In 2022, the Department of Regional Policy was established within BISR, with subdivisions in all regions and in Minsk.
Key areas of activity of BISR’s regional subdivisions:
- conducting research and preparing analytical materials on the socio-political situation in the regions and administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Belarus;
- participating in the information and analytical support for the activities of the President of the Republic of Belarus, the Presidential Administration, the State Secretariat of the Security Council, the Council of Ministers, and other state bodies on issues of strategic development of the regions and administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Belarus;
- preparing proposals on strategic directions for the development of the regions and administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Belarus;
- providing expert and scientific-methodological support for improving state regional policy;
- monitoring mass media and other information sources, including through the use of software and hardware tools, with a focus on regional media and issues related to the development of the regions and administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Belarus;
- participating in scientific research on the development processes of the regions and administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Belarus.
