On November 16, 2023, the largest Crisis Center of the Belarusian Red Cross in the country was opened in Mogilev.
The total area of the center premises is over 120 sq. m. Up to 20 people can be accommodated here at the same time. Rooms for living and relaxation, a kitchen and dining area, a place for conversations and surveys, an «orange» space for children, and a room for individual and group meetings with psychologists organized in the center. Residents of the center will be provided with information and advisory assistance, psychosocial support, as well as comprehensive assistance in resolving social issues – employment, paperwork, restoring contact with family, finding a permanent place of residence, etc. Also, at the center it will be possible to learn first aid skills, work with children and the elderly, people with disabilities and other categories of the population. In the future, the center plans to organize an office for the prevention of cognitive disorders in the elderly, rental of rehabilitation equipment, a center for the distribution of humanitarian aid and a number of other services.
The Сrisis center of the Belarusian Red Cross in Mogilev became the fifth in Belarus. Similar centers already operate in Grodno, Gomel, Brest and Vitebsk. It is planned to open another center in Grodno.
Providing support to people in difficult situations makes an important contribution to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
More detailed information about the Crisis Center in Mogilev can be found at the link.
On November 23, 2023, as part of the joint project «Supporting the efforts of the Republic of Belarus in the nationalization and localization of the Sustainable Development Goals», implemented by UN agencies and funded by the Government of the Russian Federation, a seminar on preventing and reducing negative demographic consequences was held in Minsk. The event was organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Belarus.
During the seminar, representatives of government agencies and the scientific community discussed government policy measures in the field of preserving the population and labor resources in the context of population decline and aging.
In Belarus, improving the demographic potential of the population consists of three interrelated components:
In order to mitigate negative trends in demographic development, the country is implementing the Program of Socio-Economic Development until 2025, as well as a number of government programs. At the same time, international experience in effectively addressing demographic development issues is also important for Belarus.
Demographic development represents one of the most important characteristics for socio-economic development and well-being of the population, as well as for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
More detailed information about the seminar can be found at the link.
On November 23, 2023, as part of the Joint Project “Support to the Efforts of the Republic of Belarus in Nationalization and Localization of SDGs”, implemented by UN agencies and funded by the Government of the Russian Federation, a seminar on preventing and reducing negative demographic consequences was held in Minsk. The event was organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Belarus.
On November 16, 2023, within the framework of the Joint project «Supporting the efforts of Belarus in the nationalization and localization of the Sustainable Development Goals», implemented by UN agencies and funded by the Government of the Russian Federation, a seminar «Gender expertise of legal acts: international and national practice» was held in Minsk. The event was organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Belarus.
Representatives of government agencies, the National Center for Legislation and Legal Research of the Republic of Belarus, UN agencies, and the scientific community took part in the seminar.
During the seminar, participants reviewed international experience in conducting gender expertise of legislative acts, as well as the state and prospects for the development of gender expertise of normative legal acts in the Republic of Belarus.
Compliance of regulatory legal acts with the principles of ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men contributes to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goals 5, 10 and other SDGs.
On November 16, 2023, within the framework of the Joint Project “Support to the Efforts of the Republic of Belarus in Nationalization and Localization of SDGs”, implemented by UN agencies and funded by the Government of the Russian Federation, the seminar “Gender expertise of legal acts: international and national practice” was held in Minsk. The event was organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Belarus.
The Regulations on the procedure for creating and maintaining a database for recording the accessibility of social infrastructure facilities (AIS «Accessible Environment») approved in Belarus by Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated November 10, 2022 № 760 «On the automated information system for recording the accessibility of social infrastructure facilities».
To date, designs and interfaces of the AIS «Accessible Environment» have already been developed, and information about existing objects has also been collected. From the second half of 2024, information providers will be able to independently enter information about the availability of objects into the database. The map of social facilities accessible to all categories of citizens, including people with disabilities and physically weakened persons, will begin to work in 2025. Information from the database will be posted on a public cadastral map on the Internet.
The functioning of the AIS «Accessible Environment» will make an important contribution to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goal 10 and other SDGs.
More detailed information about the development of the AIS «Accessible Environment» can be found at the link.
On November 22, 2023, a conference «Towards a sustainable future: ESG challenge» was held in Minsk to exchange experience in ESG transformation and highlight best practices for creating sustainable products and services.
The conference was attended by representatives of republican government bodies, international organizations, the banking sector, manufacturing business, and the expert community.
During panel discussions, experts discussed challenges and opportunities for Belarusian business related to the use of principles of sustainable development and ESG factors in their activities, prospects for regulating issues of sustainable development and ESG in the Republic of Belarus, sustainable development and ESG in the real sector, as well as in the banking sector and insurance sectors of the Republic of Belarus.
The introduction of ESG factors helps improve the economic efficiency of Belarusian enterprises and makes an important contribution to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
More detailed information about the conference can be found at the link.
From November 23 to 24, 2023, the National Forum «Partnership and prospects for the development of the platform «Children and Teenagers Friendly City» will be held at the site of the Polotsk State University named after Euphrosyne of Polotsk.
The forum program includes a conference «Teenage Parliamentarism: Initiative in Action», a round table «Partnership and prospects for the development of the «Children and Teenagers Friendly City» platform, an educational event «What do we know about the Sustainable Development Goals», as well as a plenary session on the exchange of experience implementation of the «Children and Teenagers Friendly City» platform for localizing the SDGs.
Holding the National Forum «Partnership and prospects for the development of the «Children and Teenagers Friendly City» platform will contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 4, 10, 17 and other SDGs by the Republic of Belarus.
More detailed information can be found at the link.
In order to involve the public in achieving the objectives and indicators of the Sustainable Development Strategy of the Mogilev Region for the period until 2035, JSC «Mogilev Regional Development Agency» and the regional working group on sustainable development are holding a contest of best practices for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Strategy of the Mogilev Region for the period until 2035.
Contest nominations:
Legal entities of any form of ownership, non-profit organizations, individual entrepreneurs, local authorities and/or their structural divisions, as well as initiative groups of the population developing and implementing initiatives and projects in partnership with local authorities and other organizations are invited to take part in the competition.
Applications for participation in the contest of best practices for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Strategy of the Mogilev Region for the period until 2035 are accepted until December 29, 2023.
More detailed information about the contest can be found at the link.
On November 29 and 30, 2023, the National Study of the Quality of Education will be conducted in Belarus. The study is aimed at assessing the level of reading, mathematical, natural science, and financial literacy. In addition, the Study will determine in which region of the country students are most prepared to solve life’s problems.
Instruction on the procedure for conducting the National Study of the Quality of Education is available at the link.
Conducting a National Study on the Quality of Education will contribute to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goal 4 and other SDGs.
More detailed information about the study can be found at the link.
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