29 September 2025
On September 29, 2025, the final workshop of the SDG pilot initiative “Regional Information Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities – Assistance in Exercising and Protecting Their Rights” was held on the basis of the Committee on Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee.
The event was attended online and offline by representatives of the departments of labor, employment and social protection, social protection institutions of the Gomel region, as well as public organizations representing the interests of people with disabilities.
During the workshop, the results of the implementation of the pilot initiative on the SDGs were summarized. The participants were presented with key achievements, challenges, and lessons learned. Special attention was paid to the sustainability of the solutions created and the prospects for further development of the pilot initiative on the SDGs.
Thus, as part of the SDG pilot initiative, an online Resource Center for people with disabilities was created, 25 people with disabilities and their family members were consulted on social rehabilitation and adaptation, 120 drivers and conductors in Gomel were trained on boarding/disembarking from public transport for people with disabilities, and an “Inclusive Week” was organized and held in the Gomel region.”.
The SDG pilot initiative “Regional Information Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities – Assistance in Exercising and Protecting Their Rights” implemented by the Gomel Regional NGO for Disabled Persons with Impaired Musculoskeletal Function “Disabled Persons with Spinal Injurie” with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Republic of Belarus as part of the Joint Project “Support to the Efforts of the Republic of Belarus in Nationalization and Localization of SDGs” funded by the Government of the Russian Federation.
The implementation of the SDG pilot initiative contributes to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of the Sustainable Development Goals 4, 8, 10, 11 and the other SDGs.
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