Planning of strategic projects is the focus of the President’s attention

Improving the system of planning and monitoring the implementation of strategic projects was discussed today at the Palace of Independence. Opening the meeting, the Head of State emphasized the importance of such projects for the future of the country. Alexander Lukashenko demanded that the work of the National Academy of Sciences be subjected to the most serious analysis. The President noted that over thirty years a whole network of research institutes in various fields has been formed in Belarus. However, not many truly major breakthrough projects have been created during this time. The President recalled that back in the spring he instructed to work on the topic of creating a so-called brain core in the country, capable of evaluating and supervising large-scale projects. The government presented the Head of State two main structures: a center that generates ideas and calculates their economic impact and a council where decisions are made on the viability and relevance of such ideas.