The countries should know more about their neighbors, study their history and culture, as this is the foundation for friendly ties.
This opinion was voiced by Maira Mora, Head of the EU Delegation to Belarus Ambassador at the opening of the international conference “European Union and the Republic of Belarus: Cooperation Prospects”, which is taking place in Minsk.
“Belarus is making good progress in this field; therefore, the EU would like to study Belarus' efforts to promote social and economic development. Some countries in the EU have a very good social security system, however, this is a privilege of very rich states,”BelTA quotes the Head of the EU Delegation.
According to Maira Mora, countries should know more about their neighbors, study their history and culture, as this is the foundation for friendly ties. “Conferences and seminars that are regularly held in Belarus to discuss the Belarus-EU relations help strengthen our contacts,” added Maira Mora.
The conference, which is taking place on June 5-6, has more than 140 experts and specialists in European integration, scientists and teachers from Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, and Romania. According to the organizers, four workshops are to be featured during the conference, which are the EU Foreign Policy, the EU Social and Economic Policy, Legal Regulation of the European Integration, and the Education and Culture in the EU.
The Belarus Committee of ICOMOS announces the collection of cases on the effectiveness of the State List of Historical and Cultural Values as a tool of the safeguarding the cultural monuments.
On March 27-28, the Belarus ICOMOS and the EuroBelarus held an online expert workshop on expanding opportunities for community participation in the governance of historical and cultural heritage.
It is impossible to change life in cities just in three years (the timeline of the “Agenda 50” campaign implementation). But changing the structure of relationships in local communities is possible.
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The campaign "Agenda 50" was summed up in Ščučyn, and a local action plan for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed there.
The regional center has become the second city in Belarus where the local plan for the implementation of the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed.
Representatives of the campaign “Agenda 50” from five pilot cities discussed achievements in creating local agendas for implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
It is noteworthy that out of the five pilot cities, Stoubcy was the last to join the campaign “Agenda 50”, but the first one to complete the preparation of the local agenda.
On May 28, the city hosted a presentation of the results of the project "Equal to Equal" which was dedicated to monitoring the barrier-free environment in the city.
On March 3, members of the campaign "Agenda 50" from different Belarusian cities met in Minsk. The campaign is aimed at the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
In Stolin, social organizations and local authorities are implementing a project aimed at independent living of persons with disabilities, and creating local agenda for the district.
He said Belarus would likely face economic tightening not only as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but also a Russian trade oil crisis that worsened this past winter.
In his report, philosopher Gintautas Mažeikis discusses several concepts that have been a part of the European social and philosophical thought for quite a time.
It is impossible to change life in cities just in three years (the timeline of the “Agenda 50” campaign implementation). But changing the structure of relationships in local communities is possible.