Educational Courses

The London School of Public Relations, Chartered Institute of Management and Open University all co-operate with local partners in delivering high-quality educational courses in Belarus.

European experts visits

In Ferbuary 2009, we hosted the visit of Charles Grant, Director of the Centre for European Reform (CER). Mr. Grant met Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov, Belarusian experts on European issues, political analysts and economists, and civil society representatives. He also gave a talk to students and faculty of the International Relations faculty of Belarus State University.

Mr Grant's visit was the first in a programme of visits that is expected to bring senior UK experts on European affairs to Belarus.

English Speaking Union

Each year we host the Belarus final of the English Speaking Union's International Public Speaking Competition. In 2009, ESU has agreed to open its Belarusian branch. With organisational work currently underway, it is expected that ESU Belarus will be established in early 2010.

Cooperation with Sakharov University

In May 2009, the Memorandum of Memorandum of Understanding between the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), East Midlands Branch Committee, United Kingdom and International Sakharov Environmental University (ISEU), Minsk, Belarus had been signed. The two insitutions has agreed to cooperate in the fields of science, engineering, education and professional development for the beneft of scientists and environmental practitioners both in the UK and Belarus.

Belarusian/English Grammar book

In 2009 the Embassy supported the publication of a short Belarusian/English Grammar book. The book is part of a series of Grammar books that allow Belarusian speakers to learn European languages directly from Belarusian without having to use an intermediary language.   

 

 

La Strada

The Embassy sponored a visit to the UK by Alena Nestsiaruk on 14 May. Alena attended a International Seminar on Combating Human Trafficking at the House of Commons in London. Alena is the Programme Manager for the Belarusian NGO La Strada, which works for the prevention of the traffic of women from Central and Eastern Europe. You can find more about the work of La Strada by visiting their website (Russian and English).

Legal seminars

In December 2008, we helped to organise a seminar dedicated to the problem of domestic violence, together with the Institute for Training Judges, Prosecutors and Legal workers at the Belarusian State University, together with British non-profit organisation “British East-West Centre” (BEWC).  Since 2004, BEWC, supported by the British Embassy, has implemented a joint project that engages with Belarusian judges and prosecutors from across the country. The objective of this project is to transfer the UK/EU expertise in a number of pressing topics in the areas of justice and home affairs to the Belarusian judiciary.