IBRD to lend €100m to Belarus’ Education Ministry for tertiary education modernization
<p> MINSK, Jun 23 - PrimePress. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) will lend €100 million to the Ministry of Education of Belarus for modernization of the higher education system. The parties signed the agreement online on June 23, the ministry reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> The funds will be used to create and upgrade the educational environment in 18 universities, including 10 regional ones. </p> <p> </p> <p> Among other things, the agreement provides for the establishment of an interdisciplinary training and research center at the Belarusian State University with 37 educational laboratories, 9 centers for collective use, an upgrade of more than 60 educational research laboratories, and repair of some campus buildings. </p> <p> </p> <p> The agreement also envisages the establishment of the National Agency for Ensuring Quality Education (at all levels of education), introduction of new branches of study (bioengineering, nanochemistry, synthetic and systems biology, bioinformatics, biomechanics, etc.), and create opportunities for online learning. </p> <p> </p> <p> The IBRD is the main lending institution of the World Bank (WB). Cooperation between Belarus and the WB is currently based on the WB Group Partnership Strategy for 2018-2022, adopted in 2018. According to the Ministry of Economy of Belarus, over the entire period of cooperation from 1992 to 2019, WB’s total investment in the Belarusian economy amounted to over $1.7 billion. Currently, the WB investment portfolio in Belarus includes eight projects totaling $843.41 million. End </p> <p> </p>
2020-06-24
Primepress
MINSK, Jun 23 - PrimePress. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) will lend €100 million to the Ministry of Education of Belarus for modernization of the higher education system. The parties signed the agreement online on June 23, the ministry reports.
The funds will be used to create and upgrade the educational environment in 18 universities, including 10 regional ones.
Among other things, the agreement provides for the establishment of an interdisciplinary training and research center at the Belarusian State University with 37 educational laboratories, 9 centers for collective use, an upgrade of more than 60 educational research laboratories, and repair of some campus buildings.
The agreement also envisages the establishment of the National Agency for Ensuring Quality Education (at all levels of education), introduction of new branches of study (bioengineering, nanochemistry, synthetic and systems biology, bioinformatics, biomechanics, etc.), and create opportunities for online learning.
The IBRD is the main lending institution of the World Bank (WB). Cooperation between Belarus and the WB is currently based on the WB Group Partnership Strategy for 2018-2022, adopted in 2018. According to the Ministry of Economy of Belarus, over the entire period of cooperation from 1992 to 2019, WB’s total investment in the Belarusian economy amounted to over $1.7 billion. Currently, the WB investment portfolio in Belarus includes eight projects totaling $843.41 million. End