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25 May 2017, 16:42

Minsk to host CEI Deputy Secretary General, 12 national delegations

MINSK, 25 May (BelTA) - Deputy Secretary General of the Central European Initiative (CEI) Erik Csernovitz and delegations of 12 CEI member states will partake in the session of the CEI Parliamentary Committee in Minsk, BelTA learned from Irina Starovoytova, chairperson of the Permanent Commission for Education, Culture and Science of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, head of the delegation of the National Assembly of Belarus to the CEI Parliamentary Dimension.

According to Irina Starovoytova, Belarus views the CEI as an efficient tool that helps boost and strengthen regional cooperation. This, in turn, means establishing new relations and expanding the existent ones in energy efficiency, sustainable development, environment, science, technology, logistics, and other fields.

“The session of the CEI Parliamentary Committee due on 30 May is set to become one of the most significant events during Belarus' CEI presidency in 2017. The session will be dedicated to innovative manufacturing, management, and human potential. The Council of the Republic is busy preparing for the event,” the senator noted.

The upcoming session of the committee is expected to gather Belarusian MPs, heads of several ministries, CEI Deputy Secretary General Erik Csernovitz, and also national delegations of 12 CEI member states (Austria, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania, Poland, Moldova, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, and Ukraine).

They are set to discuss the ways to promote the use of intellectual IT, build digital economy and develop human potential. Irina Starovoytova clarified that the topic of the session has been determined by the current economic trends. They include the intellectualization of the technologies, growing R&D intensity of goods, rising importance of knowledge transfer and preservation, and intense competition that drives innovations. “These are global challenges that the world's economies need to respond to in order to remain competitive,” Irina Starovoytova remarked.

“This session provides an opportunity to showcase Belarus' achievements in innovation manufacturing and also IT, human capital, science and technology,” the senator noted. According to her, this will strengthen Belarus' positive image on the international arena and help improve economic, social, legal, and other aspects. “Belarus pursues the goal of promoting compatibility in a greater Europe,” Irina Starovoytova summarized.

The outcome document will outline the basic principles of the joint strategy for the economy intellectualization in the CEI region.

The Central European Initiative (CEI) is a regional forum that consists of 18 states (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Montenegro and Ukraine). Belarus joined the CEI in 1996. The organization serves as an important forum to help foster relations between the states of Central, East and Southeast Europe in cross-border cooperation, energy, transport, science, technologies, education, culture, small and medium-sized business, agriculture, environmental protection, and other fields.

Belarus' CEI presidency was assumed in 2017 and is designed to promote compatibility in the greater Europe. The country aspires to bolster and expand ties and cooperation between the CEI states and different integration platforms, including the Eurasian Economic Union, the EU, and the CEI. The CEI parliamentary dimension is set to reach this goal and promote multilateral cooperation between the CEI member states at the parliamentary level.

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