On March 19, 2024, the information seminar on the Contest of Pilot Initiatives on SDGs was held in Mogilev.
The Contest of Pilot Initiatives on the SDGs is held with the support of the United Nations Development Program within the framework of the Joint Project “Support to the Efforts of the Republic of Belarus in Nationalization and Localization of SDGs” with financial support from the Russian Federation.
Detailed information about the seminar in Mogilev is available at the link.
From March 1 to April 30, 2024, in order to popularize the practices of a socially positive healthy lifestyle and the formation of trends among young people that contribute to the preservation of health, the video competition «Healthy Lifestyle-Youth» is being held in Belarus. The organizer of the competition is the Republican Unitary Enterprise «Scientific and Practical Center for Hygiene» and the primary trade union organization of the Center.
Students of higher educational institutions, students of secondary specialized educational institutions and working youth aged 18 to 30 are invited to participate in the competition.
To participate in the competition, you must film a short video aimed at attracting public attention to socially significant topics and tasks for creating a healthy lifestyle, and expressed in the most positive, concise, intelligible and tolerant form.
The competition video and application must be sent to rspch@rspch.by by March 30, 2024.
Holding the video competition «Healthy Lifestyle-Youth» will contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 3 and other SDGs by the Republic of Belarus.
More detailed information about the competition can be found at the link.
On 19 March 2024, an information seminar on the Contest of Pilot Initiatives on the Sustainable Development Goals was held in Mogilev.
The seminar took place in a hybrid format. In total, more than 90 people took part, among them 75% were women. Representatives of organizations not only from Mogilev, but also from Brest, Gomel, Grodno and Minsk regions joined the seminar. The event was attended by representatives of the Mogilev regional and district executive committees, local Councils of Deputies, educational, healthcare, cultural institutions, as well as public organizations working in the field of promoting clear and simple language, supporting people with disabilities, private companies in the field of business consulting and entrepreneurship support.
At the seminar, the experience of localizing SDGs in the world and Belarus, the Regulations on the Contest, requirements for pilot initiatives on SDGs and approaches to their development were presented and discussed, and the process of submitting applications for the Competition through a specially created platform sdgidea.by was clearly demonstrated. In addition, the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Belarus on international technical assistance were discussed in detail at the event. At the end, all guests were able to ask questions and take part in an online interview. Based on its results, 27 representatives confirmed the intention of their organizations to participate in the Competition.
The seminar in Mogilev became the first in a planned series of information seminars about the Contest of Pilot Initiatives on SDGs. The event was organized by the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee together with United Nations Development Programme in Belarus (UNDP) within the framework of the international technical assistance project “Support to the Efforts of the Republic of Belarus in Nationalization and Localization of SDGs” with financial support from the Russian Federation.
The recording of the information seminar about the Contestof Pilot Initiatives on the SDGs in Mogilev is available at the link.
Modern e-commerce tools such as social networks and marketplaces allow entrepreneurs to conduct business with clients online. However, entrepreneurs in rural areas face additional challenges in running an online business as most financial resources, educational institutions and business infrastructure are still concentrated in large cities.
In 2023, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Belarus launched a pilot program to bridge the digital divide for rural businesses in the Bragin and Khoiniki regions. The initiative is the use of social networks and marketplaces by social entrepreneurs to promote their social impact among consumers. The initiative’s experts helped entrepreneurs create personal accounts, understand the organization of delivery, monitoring and analytics, and also gave practical advice on promotion on marketplaces.
Experience from working with social entrepreneurs in the Bragin and Khoiniki districts formed the basis for three road maps:
Promoting business through e-commerce tools will help social entrepreneurs, both from regions and from large cities, to more effectively position the social component of their business and attract new customers, which will contribute to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goals 8, 10, 11 and other SDGs.
More information about the pilot program for promoting social entrepreneurs on social networks and marketplaces can be found at the link.
Since 2021, the pilot project «Cornflower Land» has been implemented in the Vitebsk region. The goal of the project is the effective use of unique resources to increase the tourist attractiveness of the Vitebsk region.
The idea of the project is to promote the region’s tourism opportunities through QR codes «Cornflower Guide» installed at the tourist site. Using the mobile application «Cornflower Land – Life», tourists can get acquainted with the tourist site and its history. The application also includes navigation through cities and regional centers of the region, including routes, virtual tours, audio guides to various popular places and attractions in the region.
To date, 12 districts of the Vitebsk region are involved in the project, where 150 tourist sites are located. In 2024, the project will spread to all districts and unite more than 300 key tourist sites in the Vitebsk region.
The project «Cornflower Land» creates conditions for the development of domestic tourism and tourism infrastructure in the Vitebsk region, which contributes to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goals 11, 12 and other SDGs.
More detailed information about the project can be found at the link.
On March 22, 2024, the II Conference «Evolution of Legislation. Instructions for business» will be held in Grodno as part of the project «Resources and Opportunities».
The event will bring together leading experts in the field of law and business who will share their knowledge and experience. The conference will help participants open new horizons for personal and professional growth, understand the variety of available resources and opportunities that help unlock potential and modernize approaches to doing business in completely different areas of activity. The conference program includes the panel discussion «Supporting Entrepreneurship: Resources and Opportunities», the round table «Optimizing Tax Payments: We Save Legally!», the master class «Building an Effective Personnel Management System», a seminar «Digital Economy and Digital Transformation of Business», a dialogue platform and an «open» microphone.
More information about the program of the II Conference «Evolution of Legislation. Instructions for business» can be found at the link.
Holding the Conference «Evolution of Legislation. Instructions for Business» contributes to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goals 8, 9 and other SDGs.
From March 1 to May 8, 2024, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus is conducting an action to restore order to the land, beautify and green the settlements.
In all regions of the country, measures are taken to clean up and beautify territories, plant young trees and shrubs, check compliance with municipal waste management schemes, the condition of container sites, and the availability of containers for separate waste collection.
Particular attention is paid to the condition of territories along railways, right-of-way lanes, roadside lanes, bus stops along republican and local highways, publicly accessible territories of settlements, garden associations, garage cooperatives, agricultural enterprises and organizations, territories of the state forest fund.
The implementation of measures for beautification, greening, maintenance and cleanliness of the country’s territories makes an important contribution to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 11, 12, 13, 15 and other SDGs by the Republic of Belarus.
More detailed information about the action can be found at the link.
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