Commentary to Decree No. 166 of 22 April 2015

    On 22 April Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 166 “Concerning priorities of scientific and technical activities of the Republic of Belarus for 2016-2020”.

    The presidential decree specified priorities of scientific and technical activities of the Republic of Belarus for 2016-2020. The results of corresponding projects will be used at enterprises of the real production sector and social organizations. It will help raise the competitiveness of science-intensive sectors of the national economy, support and develop scientific schools.

    The decree will ensure the concentration of resources in the manufacture of brand-new materials and substances with required properties, devices and equipment, technologies of the 5th and 6th technological paradigms, establishment of hi-tech production facilities focused on import substitution and export, development of treatment and diagnostics methods in medicine, production of new medications, bio- and nanotechnologies, rational use of natural resources.