10 May 2024
In order to better inform potential participants of the Сontest of Pilot Initiatives on the Sustainable Development Goals, information seminars were held in all regions of Belarus in March – April 2024.
In total, more than 500 people attended the events in online and offline formats. More than 85% of the participants were women. Among the participants were representatives of regional, district, city executive committees, local Councils of Deputies, government bodies, educational institutions, health care, science, culture, social services for the population, public organizations, private and banking sectors, etc.
During the seminars, participants were familiarized with the conditions of the Сontest of Pilot Initiatives on the SDGs, potential areas and requirements for future pilot initiatives in the context of 4 SDG accelerators in the Republic of Belarus. In addition, participants were shown the process of submitting applications for the Сontest through a specially created platform sdgidea.by, as well as the main requirements of the legislation of Belarus in the field of international technical assistance, the experience of localizing the SDGs in Belarus and the functioning of the National Architecture for managing the process of achieving the SDGs were presented.
Information seminars were conducted by the United Nations Development Programme in Belarus in partnership with regional executive committees, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus, the United Nations Children’s Fund in Belarus, the United Nations Population Fund in Belarus within the framework 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.
Detailed information about information seminars is available via the link.
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