as from international organizations that share the principles and provisions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and are actively involved in the implementation and popularization of the SDGs in the Republic of Belarus.
Sustainable Development Partnership Group Coordinators:
To organize work to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the regions, as well as promote their balanced development, Regional Sustainable Development Groups were created.
Regional groups are headed by members of the Council for Sustainable Development – Deputy Chairperson of the Executive Committee. These groups, along with employees of local executive and administrative bodies, included representatives of business and public associations.
The Working Group of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus on Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals by the Republic of Belarus (Parliamentary Sustainable Development Group) was established by the National Assembly House of Representatives Presidium and the National Assembly Council of the Republic decisions in March 2020.
The Head of the Parliamentary Sustainable Development Group is Liskovich Viktor Andreevich, member of the National Assembly Council of the Republic.
Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Group for Sustainable Development is Savinykh Andrei, Chairman of the Standing Commission for International Affairs of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus.
The Parliamentary Group for Sustainable Development includes:
The first Parliamentary Sustainable Development Group was established on December 11, 2017 at the session of the Presidium of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus.
In December 2017, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme, open parliamentary hearings “The partnership of the branches of government as a necessary condition of achieving the SDGs” was held in Belarus. As a result of these hearings recommendations were adopted and sent to the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus for implementation.
The Council for Sustainable Development is an advisory and consultative body, part of the national architecture for managing the process of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The Council for Sustainable Development was established by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated May 25, 2017 No. 181 “On the National Coordinator for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”.
The Council for Sustainable Development includes representatives at the level not lower than deputy heads of the following state bodies and organizations:
The Council for Sustainable Development is headed by the National Coordinator for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Within the framework of the Council for Sustainable Development, intersectoral groups have been formed on social issues, economics, ecology, education, monitoring and evaluation of SDG achievements.
The intersectoral groups are led by the deputy heads of the respective government agencies.
Representatives of the business community, public associations and international organizations are involved in the work of the Council for Sustainable Development. The composition of the participants in each meeting is determined by the National Coordinator for the achievement of the SDGs based on the issues under consideration.
Meetings of the Council for Sustainable Development are held once a year. The National Coordinator has the right to convene the Council more often when it is necessary to discuss specific issues.
To coordinate the efforts of the Republic of Belarus to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated May 25, 2017 No. 181 “On the National Coordinator for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” established the Institute of the National Coordinator for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The National Coordinator for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals is the Deputy Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Khomenko. He was appointed by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated June 17, 2024 No. 236 “On the National Coordinator for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”.
During the period from March 9, 2023 to June 17, 2024, the post of National Coordinator for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals was held by Valery Belsky.
During the period from 21 February 2022 to 9 March 2023, the post of National Coordinator on achieving Sustainable Development Goals was held by Leonid Zayats.
During the period from 13 February 2020 to 21 February 2022, the post of National Coordinator on achieving Sustainable Development Goals was held by Anatoly Isachenko.
From 25 May 2017 to 13 February 2020, the post of National Coordinator on achieving Sustainable Development Goals was held by Marianna Shchetkina.
The National Coordinator on achieving Sustainable Development Goals organizes consideration of various aspects of achieving Sustainable Development Goals, makes recommendations on how to improve this process, holds events to promote Sustainable Development Goals and reports annually to the President on progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goals. The National Coordinator on achieving Sustainable Development Goals represents Belarus at the international level, reporting on progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goals.
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