A meeting was held in Minsk on the implementation of projects in the field of using demographic data to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

On December 20, 2022, an expanded meeting of the coordinating councils for the implementation of the projects «Strengthening the scientific and educational potential of the Republic of Belarus in the field of collecting and analyzing the use of demographic data to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals» and «Strengthening the capacity of the national statistical system of the Republic of Belarus in the field of collection, analysis and dissemination of demographic data for the country’s Sustainable Development Goals».

During the meeting, the participants discussed the results achieved in the implementation of projects for 2022, and also got acquainted with the data of the Demographic Resource Center, the results of a scientific study of the socio-demographic characteristics of single-parent families and the mechanisms for their formation in Belarus.

Improving the mechanism for collecting, analyzing and using country demographic data makes an important contribution to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.