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Austria’s support to Belarus has been presented mainly by humanitarian aid to Belarusian children affected by various diseases, namely, trips of Belarusian children to Austrian families, establishment of the Children’s Onco-Hematological Center, organisation of the commemorative actions timed to anniversaries of the Chernobyl catastrophe. These projects have been supported both by public and private sponsors. To know more about some Austrian projects in this sphere, click here.
Technical assistance of Denmark to Belarus is represented by activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark through the Danish Neighbourhood Programme which focuses on promotion of democratic development in Belarus, especially support of civil society and independent media. The Danish Neighbourhood Programme includes the regional media programme (focus on strengthening of independent media and journalists), the Programme against Human Trafficking (focus on preventing activities, law enforcement, capacity building of local authorities and civil society organisations) and the civil society programme (focus on civil society development and participation of citizens).
Finland supports Belarusian media and NGOs through the Finnish Embassy in Vilnius, while Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides funding for the projects implemented by the Finnish NGOs and targeted to Belarus. In addition, Finnish NGOs also provide grants for similar organisations in Belarus.
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (part of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs) provides assistance to Belarus through its Belarusian branch, Swiss Cooperation Office in Belarus. SDC Belarus focuses on three priority areas: health and social rehabilitation, strengthening of communities, and prevention and preparedness. Since 1993, SDC Belarus has been running a Humanitarian Aid Programme in Belarus that has been supported by and implemented with participation of local authorities and NGOs.
Germany supports Belarus both through governmental instruments, for instance, The Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, and through private foundations (IBB programmes:"Johannes Rau" Minsk, Geschichtswerkstatt Minsk, Förderungsprogramm Belarus). The supporting programme promotes the implementation of the projects in 4 dimensions: education; social life; ecology and energy; economy and regional politic.
Ireland provides assistance to Belarus by means of the Chernobyl Aid Ireland that supports Chernobyl affected children of Belarus. Ireland implements a number of non-government programmes; Belarus can participate in some of them: Partnership Progarmme for Europe and Central Asia (PPECA); Civil society Fund; Micro project programme.
Support of Italy to Belarus is represented by recuperative visits of Belarusian children to Italy. Since 1987, 30 000 children have benefited from this programme which is carried out by Italian associations and supported by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Labour.
Latvia provides assistance to Belarus in the areas of promotion of democratic and civil society, environmental protection and other spheres. Support is delivered both through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, and Latvian NGOs acting in the sphere of promotion of the civil society development.Associations, funds, companies, public association or local authority bodies in cooperation with the same Latvian organizations can apply Latvian projects. For more detailed information on Latvia’s assistance to Belarus click here.
The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Belarus provides assistance for exchange of information between Belarus and NATO officials and organises meetings of ambassadors of NATO countries in Belarus. Lithuania also supports NATO cooperation programmes in Belarus and co-funds elimination of landmines in Belarus and English language courses for Belarusian officers.Lithuania concentrates its international cooperation on the following priorities:- Effective governing and rule of law; - Support to democracy and human rights; - Social protection and sustainable development; - Enlightenment; - Networking in sphere of culture and cultural heritage security; - Creation of awareness among publicity.The applicants should be project-partners (registered individual or legal body).
Assistance of Poland to Belarus is provided through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and its development assistance programme PolishAid. There are two Polish programmes available for Belrus: Polish assistance programme, and the Programme of small grants.
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs supports Belarusian society through its Matra Social Transformation Programme in the field of European cooperation that aims to support the transformation to a plural democratic society governed by the rule of law. Projects under this programme are expected to help empower institutions and improve capacities of central government, local authorities and civil society organisations. As part of the overall Matra Programme, Matra for Good Governance Programme provides grants for NGOs acting in the sphere of good governance, mainly through empowering institutions and building capacity for civil society organisations. Matra for Good Governance Programme is subdivided into five subprogrammes, two of which – Matra/KAP and Matra/KPA – are available for Belarus.
Slovak Republic has provided assistance to Belarus by means of its Official Development Assistance (ODA) Programme that welcomes project proposals from Belarusian NGOs.Slovakian programmes are aimed at support of civil society, sustainable development of countryside and environmental protection in Belarus. Slovak MFA and UNDP have created Slovak-UNDP Trust Fund, which the projects with Belarus as a participant are implemented through.
Sweden provides extensive support to Belarus for deepening democracy, economic change, social security and common security, and offers cultural and academic exchange programmes. An NGO support programme SIDA concentrates on such issues as strengthening of business environment, capacity building for journalists and policy makers, development of local self-governance, empowering women, cross-border cooperation, etc. Sweden also provides assistance to the National Cadastre Agency with the aim of creating a property market and supports efforts to restructure social care services for children and young people in a project with the Ministry of Education.
The cooperation with France is in the sphere of culture, interuniversity and sci-tech cooperation. ITA to Belarus is provided through the CORE programme.
Assistance of Estonia is directed first of all at CIS-states (including Belarus) in such spheres as WTO entry negotiations, reorganization of health system, applying of information technologies in state institutions, etc.
Czech assistance to Belarus is provided through Czech-UNDP Trust Fund. Within this Fund a number of project for different coutries including Belarus are being implemented. The main priorities are: - Preventing HIV/AIDs; - Ecological problems; - Effective governing and supporting the democratic reforms; - Czech experience in reforming.
The funds and programmes in which Belarus can take part at the current moment: - Western fund of CIS entrepreneurship support; - SABIT programme; - Info business service for CIS states – BISNIS. The US Embassy is implementing the programme of small grants for projects aimed at: education; gender equality; legislation reforms; creation of democratic organizations; market reforms.
The main coordinator of international cooperation program in Canada is CIDA. Since 1995 CIDA has been in charge of official aid of Canada to states of Central and Eastern Europe and former USSR states. The priorities are: - Poverty reduction; - Democratic governing; - Private sector development; - Health service; -Education.
ITA of Norway to Belarus has a limited format. However since 2007 Norway has considered the cooperation with Belarus and Ukraine as a promising one. Within the Council of Scandinavian Ministers’ Programme, in which Norway participates, the following dimensions are financed: - Education of Belarusian students and aspirants; - The progarmme for NGO of Baltic Sea region countries (with Belarus as a participant); - Net of Baltic Euroregions(the programme has been implemented since 2005. There are 9 countries to participate, including Belarus); - Expansion of cooperation of north-western Russia and Belarus to promote democracy and pluralistic principles.
Since 2004 Japanese embassy has been implementing the governmental programme “Grant aid for projects dealing with security of population “Roots of grass”. Within the programme gratuitous aid for purchasing medical equipment for hospitals, located in the Chernobyl zone is provided. This programme is designed for ordinary people, which are the greater part of the society. The beneficiaries are medical institutions. Applicant forms should be sent on Nippon_emb@telecom.by
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