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31.10.2025 10:36:48
Eight priorities. Draft 2030 Social and Economic Development Plan updated
Belarus’ draft Social and Economic Development Plan 2026-2030 has been updated — as announced during the final meeting of the working group for finalising the strategic document for the five-year term held at Belarus’ National Bank
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Ultimately, the meeting identified 8 comprehensive strategic priorities, outlining the tasks, mechanisms and indicators to achieve them. The priorities are aligned with the priorities of the 2040 National Sustainable Development Strategy, the election campaign of the President of Belarus and other presidential speeches and statements of the Belarusian leader regarding the following five years. The document also defines directions for the country's systematic development to achieve the key goal of the five-year plan — shifting to a new standard of living for every Belarusian.
“The draft Social and Economic Development Plan 2026-2030 has been significantly shortened after the revision. The main task was to make the document as clear and accessible as possible for all categories of citizens and specialists,” Andrei Kartun, Deputy Chairman of the National Bank Board.
According to the speaker, highly specialised tasks have been excluded from the final draft, “The main directions of the plan remain unchanged. Each direction has its own curators — the relevant deputy prime ministers. State initiatives for specific industries will further pursue the implementation mechanism. The main task is divided into several specific ones, with a particular minister responsible for it.”
Andrei Kartun added that the working group retained the key features of the plan, carefully reviewed the indicators and made them more understandable, “Previously, there were about 120 indicators, but now there are roughly 50. This was done to avoid overloading the plan with unnecessary indicators. Some sections have been excluded or reformatted, with new important topics added, for example, in industry. These relate to the tasks of increasing the science intensity, innovation and technological capacity of the economy.”
The speaker emphasised that the tasks in social policy are also being specified, referring to increasing birth rate and life expectancy, “The main goal of the plan is to create an environment so that it would be comfortable to live, work and develop anywhere in the country.”
For her part, Inna Medvedeva, Chairperson of Belarus’ National Statistical Committee (Belstat), spoke on the work progress on revising the strategic document for Belarus, “There was not a single section within the working group and subgroups that was not hotly debated — we actively discussed the agricultural industry section. We spent a long time selecting the indicators for this section. We had polemics regarding the strong regions section. We wanted the plan to show each region’s authenticity and highlight their distinctive features, to demonstrate the uniqueness of their development. Developing the digital economy also sparked controversy. The main thing is that each task must be digitised and understandable to the people who will read the plan and work with it.”
Ultimately, the meeting identified 8 comprehensive strategic priorities, outlining the tasks, mechanisms and indicators to achieve them. The priorities are aligned with the priorities of the 2040 National Sustainable Development Strategy, the election campaign of the President of Belarus and other presidential speeches and statements of the Belarusian leader regarding the following five years. The document also defines directions for the country's systematic development to achieve the key goal of the five-year plan — shifting to a new standard of living for every Belarusian.
“The draft Social and Economic Development Plan 2026-2030 has been significantly shortened after the revision. The main task was to make the document as clear and accessible as possible for all categories of citizens and specialists,” Andrei Kartun, Deputy Chairman of the National Bank Board.
According to the speaker, highly specialised tasks have been excluded from the final draft, “The main directions of the plan remain unchanged. Each direction has its own curators — the relevant deputy prime ministers. State initiatives for specific industries will further pursue the implementation mechanism. The main task is divided into several specific ones, with a particular minister responsible for it.”
Andrei Kartun added that the working group retained the key features of the plan, carefully reviewed the indicators and made them more understandable, “Previously, there were about 120 indicators, but now there are roughly 50. This was done to avoid overloading the plan with unnecessary indicators. Some sections have been excluded or reformatted, with new important topics added, for example, in industry. These relate to the tasks of increasing the science intensity, innovation and technological capacity of the economy.”
The speaker emphasised that the tasks in social policy are also being specified, referring to increasing birth rate and life expectancy, “The main goal of the plan is to create an environment so that it would be comfortable to live, work and develop anywhere in the country.”
For her part, Inna Medvedeva, Chairperson of Belarus’ National Statistical Committee (Belstat), spoke on the work progress on revising the strategic document for Belarus, “There was not a single section within the working group and subgroups that was not hotly debated — we actively discussed the agricultural industry section. We spent a long time selecting the indicators for this section. We had polemics regarding the strong regions section. We wanted the plan to show each region’s authenticity and highlight their distinctive features, to demonstrate the uniqueness of their development. Developing the digital economy also sparked controversy. The main thing is that each task must be digitised and understandable to the people who will read the plan and work with it.”
