The Belarusian Institute Of System Analysis And Informational Support Of Scientific And Technical Sphere

Forum of business people of the Member States of the Common Economic Space (Minsk, 31 May 2013)
Document address: http://www.belisa.org.by/en/actions/conference/Forum_31_May_en.html

22.05.2013

Minsk will host the forum of businessmen of the Common Economic Space member states with the participation of Heads of governments of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia on May 31, 2013. The assistance to the formation of the common information space and the development of business environment as very important tools of enhancement of economic relations between the Common Economic Space member states, involvement of the business community of the Common Economic Space member states into the key issues of reformation of the economy, increase in the contacts between the economic entities of these three countries, creation of favorable conditions for interaction in the field of innovations in order to achieve a synergetic effect in development and adoption of technologies. CLICK HERE to see details about the goals and tasks of the event.

The program of the forum supposes the conducting of a range of subject sections, including the section on Science and Technology. The collaboration in science and innovations organized by the State Committee on Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus.

The exposition of innovation projects and developments of Belarusian organizations and enterprises.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR FORUM.

Contact persons of the BelISA specialized in the issues of participation in the exposition are Nikolai Fomin, (17) 2033084, and Tatyana Mikholap, (17) 2033475.

All the participants of the forum have to register themselves beforehand.

The completed questionnaires should be emailed to meerovskaya@fp7-nip.org.by or be sent by fax: +375 17 2033139 by May 23, 2013.

The contact person specialized in issues of registration and the program is Olga Meerovskaya, (29)  6612576, (17) 2033139.
 

 
Results of the section "Science and Technology. Cooperation in Science and Innovation"

On 31 May 2013 a Business Forum of member states of the Common Economic Space (CES) was held in Minsk being the first event of this sort in the CES. It was organized by the Ministry of Economy of Belarus, Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and the Republican Association of Industrial Enterprises with the active assistance from numerous government bodies with a purpose to promote the developing common information area and the business environment as the most important instruments for strengthening the economic cooperation between the CES member states, involve their business community in solving the key issues of economic reform, expand contacts between economic entities of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, fill in the relations with concrete projects and create the favorable conditions for cooperation in innovation in order to achieve synergies in the development and implementation of technologies.

The concept of the Forum foresees five parallel thematic sections, the first of which titled "Science and Technology. Cooperation in Science and Innovation". The sections were designed to give a new impetus and practical character to the priority areas of cooperation within the CES – collaboration in science, technology and innovation (STI), information and communication, manufacture, logistics, transport and tourism. The organization of the Section 1 was assigned to the State Committee for Science and Technology (SCST) which, in turn, transferred the responsibility for its preparation to the Belarusian Institute of System Analysis and Information Support of Scientific and Technical Sphere (BelISA).

The work of the Section was organized in accordance with the program. It was attended by over 110 people representing the following organizations:

Russia

• Russian Peoples' Friendship University / National Contact Center of the Russian Federation for the CIS Innovative Development
• "Skolkovo" Foundation
• Russian State Geological Prospecting University named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze / Department for designing programs of the Union State
• "Infrastructure investments RVC" Ltd
• Industrial Investment Holding "Yarovit"
• JSC "Vostochnuj Veter"
• Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics

Kazakhstan

• CSI "Factor"
• Karaganda State Technical University

Ukraine

• State Agency on Science, Innovations and Informatization of Ukraine

Germany

• Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH / CIM Frankfurt a. M. Germany

International organizations

• Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna)

Belarus

Public authorities and their subordinate organizations

1. Office of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus
2. Brest Regional Executive Committee
3. Gomel Regional Executive Committee
4. Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee / Committee of the Economy
5. Minsk City Executive Committee / Committee of the Economy
6. State Committee for Science and Technology
7. BelISA
8. Republican Scientific and Technical Library
9. Belarusian Innovation Fund
10. National Center for Intellectual Property

National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

11. Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences
12. Physics Technical Institute
13. Scientific and Production Amalgamation “Tsentr”
14. Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
15. United Institute of Informatics Problems
16. Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research – “Sosny”
17. Joint Institute of Mechanical Engineering
18. Scientific and Practical Center for Materials Science
19. The Energy Institute
20. Scientific and Production Amalgamation for Powder Metallurgy
21. Scientific and Practical Center for Agriculture Mechanization

Ministry of Education

22. Ministry of Education
23. Belarusian State University
24. Belarusian National Technical University
25. Educational Research and Production Republican Unitary Enterprise "Unitechprom BSU"
26. Brest State Technical University
27. Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio Electronics
28. Polotsk State University
29. Science and Technology Park of the National Technical University "Polytechnic"

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

30. Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belarusian Research Geological Institute"

Ministry of Industry

31. JSC "AMKODOR"
32. JSC "MZOR" – managing company "Belstankoinstrument"
33. "Minsk Watch Plant"
34. UP KBTEM-CO

Ministry of Health

35. Scientific and Practical Center “Cardiology"

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

36. GU "Belarusian machine testing station"

Other organizations

37. Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus
38. Science and Technology Association "Infopark"
39. CJSC "YANSAR"
40. UE "Adani"
41. "Systemu Kontrolja” PC (Control Systems)
42. Public Association "Fund Ecomir"
43. Minsk Capital Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers
44. "Farmavit" ALC
45. "MAGNOMED" ALC
46. FID Group

In the course of the Section the current state of the STI cooperation between research institutions, scientific and industrial enterprises and companies of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan has been discussed, as well as implementation of tri-lateral projects and mechanisms to support them. Besides, the prospective future projects were presented.

By the results of the Section "Science and Technology. Cooperation in Science and Innovation" of the Forum, the State Committee for Science and Technology of Belarus has signed a number of agreements on STI collaboration, namely with

• the Committee on Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• JSC "Kazakhstan Housing and Construction Corporation";
• JSC "National Science and Technology Holding "Parasat" (Kazakhstan);
• Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna) on cooperation in the framework of the NICA project;
• State Agency for Science, Innovation and Informatization of Ukraine;
• Research Institute "Federal Research and Consulting Centre of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation”.

Cooperation agreement was also signed by the Belarusian Innovation Fund and "Infrastructure Investment RVC" (Russia).

The Section "Science and Technology. Cooperation in Science and Innovation", as well as the Forum in general, has become a meeting place and a discussion forum for a wide range of participants — representatives of government, business, science, which offered new joint projects aimed at social and economic development of the CES member states. These meetings contribute to the promotion of tri-lateral cooperation in STI within the CES, as well as to bi-lateral cooperation Belarus-Russia and Belarus-Kazakhstan.

Source: BelISA, Center for Foreign Economoc Innovation and Scientific and Technical Cooperation and Investment