In order to provide interdisciplinary and family-centered assistance to young children with developmental disabilities and their families, early intervention centers are being created and functioning in the Republic of Belarus.
In total, there were 50 early intervention centers in Belarus in 2022. Three more centers were opened in 2023: two at children’s clinics in Minsk and one at the Gomel Regional Orphanage. It is planned that 5 more early intervention centers will be opened in 2023: in Stolin, Kobrin, Minsk, Zhodino and Smorgon.
The functioning of early intervention centers contributes to the social adaptation and integration of children with special needs and contributes to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goals 3, 10 and other SDGs.
More detailed information about the work of early intervention centers in Belarus can be found at the link.
On February 21, 2023, a thematic meeting of the Council for Sustainable Development was held in Minsk.
The central theme of the Council was the consideration of the draft periodic report of the Republic of Belarus concerning the implementation at the national level of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The draft report was developed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus together with interested state bodies and organizations.
Also, the participants of the Council for Sustainable Development got acquainted with the roadmap for the implementation of UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus and other stakeholders under the leadership of the National Coordinator for the achievement of the SDGs and the UN Resident Coordinator in Belarus of the international technical assistance project «Supporting the Efforts of the Republic of Belarus in the nationalization and localization of the Sustainable Development Goals».
Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, within the framework of the republican educational project «Lessons of Sustainable Development», launched the republican competition «Young Friends of the Sustainable Development Goals».
The competition is aimed at the implementation of a socially significant initiative (action, project, etc.), in order to promote the SDGs by students of specialized classes of pedagogical orientation. The competition consists of two stages:
More detailed information about the conditions and terms of the competition can be found at the link.
Holding the republican competition «Young Friends of the Sustainable Development Goals» will make an important contribution to the implementation of the Agenda for Sustainable Development for the period up to 2030.
On February 21, 2023, a thematic meeting of the Council on Sustainable Development was held in Minsk.
The central theme of the Council was the consideration of the draft periodic report of the Republic of Belarus concerning the implementation at the national level of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The draft report was developed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus together with interested government bodies and organizations.
Also, the participants of the Council on Sustainable Development were presented with a roadmap for the implementation of UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus and other interested parties under the leadership of the National Coordinator for Achieving the SDGs and the UN Resident Coordinator in Belarus of the international technical assistance project “Supporting the Efforts of the Republic Belarus in the nationalization and localization of the Sustainable Development Goals.”
A recording of the meeting in video format is available at this link.
On February 8, 2023, a meeting was held between representatives of the Department for Entrepreneurship of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus, JSC «Belinvestbank» and the NGO «Belarusian Union of Women».
At the meeting, the participants discussed the implementation of the Agreement on cooperation and interaction to stimulate women’s entrepreneurial initiative in 2022 and discussed the action plan for the implementation of the Agreement for 2023.
In total, 16 events were organized in 2022, including 6 thematic round tables. On these platforms, women entrepreneurs were able to share their success stories, highlight the problems they face when starting and running their own business, get comprehensive answers to all their questions, and establish partnerships.
The development of women’s entrepreneurship makes an important contribution to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goals 5, 8, 10 and other SDGs.
The Youth Ambassadors of the Sustainable Development Goals, together with the United Nations Children’s Fund in Belarus (UNICEF), have prepared a video reminding each of us of the interconnection of all 17 SDGs and the importance of achieving them.
In 2015, all countries of the world, including Belarus, committed to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, developed by the UN General Assembly as “a blueprint for achieving a better and more sustainable future for all.” All goals are interconnected, as are the tasks within them: achieving one is impossible without achieving the others. For example, it is impossible to solve the problem of poverty without solving problems in the field of health, education, economics, social protection and many others. The Sustainable Development Goals concern every person because they cover all areas of human life: from the food we consume to the park in our neighborhood where we like to walk. It is important to understand the relationship and move even in small steps towards achieving the Goals.
In order to intensify innovation activities, as well as stimulate the implementation of promising innovative projects, the State Committee for Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus, with the participation of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Belarusian Republican Youth Union and the Belarusian Innovation Fund, is holding a Republican competition of innovative projects.
The competition considers socially significant innovative projects at various stages of implementation with a commercialization strategy that correspond to the priority areas of scientific, scientific, technical and innovative activities for 2021-2025. The competition is held in the nominations «Best Innovative Project» and «Best Youth Innovative Project». Participants of the tender can be legal entities and individuals, including individual entrepreneurs.
Applications for participation in the competition are accepted until August 1, 2023.
The holding of the Republican competition of innovative projects makes an important contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 9 and other SDGs by the Republic of Belarus.
More information about the competition can be found at the link.
The Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank launched the republican project «School of the SDG Volunteer 2023», implemented by the Coordinating Center «Education for Sustainable Development» of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University.
The first lesson took place on February 8, 2023 and was aimed at getting acquainted with the key concepts and main areas of volunteering. Its participants were members of the club of volunteers of the SDG, students of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University. In total, the project program plans to conduct 10 thematic classes.
The Republican project «School of the SDG Volunteer» makes an important contribution to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
More detailed information about the project can be found at the link.
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