Belarus, St Petersburg to sign R&D cooperation program

MINSK, 28 March (BelTA) – A program to guide scientific and technical cooperation between educational and scientific organizations of Belarus and St Petersburg in 2022-2024 is supposed to be signed on 29 March, the press service of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus told BelTA.

The program has been developed by the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus and the Science and Higher Education Committee of St Petersburg. The document provides for 50 projects, measures, and events, including projects in the area of physics, biology, healthcare, and agriculture. As many as 29 Belarusian scientific organizations and 21 St Petersburg ones will participate in implementing the program.

The document will be signed during the 12th session of the Belarus-St Petersburg Business Cooperation Council. First Deputy Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus Andrei Kosovsky will take part in the event.