II Republican Forum of Women Entrepreneurs was held in Minsk

On May 29-30, 2025, in Minsk took place the II Republican Forum of women entrepreneurs “Energy and creation”, organized by Belarusian Union of Women.

The forum brought together more than 300 businesswomen from all over Belarus to talk with experts, exchange experiences, discuss current issues of women’s development, digitalization of business, combining career and motherhood.

The program of the forum – an exhibition of craftsmen and producers from all regions of the country, a plenary session and the work of thematic sections: ‘Business in numbers’, ‘Mom-entrepreneur’, ‘Belarus hospitable’, ‘Building communication and cooperation links of small businesses’.

During the plenary session, the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Belarus, Yuriy Chebotar, stressed that the formation of a favorable environment for business development and his support remain among the priority areas of state policy. New tools to support SMEs have been introduced. Only in 2024 under the state program “Small and medium enterprises” supported 201 projects. The “Regional initiative” is actively developed, aimed at the implementation of investment projects in the regions. Already included more than 30 projects, 5 of them have a ‘female face’.

Yuri Chebotar also reported on the progress of preparation of the updated version of the Presidential Directive 4. It is aimed at simplifying regulatory conditions, easing control formats and creating equal ‘rules of the game’ for entrepreneurs of different sizes and industries. There are also several measures aimed at the development of innovation and start-ups. An important block of the document will be activities to reduce the control burden on business and review approaches to accountability for economic offences

Holding a forum of women entrepreneurs “Energy and creation” contributes to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of the Sustainable Development Goals 5, 8, 10 and the other SDGs.