Society
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Plagiarism among Belarusian students: Contributory factors, consequences, and solutions
The analytical paper suggests that written assignments remain particularly vulnerable to various dishonest
Ostrogorski Centre -
The Modernisation and Development of Belarusian Higher Education Institutions Based on the Entrepreneurial University Framework
The Ministry of Education of Belarus initiated an experimental project on the implementation of a «University 3.0” model, trying to replicate the success of Western HEIs in its development of the entrepreneurial mission.
Ostrogorski Centre -
Cultural and religious values of Belarusians in 2018
The paper presents an analysis of the cultural and religious values of Belarusians, based on data from the Republican survey.
Research Center of the Institute for Privatization and Management -
Education of children and parents: intergenerational mobility and impact on income
Improving quality of education led to the reduction of social inequality and the growth of equal opportunities in many countries.
BEROC. Belarusian economic research and outreach center -
New forms of practice-oriented business education at Masters level in Belarus
To bridge the gap between workforce supply and demand, educational institutions should concentrate efforts on the development and implementation of new practice-oriented approaches and forms of teaching and learning as well as careers centres and entrepreneurial environment for graduate students
Ostrogorski Centre -
Civil society in Belarus: current state and development (2015-2017)
The study seeks to fill the gap in the lack of comprehensive description of the civil society in Belarus and cover its development in the last three years (2015-2017).
Centre for European Transformation -
Social entrepreneurship as a possible alternative to a social contract
Social entrepreneurship as a concept is absent in the Belarusian legislation. However, the deterioration of the socio-economic situation in the country gradually increases the importance of the introduction of this concept to the agenda of governmental bodies.
Liberal Club -
Prevention of Losing Parental Care: International Evidence of Efficiency Analysis and a Belarusian Case
This report presents the research by an international team of experts, which they concluded within a framework of ENCON project – Enhancing CSOs Contribution to Evidence-Based Policy Making for Vulnerable Groups in Belarus. The main goal of the first (technical) part of this paper is to provide a
CASE Belarus -
Effectiveness evaluation of the services provided towards vulnerable groups in Belarus
In a pioneering study, CASE Belarus has evaluated the effectiveness of social interventions in Belarus. In the analytical report, one can find the results of effectiveness evaluation of the social services towards orphans, young disabled and released prisoners provided by Belarusian NGOs.
CASE Belarus -
How to stimulate the development of philanthropy and corporate social responsibility in Belarus
The arrival of foreign capital in Belarus would contribute to the dissemination of best practices from the international experience of corporate social responsibility. In addition, international business brings in Belarus the standards of openness.
Liberal Club -
Review of the situation of children and young people with disabilities in Belarus
This review of the situation of children and young people with disabilities in Belarus has collected a variety of data on this particular vulnerable group, unresolved problems related to it.
CASE Belarus -
Assessment of the effect of the programme 'Leadership in local communities'
The programme 'Leadership in Local Communities' is implemented by the educational institution Office of European Expertise and Communications in partnership with the international organisation Pact since 2014. 49 people from 43 local communities of Belarus were trained in the programme.
Office for European expertise and communication -
Belarusian human rights defenders’ view on human rights activity and questions of cooperation between Belarusian human rights organisations
At the moment, the orderer of this research and its partners are interested in the implementation of a new stage of work aimed at developing strategic cooperation between human rights organisations. This research is a tool of optimising this work.
Centre for European Transformation -
Potential and opportunities for implementing local planning mechanisms in the Belarusian regions to ensure the rights of people with disabilities
This report presents a general analysis of the conditions in which the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be implemented in Belarus. The first part is a brief overview of the Belarusian legislative framework in the context of the Convention approach.
Centre for European Transformation -
Civil society of Belarus: current state and development conditions
The analysis of the current state of civil society in Belarus faces a number of methodological difficulties related to gaps in official statistics, a small number of special studies, and restrictions on freedom of association in Belarus, where a significant part of public activity is shadowed for
Centre for European Transformation -
The social base of the transformation programmes in Belarus
The research aims to give meaningful and quantitative description of the Belarusian society's attitudes to innovation and the scale of self-determination.
The main objectives of the study:
Centre for European Transformation -
Belarusian business education: from a command economy to the market
The sphere of Belarusian business education is experiencing very challenging times in connection with the economic crisis in the country. Over the last three years, the amount of turnover in the market in dollar terms has decreased by nearly half, according to various assessments.
Ostrogorski Centre -
Factors of reproductive choice of Belarusians
The primary objective of the study was to find out whether Belarusians are satisfied by the number of children they have and whether there is a potential for increasing fertility.
BISS. Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies -
The role and place of civil society in the system of donor aid for Belarus (2006-2014)
The document presents the overall picture of external aid for Belarus for the period of 2006-2014 with a focus on financing of the activities of civil society, as well as the EU's and its member states' place in the general donor aid system.
Centre for European Transformation -
The sixth issue of the Macroeconomic Review of Belarus (January-June 2016)
Quarterly issues of the Macroeconomic Review of Belarus represent the unique panorama in over 100 graphs and tables of the key economic indicators covering all sectors of Belarusian economy: real sector, fiscal sector, monetary sector, and external sector. There are less words, more data.
CASE Belarus -
The tax system of Belarus
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of taxation in Belarus. I compare the dynamics of the tax rates and the tax revenue in Belarus to the world averages and to other countries of the Eurasian Union.
BEROC. Belarusian economic research and outreach center -
Civil society and political opposition have a particular view of reforms in Belarus
A study of civil societie's and political opposition's view of reforms in the country helps to evaluate their potential role in the reform and the opportunity to engage in the process of transformation, if such an opportunity arises.
BISS. Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies -
Biannual monitoring of the main trends BISS-Trends (January-June 2015)
This issue of BISS-Trends is a biannual monitoring of the main trends in the development of the Belarusian state and society in the first half of 2015.
BISS. Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies
The monitoring analyses the main trends in the following areas:
• political democratisation / political liberalisation; -
Advocacy in Belarus: Experience of Civil Society Organisations
The purpose of the survey was to study advocacy practices in Belarus, analyse key actors engaged in advocacy efforts, and identify specifics of their cooperation with state institutions from the point of view of obtained results, factors of success or failure of their actions, as well as the orga
Office for European expertise and communication -
Analysis of the Social Service Sector in the Republic of Belarus
Effective social service is the prerequisite for the development of society in any country.
Office for European expertise and communication