The Republic of Belarus won the International Drawing Competition on the theme "Ecosystem Conservation - Climate Protection" to select an illustration of a new international response coupon (IRC) called "Abidjan".

On April 21-22, the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the CIS Region for the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2021 will be held in virtual mode. The World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) meets every four years between the Plenipotentiary Conferences of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to consider topics, projects and programs related to telecommunication development. The WTDC defines the strategies and objectives for telecommunication / ICT development for the next four-year period.

A special session within the framework of the Regional Preparatory Meeting of the International Telecommunication Union for WTDC-21 for the CIS Region dedicated to the International Day “Girls in ICT” and the Global Network of Women in ICT Decision Makers will be held on 22 April 2021 online in Russian and English.

It should be noted that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day “Girls in ICT”.

ITU offers a set of materials for organizing events

An organizing committee has been created in Belarus for the preparation and holding of the XXVII International Forum on Information and Communication Technologies TIBO-2021.

The corresponding decree was signed on March 23 by the Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Aleksandrovich GOLOVCHENKO.

The Minister of Communications and Informatization Konstantin Konstantinovich SHULGAN was appointed the Chairman of the Organizing Committee.

The organizing committee includes representatives of ministries, departments, various associations.

Today, within the framework of the Forum "Smart Sustainable Cities: Organizational and Technical Aspects of Development", which is taking place in Minsk from 16 to 18 March, a meeting of the Regional Group of the 20th ITU-T Study Group for Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus (SG20RG-EECAT) will take place.

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Today, March 16, negotiations between the Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus Konstantin Shulgan and Director of the Regional Office for the CIS Countries of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Natalia Mochu took place.

During the meeting, the Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau highly appreciated the results of work with the Communications Administration of the Republic of Belarus in the development of information and communication technologies, as well as the leading positions of our country in various international rankings in terms of ICT indicators.

RUE “Belpochta” has been awarded with the UPU Quality Management Certificate of Level A (Gold)

Republican Unitary Enterprise of Posts “Belpochta” has been awarded with the UPU Quality Management Certificate of Level A (Gold).

The certification has been carried out within the audit of postal service quality management; as a result, the experts have highly appreciated the activity of the enterprise, the optimization and operational process improvement, perfect cooperation with customs authorities, national and international airlines.

International Telecommunication Union with the Ministry of Communication and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus will hold an International Forum on the topic «Smart sustainable cities: organizational and technical aspects of development» from March 16 to 18, 2021 in Minsk.

In the second half of 2020, the active development of the information and communication infrastructure of the Republic of Belarus continued.

As of January 1, 2021, telecommunication services are provided by 189 telecommunication operators.

As a result of the implementation of measures for the construction and modernization of telecommunication networks, the following results were achieved.

The number of subscribers of fixed broadband Internet access increased by more than 23 thousand and amounted to 3.256 million.