Digital Divide Country Profile · Europe

Belarus

Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.

National digital inclusion context

A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.

This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Belarus in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.

The documented portfolio emphasizes Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure, Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding, Artificial Intelligence (AI). The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.

Portfolio pattern

What the documented response contains.

Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.

Infrastructure and access

Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure2
Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding1

Specific technologies

Artificial Intelligence (AI)1

Intervention classification

Neither explicitly identified11
Infrastructure only3
Specific Technology only1

Education and workforce

Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.

9 initiatives explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 8 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.

Access

Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.

Capability

Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.

Participation

Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.

Sustainability

Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.

Project and initiative portfolio

15 documented records

Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.

Advanced digital skills

BIM teacher training for construction VET

2024-2025 · Construction VET institutions

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Status / period2024-2025LocationConstruction VET institutionsPopulation30 teachers and VET administratorsOrganizationsUNDP; Belarus VET institutions; ENEKA

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: BIM training; curriculum integration

EducationK–12

Broadband policy/affordability

Broadband Access and Affordability Workstream

Ongoing · Nationwide

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Status / periodOngoingLocationNationwidePopulationConsumers/businessesOrganizationsGovernment of Belarus

Addresses broadband access and affordability as a digital-development priority.

Activities and approach: Broadband policy/market development

Workforce digital upskilling

Cross-sector advanced-technology training for 500+ educators and professionals

2024-2025 · Mechanical engineering, construction and agriculture

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Status / period2024-2025LocationMechanical engineering, construction and agriculturePopulation500+ educators and professionalsOrganizationsUNDP; Ministry of Education; sector partners

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Advanced equipment/software training; modern production technologies

EducationK–12Workforce

National connectivity

Digital Development of Belarus 2021-2025 – connectivity pillar

2021-2025 programme · Nationwide

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Status / period2021-2025 programmeLocationNationwidePopulationHouseholds, institutions and businessesOrganizationsGovernment of Belarus

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Connectivity expansion; digital infrastructure modernization

Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure

Population digital skills

Digital Development of Belarus 2021-2025 – population digital-skills pillar

2021-2025 programme · Nationwide

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Status / period2021-2025 programmeLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens and workersOrganizationsGovernment of Belarus

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Digital-skills development; adoption support

EducationWorkforce

Digital inclusion

Digital Inclusion and E-Society Adoption Measures

Ongoing · Nationwide

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Status / periodOngoingLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens with low digital adoptionOrganizationsGovernment of Belarus

Supports wider use of digital services and connectivity.

Activities and approach: Digital adoption/public services

Digital skills

Digital Skills and ICT Workforce Development

Ongoing · Universities/workforce

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Status / periodOngoingLocationUniversities/workforcePopulationStudents/workersOrganizationsUniversities; Government

Builds advanced ICT capacity for digital transformation.

Activities and approach: ICT education/training

EducationCollege / universityWorkforce

National broadband planning

EU4Digital Broadband Strategy Support

2016–legacy/ongoing TA · Nationwide

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Status / period2016–legacy/ongoing TALocationNationwidePopulationResidents/businesses/operatorsOrganizationsGovernment; EU4Digital; World Bank

Supports development and early implementation of broadband strategy.

Activities and approach: Strategy/capacity building

Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding

Government digital infrastructure

Government Digital Transformation / e-Government Infrastructure

Ongoing · Nationwide

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Status / periodOngoingLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens/public institutionsOrganizationsGovernment of Belarus

Expands infrastructure supporting online government services.

Activities and approach: Government ICT infrastructure

Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure

Digital skills / vocational excellence

ProfSkills Belarus 2025 digital-technology competition and training track

Implemented 2025 · Nationwide

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Status / periodImplemented 2025LocationNationwidePopulationVET students, teachers and young professionalsOrganizationsMinistry of Education; RIPO; UNDP

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Skills competition; digital equipment/software; career pathways

EducationK–12Workforce

Local digital innovation and inclusion

UNDP people-focused digital solutions portfolio – 53 local development solutions

Implemented 2021 onward / legacy-active · Local and rural communities

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Status / periodImplemented 2021 onward / legacy-activeLocationLocal and rural communitiesPopulationLocal communities, entrepreneurs and public-service usersOrganizationsUNDP; local/national partners

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: 53 people-focused digital solutions for local development, entrepreneurship and smart/green services

Workforce

Educator digital skills

Youth Innovation Potential Project – 1,500+ VET educators trained

Active 2023-2026 · Nationwide VET system

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Status / periodActive 2023-2026LocationNationwide VET systemPopulation1,500+ teachers and vocational instructorsOrganizationsMinistry of Education; RIPO; UNDP

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Training in digital tools, AI and modern production technologies

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

EducationK–12Workforce

Digital skills / VET modernization

Youth Innovation Potential Project – 24 digital-competency training programmes

Active 2023-2026 · Nationwide VET system

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Status / periodActive 2023-2026LocationNationwide VET systemPopulationTeachers, instructors and studentsOrganizationsMinistry of Education; RIPO; UNDP

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: 24 new digital-competency programmes; modern teaching methods

EducationK–12

Digital workforce planning

Youth Innovation Potential Project – emerging professions and competency foresight

2024-2025 implementation · Construction, agriculture and engineering VET

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Status / period2024-2025 implementationLocationConstruction, agriculture and engineering VETPopulationStudents, educators and employersOrganizationsUNDP; Ministry of Education; employers

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Rapid Foresight; 15 emerging professions; 100+ competencies

EducationK–12Workforce

Education technology infrastructure

Youth Innovation Potential Project – modernization of VET infrastructure

Active 2023-2026 · VET facilities nationwide

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Status / periodActive 2023-2026LocationVET facilities nationwidePopulationVocational students and teachersOrganizationsMinistry of Education; RIPO; UNDP

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Modern equipment; digital learning/production technologies; upgraded training spaces

EducationK–12Workforce

Evidence boundary

Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.

Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.

Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.

Evidence and contextProfile Sources

These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.

Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Belarus. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/belarus/
International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Belarus. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=BY
World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Belarus. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=BY

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