Roman Golovchenko
MINSK, 29 October (BelTA) – The program on Belarus’ social and economic development for the period till 2030 is being compiled in a manner that makes everything accessible and understandable and in order to allow every citizen to understand what the country should be like in five years. Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) Roman Golovchenko made the statement for mass media after delivering a report to the head of state on 29 October, BelTA has learned. Roman Golovchenko leads the working group in charge of polishing the program.
Roman Golovchenko said: “I’ve informed the president about the structure of the program, about the priorities we intend to implement as its foundation. And about how execution will be evaluated, who will be responsible for every concrete area, what mechanisms will be used to achieve goals of the program. Because we are getting a rather complex and verticalized document. In other words, everything is interconnected. The document should match program documents of a higher order as well. Those are the national goals of sustainable development of our program, the president’s election program. Everything should be interconnected. And most importantly it should be accessible and understandable. It is a program on social and economic development for a reason. In other words, a program designed to guide the development of the society and the state. And it should be understandable not only by government officials or by those, who will carry out specific tasks. But every Belarusian needs to understand what we expect the country to be in five years.”
He remarked that a lot of serious work had been done to polish the program. Not only members of the working group in charge of polishing the document have taken an active part in the work. Sensible proposals from other sources have been integrated into the document as well. Including proposals from delegates of the Belarusian People’s Congress, other submitted proposals, and ideas expressed within the framework of the People’s Five-Year Term project.
Roman Golovchenko pointed out that it is customary for all states to make social and economic development projections but every country has its own peculiarities. In some countries these documents are more generalized and are often called a Vision. For instance, 2030 Vision or 2040 Vision. These documents describe what the country’s leadership expects the country to look like in a certain number of years.
At the same time more concrete approaches to projections can be used. Approaches involving figures, indicators, and clear tasks. For instance, China’s approach to compiling such documents is meticulous and measured.
“We’ve borrowed from the Chinese experience a lot. I am not saying we did it while working on this program. But on the whole, as part of our system to forecast social and economic development,” Roman Golovchenko stressed.
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