On July 30, 2021, on the International Day of Friendship, the winners of the children’s video contest «Legal life hack» I have a happy childhood — this is my right» were awarded.
The competition was organized by the National Center for Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus with the participation of the Belarusian Republican Union of Lawyers, the Belarusian Republican Collegium of Lawyers, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus and the Belteleradiocompany.
293 works were submitted for the competition. In their videos, children talked not only about their rights, but also about their responsibilities, as well as how the legal life hacks proposed by the children would be useful to children all over the country.
The competition is an important contribution to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 16 and others.
More detailed information about the competition can be found on the website pravo.by at the link: https://pravo.by/novosti/novosti-pravo-by/2021/august/65523/.
The Program of Socio-Economic Development of Belarus for 2021–2025 was approved by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 292. The main provisions of the document were approved by the Sixth All-Belarusian People’s Assembly.
The Program defines the goals, objectives, priority areas of the country’s socio-economic development for the five-year period, measures for their implementation, target indicators for the development of industries, sectors of the economy and regions, as well as the expected results.
The main goal of the program is to modernize the economy, build up social capital, create comfortable conditions for life, work and self-realization of a person.
The development of Belarus will be based on such priorities as a happy family, strong regions, an intellectual country, the partner state.
The result of the implementation of the Program of Socio-Economic Development of Belarus for 2021–2025 will be a qualitatively new level of economic development of the state, which will improve the investment attractiveness of Belarus by creating additional conditions for protecting the rights and property interests of investors.
The social orientation of the state development strategy will be strengthened. The implementation of the program will make an important contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The opinion of experts on the main drivers of the new program of socio-economic development for the five-year period can be found in the material at the link https://pravo.by/novosti/obshchestvenno-politicheskie-i-v-oblasti-prava/2021/august/65530/.
The training “Smart cities of Belarus — ways to development” was held in Glubokoe on the 22th-24th of July with the assistance of the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus.
The main goal of the training is to popularize the “Smart City” concept and develop cooperation with a wide range of stakeholders.
The training program includes issues of creating conditions for the functioning of a unified system “Smart City”, which is being implemented within the framework of an integrated project “Smart Cities of Belarus” in accordance with the State Program “Digital Development of Belarus” for 2021–2025.
“Smart cities” is one of the most important activities of the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus and local authorities, the implementation of which contributes to the achievement of SDGs 9, 10, 11, 17 and others.
Detailed information about the training and the “Smart City” concept can be found on the website of the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus https://www.mpt.gov.by.
One of the largest energy and environmental forums in the CIS and Baltic countries will be held in Minsk from 12 to 15 October 2021. By order of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus dated April 27, 2021 No. 95r, an organizing committee was created for the preparation and holding of the 25th Belarusian Energy and Environmental Forum, Exhibition and Congress “Energy. Ecology. Energy saving. Electro» vechaired by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Nazarov Yu.V.
The purpose of the event is to present modern equipment and technologies for the production and distribution of electrical and thermal energy, automated systems, energy and resource saving technologies, discuss the latest international and national achievements and modern approaches, and assist in the innovative development of the fuel and energy complex of the Republic of Belarus.
The holding of the Belarusian Energy and Environmental Forum will contribute to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goals 7, 9, 13, 15,17 and others. Detailed information about the event can be found on the official website of the forum: www.energyexpo.by.
On the 7th of July, 2021 the presentation of the overview “Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production in Belarus” took place.
The review was prepared as part of the work of the Partnership Group for Sustainable Development in consultation with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus to measure progress towards SDG 12th, analyzing the contribution of civil society to this process and preparing recommendations for the further work.
The Review reflects such aspects as efficient use of resources and waste, reduction of waste emissions, dissemination of information among the population.
The full version of the Review can be found at the link https://ecoidea.by/ru/media/4789.
Researchers talk about the general positive nature of the work in achieving SDG 12 in the Republic of Belarus. The greatest progress has been achieved in those areas where different stakeholders participated — government, business and civil society. The number of significant regulatory documents, including new rules for handling MSW, was adopted in 2020. The ban on the use and sale of disposable plastic tableware in catering facilities was introduced on January 1, 2021.
Detailed information on the presentation of the Review can be found on the website https://pravo.by/ at the link https://pravo.by/novosti/obshchestvenno-politicheskie-i-v-oblasti-prava/2021/july/65210/.
On June 19, 2021 Fathers’ Forum-2021 “Be a Dad Now!” was held on the occasion of the International Father’s Day.
Forum participants discussed the active involvement of fathers in the upbringing and care of their children, responsible and conscious fatherhood, the interaction between schools and parents in raising children, education of future and young fathers, as well as the implementation of state family policy and parenthood as a corporate value for the employer.
In Belarus women continue to bear a double load at work and in the family, spending 3.5 times more time caring for children than men. This is why it is so important to combat stereotypes and rethink the role of the father in the family. This will contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 5 “Gender Equality”.
You can read more about the forum on the website of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus.
The Strategy of the state youth policy of the Republic of Belarus till 2030 has been approved by the decree of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus № 349 dated June, 19, 2021. The Strategy is a complex document, which defines the system of state approaches to improving the conditions for effective youth participation in political, social, economical and cultural development of the Republic of Belarus till 2030. The aim of the Strategy is to create conditions for the youth to be in demand in the country and to involve them in the socio-political and socio-economic development of the Republic of Belarus. Among the main priorities of the Strategy are increasing the quality of the education system, employment of youth, youth health and legal education. Support of youth is one of the Acceleration platforms for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
You can read more about the adopted strategy on the National Legal Portal.
The Decree of the Council of Ministers of June 9, 2021 № 321 in the new edition contains a list of measures for rational (sustainable) use of natural resources and environmental protection included in state programs and financed from the national and local budgets.
Among them will be such measures as:
scientific and informational support for the development and implementation of measures to mitigate the effects of climate change;
integrated monitoring of natural ecological systems in specially protected natural areas and integrated monitoring of peat bogs;
developing strategies and implementing ecotourism in specially protected natural areas.
The list of measures is available on the National Legal Portal. The implementation of measures will contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals 13 “Combating Climate Change” and 15 “Conservation of Terrestrial Ecosystems”.
The National Action Plan to prevent land (soil) degradation for 2021-2025 was approved by the Decision of the Council of Ministers No. 341 of June 15, 2021.
The plan includes 42 measures, which are aimed at:
— improving legal regulation in the field of land (soil) degradation prevention; — implementing practical measures on degradation prevention and degraded lands (soils) restoration; — increasing the level of scientific and technical knowledge, capacity building, information support; — strengthening international cooperation.
The program activities include the following:
– location, development, reclamation and accounting of on-farm quarries intended for extraction of commonly occurring minerals;
– establishment of differentiated standards for the content of chemical substances in soils;
– obtaining remote sensing data on the territory of the Republic of Belarus;
The activities included in the draft National Plan are aimed at achieving Sustainable Development Goal 15 “Conservation of terrestrial ecosystems”.
On June 21, 2021, pupils of the Minsk City Education and Recreation Center “Leader” were introduced to the Youth Ambassadors of the SDGs as part of the project “Sustainable Summer” organized by the SDG Youth Ambassadors.
The aim of the project is to popularize the Sustainable Development Goals, to consider the actual problems in their achievement, to put forward new ideas for the implementation of the SDGs. The Youth Ambassadors of the SDGs held a global café “A Youth Perspective on Promoting the SDGs”. Each team received a personal assignment on the topic of the SDGs, and participants voiced their suggestions, opinions, and initiatives for achieving the SDGs.
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