Targets:
2.1 By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round.
2.2 By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons.
2.3 By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment.
2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality.
2.5 By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed.
2.A Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries.
2.B Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets, including through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect, in accordance with the mandate of the Doha Development Round.
2.C Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives and facilitate timely access to market information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme food price volatility.
1.1 By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day.
1.2 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions.
1.3 Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable.
1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance.
1.5 By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters.
1.A Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions.
1.B Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions.
The environmental agenda in Belarus traditionally occupies a central place in state policy. A multi-stage system of continuous environmental education, upbringing and enlightenment has been created and is functioning in the country, starting from kindergarten and ending with a system of retraining and advanced training. A special role in shaping the ecological thinking of young people is played by the network of «Green Schools», the work of public coordinating environmental councils and public ecologists. Considerable attention in Belarus is paid to scientific research in the field of ecology, as well as the formation of an environmental culture and careful attitude to natural resources, and the dissemination of environmental information.
At the moment, the task in Belarus is to formulate an environmental agenda in the context of the SDGs. The main goals should be the implementation of a set of measures to ensure the environmental safety of the country and the involvement of a wide range of citizens and public organizations in the implementation of environmental and environmental projects and initiatives.
On October 4-5, 2023, the XVIII International Scientific and Practical Conference «Current Problems of Ecology-2023» was held at the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.
The conference was attended by more than 100 researchers from Belarus, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Zimbabwe – teachers, graduate students, undergraduates and students of higher educational institutions, researchers and representatives of enterprises and organizations.
The Conference program included two plenary sessions and three sections, each of which was devoted to a specific aspect of ecology: environmental pollution and the development of new technologies for water and air purification, sustainable development in the context of food technologies, mitigation of climate change and sustainable use of natural resources, conservation of biodiversity and protection of natural resources, improvement of environmental monitoring methods, environmental education for sustainable development.
The holding of the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Current Problems of Ecology 2023» helps to expand the interaction of scientists in scientific projects, attract young talents into the scientific environment, which makes an important contribution to the implementation of the Agenda for Sustainable Development for the period up to 2030.
A recording of the conference in video format is available at the link.
In order to popularize the ideas and values of sustainable development among children and youth, in the 2023-2024 academic year, the II Republican educational project «Lessons of Sustainable Development» will be implemented in institutions of general secondary education.
The project will involve 312 students in specialized pedagogical classes from 51 general secondary education institutions in all regions of the country. Online classes on the Sustainable Development Goals will be held for project participants. The most active project participants will be invited to the republican forum «SDGs up to 16 and older» and will be able to receive the title «Young Friend of the SDGs».
Regulation II of the Republican educational project «Lessons of Sustainable Development» is available at the link.
The implementation of the Republican educational project «Lessons of Sustainable Development» helps to increase youth awareness of the SDGs, the formation of a «sustainable» lifestyle, as well as the popularization of the ideas and values of the Agenda for Sustainable Development for the period up to 2023.
The project «Stimulating the potential of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies for inclusive and sustainable industrial development in Belarus» has been completed in the Brest region.
The project was tested at OJSC «Kuzlitmash», OJSC «Baranovichi Automatic Unit Plant», RUPP «Baranovichi Automatic Line Plant», woodworking and other enterprises.
Key aspects and achievements of the project can be found in the videos:
Work to create an Industry 4.0 center
Training component on Industry 4.0 topics
«Workshop №16» – innovative demonstration center of Industry 4.0
The introduction of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies will contribute to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goals 8, 9, 11 and other SDGs.
On September 19-23 and 26, the United Nations General Assembly takes place in New York.
The Head of the Main Directorate of Multilateral Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Irina Velichko, took part in the work of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly to discuss social and humanitarian issues, as well as human rights issues. During the general discussion, the situation of women in different countries was discussed.
In her speech, Irina Velichko noted that Belarus occupies a leading position in the gender equality ranking according to several criteria. Belarus is ranked 41st among 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2023. At the same time, according to the criterion of «economic participation and opportunity» the republic ranks seventh, and according to the criterion of «health and survival» it ranks first. Belarus ensures women’s participation in the decision-making process. The share of women in the Belarusian parliament is more than 35%, among civil servants and in the judiciary – more than 70% of women. For a number of years, the level of actual female unemployment in Belarus has been lower than that of men.
Also, the diplomat emphasized that Belarus will continue to maintain a high national standard in the field of gender equality and will comply with its international obligations.
The performance in video format is available at the link.
On October 4, 2023, as part of the talk show «Economic Environment», National Coordinator for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Valery Belsky, Chairman of the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus Inna Medvedeva and Head of the Environmental and Economic Research Sector of the Institute of Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Nadezhda Batova spoke about the Sustainable Development Goals and the success of their achievements in Belarus.
The talk show participants discussed the following questions: Why are countries striving to achieve the SDGs? Is it necessary to update the SDGs? What environmental risks exist? What place is given to «green» areas? Which government bodies and organizations are included in the architecture for managing the process of achieving the SDGs in Belarus? and etc.
A recording of the talk show «Economic Environment» in video format is available at the link.
On October 5-13, 2023, Creatoons for Sustainable Development will be held in the regional centers of Belarus – youth discussion platforms organized by the Republican Volunteer Center and the UNDP Development Acceleration Laboratory.
During the Creaton, young people will propose ideas for future initiatives to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the Republic of Belarus. The first event will take place tomorrow in Grodno. It is expected that the best ideas will be formalized into projects that can later be implemented by the UNDP Development Acceleration Laboratory.
Conducting Creaton will contribute to the search for new solutions for sustainable development, which will make an important contribution to the implementation by the Republic of Belarus of the Agenda for Sustainable Development for the period up to 2030.
On October 1, 2023, a competition of youth initiatives, organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, started in Belarus.
The main direction of the implementation of youth initiatives is the creation of conditions to support the active participation of young citizens in socio-economic and socio-political processes, the formation and implementation of state youth policy.
Young people aged 14 to 31 can take part in the competition. Applications will be accepted until November 1, 2023. Winners will be determined from November 1 to December 1, 2023. The results of the competition will be announced and the winners will be awarded on December 31, 2023.
Holding a competition of youth initiatives contributes to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goals 8, 9 and other SDGs.
More detailed information about the competition can be found at the link.
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