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Parliamentary Group for Sustainable Development

Parliamentary Group for Sustainable Development

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 Viktor Andreyevich Liskovich, member of the National Assembly Council of the Republic.
Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Group for Sustainable Development is Andrei Savinykh, 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:
from the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus: members of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Dmitry Sergeyevich Voronyuk, Andrey Ivanovich Ivanovets, Sergey Anatolievich Rachkov, Tatiana Arkadyevna Runets, Mikhail Ivanovich Rusyi, Sergey Mikhailovich Sivets, Viktor Ivanovich Tchaikovsky;
from the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus:
Liliya Ananich Stanislavovna, Deputy Chairperson of the Permanent Commission on Human Rights, National Relations and Mass Media of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus;
Valentina Begeba, Deputy Chairperson of the Permanent Commission on Ecology, Nature Management and the Chernobyl Disaster of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus;
Oleg Belokonev, Chairperson of the Standing Commission on National Security of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus;
Lyudmila Nikolayevna Kananovich, Chairperson of the Standing Commission on Labor and Social Issues of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus;
Svetlana Lyubetskaya, Chairperson of the Standing Legislation Commission of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus;
Ludmila E. Makarina-Kibak, Chairperson of the Standing Commission on Health Care, Physical Training, Family and Youth Policy of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus;
Igor Marzalyuk, Chairperson of the Standing Commission on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus;
Viktor Nikolaikin, Chairman of the Permanent Commission on Housing Policy and Construction of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus;
Valentin Mikhailovich Semenyako, Chairman of the Standing Commission on State Construction, Local Self-Government and Regulations of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus;
Sergei Stelmashok, member of the Standing Commission on Budget and Finance of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus;
Andrey Strunevsky, member of the Standing Commission on Industry, Fuel and Energy Complex, Transport and Communications of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus;
Nikolai Nikolaevich Shevchuk, chairman of the Permanent Commission on Agrarian Policy of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus.

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.