18 April 2024
On April 18, 2024, the information seminar on the Сontest of Pilot Initiatives for the Goals of Sustainable Development was held in Brest.
The event was attended by 117 people, of which almost 90% were women. The seminar was joined by representatives of the Brest regional and district executive committees, commercial and non-profit organizations, educational institutions, architecture and construction, healthcare, and social services.
The United Nations Development Program team presented the Regulations on the Сontest, requirements for Pilot Initiatives on the SDGs, and also demonstrated the process of submitting applications for the Сontest through a specially created platform sdgidea.by. In addition, together with a representative of the United Nations Population Fund, the experience of localizing the SDGs in Belarus was presented, as well as potential directions for future pilot initiatives in the context of 4 accelerators to achieve the SDGs in the Republic of Belarus.
A prerequisite for holding the Сontest is the creation of equal opportunities and fair access to resources and expertise for all applicants, regardless of their social status, cultural or other factors.
The information seminar was organized by the Brest Regional Executive Committee together with UNDP within the framework of the international technical assistance project “Support to the Efforts of the Republic of Belarus in Nationalization and Localization of SDGs” with financial support from the Russian Federation.
A recording of the information seminar on the Сontest of Pilot Initiatives on the SDGs in Brest is available at the link.
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