Water policy reforms in Belarus

• Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) principles in line with the EU legislation.
• Ratification and implementation of the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health.
• Strengthening transboundary water cooperation with Latvia and Lithuania.
• Development and implementation of river basin management plans based on the principles of the EU Water Framework Directive.
• Implementing of SDG indicators 6.3-6.5.
• Reform of economic instruments for managing water resources and infrastructure.

The process of National Policy Dialogue in the Republic of Belarus under EUWI+ was initiated in December 2018 with the organisation of the first National Interagency Steering Committee of the EUWI+. Key achievements of the on-going work under EUWI+ include:

• Draft National Strategy for Water Resources Management in the context of climate change for the period until 2030 was prepared.
• Draft management plan for the Dnieper river basin was finalised.
• Agreement on joint work between Belarus and Lithuania on the basin management plan for the Neman river was concluded.