Warm Hospitals and Schools Benifit the Entire Country

Progress of Social Infrastructure Retrofitting Project covering about 600 social sector infrastructure facilities. The Project is supported by the World Bank loan.The outdated equipment has been replaced with modern heating and lighting systems. Eight facilities have been fully renovated– from the overhaul of heating supply systems to the replacement of windows. At other facilities, only most energy efficient improvements are made. Overall project-based savings are estimated at up to $US 4.12 million a year... More

Global Environmental Challenge

«In 2004-2006 the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection and the World Bank  implemented an international technical assistance project», - said Valentin Malishevsky, a representative of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.  We have managed to assess the degree of the harmful impacts of persistent organic persistent organic pollutants on human health and the environment. We have implemented a number of other important activities contributing to solution of the problem of POPs. The major outcome of the joint project is the elaboration of the National Plan of the Republic of Belarus for the Implementation of its Obligations under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants for 2007-2010 and until 2028.  The integrated National Implementation Plan aimed at addressing the problem of persistent organic pollutants is a guarantee of enhancement of the national security, improvement of human health and environmental situation».More

Chernobyl affected areas in focus

Nine micro-projects on minimization of the Chernobyl aftermath supported by the Small Grants Program in 2005-06. The Program for civil society organizations has been ongoing since 1999 and it has now disbursed some $330,000 to 56 projects... More