Within the framework of the educational project “Lessons of Sustainable Development” the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank organizes the III Republican Contest “Young Friends of the SDGs”.
The main objectives of the contest are to popularize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development among children and youth, to support socially significant youth activities, and to form a pool of active youth leaders whose knowledge and activities will be of value for achieving the SDGs in the Republic of Belarus,
Students of profile classes of pedagogical orientation of general secondary education institutions who have experience of participation in the national educational project “Lessons of Sustainable Development” are invited to participate in the contest.
The contest involves the realization of a socially significant initiative (action, project, etc.) to promote the SDGs and will be held in two stages:
The final event and awarding of the winners will be held with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus and the SDGs Youth Ambassadors.
Detailed information on the terms and conditions of the contest is presented in the Regulations.
The contest “Young Friends of the SDGs” is implemented by the Coordination Center “Education for Sustainable Development” of BSPU within the framework of the Joint Project “Support to the Efforts of the Republic of Belarus in Nationalization and Localization of SDGs”, funded by the Government of the Russian Federation.
In accordance with the Law of the Republic of Belarus of July 17, 2018 No. 130-3 “On Normative Legal Acts”, in order to prepare a draft normative legal act (NLA), it is necessary to carry out a forecast of the consequences of its adoption (issuance), including an assessment of compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, Information materials for assessing draft normative legal acts for compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals were developed.
The Information materials present the international and national experience for assessing draft NLAs for compliance with the SDGs, as well as the questionnaire for assessing draft NLAs for compliance with the SDGs in the Republic of Belarus and its approbation on the example of the draft Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Realtor Activity”.
The document is of a recommendatory nature and may be applied by norm-making bodies (officials) authorized by legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus to adopt (issue) NAPs when preparing draft NLAs.
Information materials for assessing draft normative legal acts for compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals were developed with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Republic of Belarus within the framework of the Joint Project “Support to the Efforts of the Republic of Belarus in Nationalization and Localization of SDGs”, funded by the Government of the Russian Federation.
The compliance of normative legal acts with the global targets of the Sustainable Development Goals contributes to the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 49 dated February 5, 2025, the State Investment Program for 2025 was approved in Belarus. Its main goal is to create and develop the country’s engineering, social, production infrastructure to provide more comfortable living conditions.
A total of 82 objects are included in the program. 2 billion 207 million rubles is envisaged for their financing. More than 80% of these funds are allocated for the implementation of the state programs “Roads of Belarus”, “People’s Health and Demographic Security”, “Education and Youth Policy”, “Housing Construction”, “Agrarian Business”, “Border Security” and others.
Funding is mainly directed to social facilities, including health care, education, culture, sports, water deferrization stations, and rental housing. In particular, in 2025, the following objects will be built and reconstructed:
Effective implementation of the investment program activities will contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 91 of February 13, 2025 “On the Procedures for the Establishment of Quotas and Their Fulfillment” approved the Regulation on the procedure for the establishment of quotas by employers for the employment of persons with disabilities and their fulfillment, as well as the submission by employers of information on the allocation and (or) creation of jobs for employment and employment of persons with disabilities against the quota.
According to the Regulation, quotas will be set for employers of all forms of ownership with the number of employees from 100 people, except for public associations of people with disabilities and organizations formed by them, non-profit organizations, budgetary organizations and other organizations receiving subsidies, whose employees are equated in terms of remuneration to employees of budgetary organizations.
Quotas for hiring persons with disabilities for 2025 will be set by decisions of the Minsk City Executive Committee, city (cities of regional subordination), and district executive committees no later than April 1, 2025. Decisions on the number of quotas for the next year for a particular employer will be made annually no later than December 31 of the current calendar year.
Creating conditions for employment of persons with disabilities makes an important contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals 8, 10 and the other SDGs by the Republic of Belarus.
Presently, the development of regional sustainable development strategies for the period until 2040 (RSDS) is underway in Belarus. In order to support the regional executive committees in this work, Methodological recommendations on the development of the RSDS in the Republic of Belarus were prepared.
The Methodological recommendations are based on international and national experience in the development of sustainable development strategic documents, as well as the results of the research work of the State Scientific Research Institute of Economic Research of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus on methodological support of local executive and administrative bodies in the process of long-term and medium-term planning.
Methodological recommendations for the development of the RSDS were prepared with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Republic of Belarus within the framework of the Joint Project “Support to the Efforts of the Republic of Belarus in Nationalization and Localization of SDGs”, funded by the Government of the Russian Federation.
The development of regional sustainable development strategies will make an important contribution to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
On February 12, 2025, a seminar-meeting “Investment and Export Potential of the Belarusian Economy” was held at the site of the Industrial Park “Great Stone”.
The main objectives of the seminar-meeting are to study practical issues of implementation of the investment policy of the Republic of Belarus, including in terms of granting preferential regimes to investors taking into account the peculiarities of investment projects implementation, as well as areas of export potential development to enhance promotion of Belarusian goods on the export markets.
In his speech, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Belarus Yuri Chebotar detailed the following two key blocks of the Belarusian investment policy:
It was also noted that the investment policy of the country will continue to be aimed at strengthening the industrial potential of the regions, creation of production facilities for deep processing of local raw materials, production of components for large industrial enterprises, formation of inter-industry chains, etc.
The effective implementation of investment policy measures contributes to the sustainable development of the Belarusian economy and to the localization of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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In order to raise public awareness of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Communication Strategy on the Promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Republic of Belarus has been developed. Its goal is to identify systemic and effective solutions for organizing public awareness of the SDGs, aimed at emotionally engaging citizens and increasing their motivation to participate in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The document, in addition to objectives, principles and approaches of communication, defines target groups, priority tools and communication channels for promoting the SDGs, ways of positioning the idea of “sustainable development”, as well as indicators for monitoring the implementation of the Communication Strategy.
Communication Strategy on the Promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Republic of Belarus has been developed was developed with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Republic of Belarus within the framework of the Joint Project “Support to the Efforts of the Republic of Belarus in Nationalization and Localization of SDGs”, funded by the Government of the Russian Federation.
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