| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 S10S233S30S40S50 Criteria and evidence- S1 · Status: 0 (none)
No SE strategy or action plan adopted or announced; a 2024 article by the Ministry of Economy's research institute notes that 'the concept of social entrepreneurship is not enshrined at the legislative level' and proposes, rather than reports, a framework: 'none'. · source 1 - S2 · Dedication: 33 (SE mentioned in an adopted broader strategy, without measures)
The same article maps SE-related directions (inclusive employment, self-employment, information support) in the National Sustainable Development Strategy to 2035, the SME strategy 'Belarus - country of successful entrepreneurship' to 2030 and the Socio-Economic Development Programme 2021-2025; no SE chapter or pillar: 'SE mentioned in an adopted broader strategy, without measures'. · source 1 · low confidence - S3 · Operational content: 0 (no adopted instrument)
No adopted SE strategy or action plan: 'no adopted instrument'. · source 1 - S4 · Monitoring: 0 (none)
No SE instrument to monitor: 'none'. · source 1 - S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 0 (no evidence)
No SE instrument, hence 'no evidence' of SE organisations' participation. · source 1
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| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 I133I20I30I40 Criteria and evidence- I1 · Lead responsibility: 33 (SE handled informally or split, no lead named in any official text)
No body is named responsible in a law, decree or strategy: the Council on Legal and Judicial Activity under the President only found it 'целесообразным поручить Министерству юстиции, Министерству труда и социальной защиты, Министерству экономики' to prepare a concept of SE regulation (23 Nov 2021), with no follow-up reported, and the Ministry of Economy's research institute (2024) names no responsible body, suggesting one could be created only under a future law: 'SE handled informally or split, no lead named in any official text'. · source 1 - I2 · Breadth of mandate: 0 (none)
No body holds an SE mandate (the 2024 article names none; support measures are general employment and tax measures): 'none'. · source 1 - I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 0 (none, or only in a draft)
No consultative body on SE was identified; the 2021 discussion took place in a general presidential council on legal affairs: 'none'. · source 1 - I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 0 (none)
The 2021 joint tasking of three ministries was an advisory council's finding, not an adopted text or a coordination body, and no follow-up is reported: 'none'. · source 1
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| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 P167P20P30P40 Criteria and evidence- P1 · Legal basis: 67 (contracts reservable for a subset (sheltered workshops, WISE, disadvantaged workers; Directive 2014/24 Art. 20) or preferences for cooperatives/SMEs that include SE)
Law No. 419-Z on public procurement lets the Council of Ministers set a preferential amendment for own goods, works and services of organisations where persons with disabilities are at least 50% of staff (Art. 8) and reserves lots of up to 10% for SMEs (Art. 31(2)): 'contracts reservable for a subset (sheltered workshops ...) or preferences for cooperatives/SMEs that include SE'. · source 1 - P2 · National policy push: 0 (none)
No national guidance or plan on socially responsible procurement found; Art. 39 evaluation criteria name no social criterion: 'none'. · source 1 · low confidence - P3 · Evidence of use: 0 (none)
No figures or cases on the use of the disability preference found: 'none'. · source 1 · low confidence - P4 · Capacity support: 0 (none)
No training or helpdesk covering the preference or social clauses found: 'none'. · source 1 · low confidence
| 16.7 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 D10D20 Criteria and evidence- D1 · Where defined: 0 (nowhere (a lapsed draft counts as nowhere))
'The concept of social entrepreneurship is not enshrined at the legislative level' (Ministry of Economy research institute, 2024); no strategy definition found: 'nowhere'. · source 1 - D2 · Content (social aim; participatory governance; limits on profit distribution): 0 (none of the three, or no definition)
No definition counted in D1: 'no definition'. · source 1
| 0.0 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 · level 0 of 3 L10L20L30L40L50 Criteria and evidence- L1 · Adoption stage: 0 (none, announced, or consultation draft)
- L2 · Scope: 0 (none)
- L3 · Implementing rules: 0 (none adopted, or law not in force)
- L4 · Status or register: 0 (foreseen with no entity recognised, or law not in force)
- L5 · Bodies foreseen by the law: 0 (foreseen, not set up, or law not in force)
| 0.0 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 E133E267E333E40E533 Criteria and evidence- E1 · National programme: 33 (project-based only (donor, EU or NGO projects without government lead))
SE support came from the EU-funded, UNDP-implemented project 'Support to Economic Development at the Local Level' (May 2018-Nov 2025, national partner Ministry of Economy), whose support ecosystem targets 'enterprises addressing socially important issues': 'project-based only (donor, EU or NGO projects without government lead)'. · source 1 - E2 · Territorial coverage: 67 (several regions)
The project works in 'at least 12 districts' of Belarus; no national network of SE centres: 'several regions'. · source 1 - E3 · Public funding of support: 33 (mainly donor or EU funded)
Donors are the European Commission, Poland and UNDP: 'mainly donor or EU funded'. · source 1 - E4 · Continuity: 0 (none)
The only SE-relevant support, the EU/UNDP project 'Support to Economic Development at the Local Level' (May 2018-Nov 2025), delivered USD 9,111 in 2024 and closed in November 2025, so no SE support programme was operating on 31 Dec 2025: 'none'. · source 1 - E5 · Range of services: 33 (one)
The project page documents 'access to new financial mechanisms at the local level' and capacity building; a supported initiative received equipment and a four-month entrepreneurship bootcamp for its workers (UNDP, Feb 2023); no incubation, legal advice, impact measurement or market access is documented: 'one' (finance). · source 1
| 33.3 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 F167F233F367F467 Criteria and evidence- F1 · Programming: 67 (SE an explicit priority or target group in the national programme(s), or in the EU country programme)
The EU-funded action names 'enterprises addressing socially important issues' as a target group and planned a social entrepreneurship fund of about USD 1.8m (2019); its operation in the period is not verified, and EU cooperation with Belarusian authorities was curtailed after 2020: 'SE an explicit priority or target group in the ... EU country programme'. · source 1 · low confidence - F2 · Calls and instruments: 33 (general calls whose themes name social economy or social entrepreneurship, or documented SE grantees in general calls)
The EU-funded project supported socially important initiatives through its general competitions ('In total, the project supported 40 socially important initiatives in 12 districts of Belarus', UNDP, 15 Feb 2023); no dedicated SE call or EU financial instrument in 2021-2025 was found: 'documented SE grantees in general calls'. · source 1 - F3 · Channel: 67 (government as co-partner)
Implemented by UNDP 'in partnership with the Ministry of Economy' (EEAS, 9 Jun 2020): 'government as co-partner'. · source 1 - F4 · Evidence of take-up: 67 (number of SE beneficiaries or projects reported)
UNDP reports that the EU-funded project 'supported 40 socially important initiatives in 12 districts of Belarus' (Feb 2023): 'number of SE beneficiaries or projects reported'. · source 1
| 58.3 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 N133N20N30N40 Criteria and evidence- N1 · Dedicated line: 33 (only general SME/employment programmes open to SE)
The Ministry of Economy's research institute (2024) reports only general state measures ('государство на уровне нормативно-правовых актов предусматривает меры поддержки, льготы, преференции': employment quotas, reduced single-tax rates) and no funding line for social enterprises: 'only general SME/employment programmes open to SE'. · source 1 - N2 · Instrument types: 0 (none)
N1 at 33: 'none, or N1 <= 33'. · source 1 - N3 · Continuity: 0 (none)
N1 at 33: 'none, or N1 <= 33'. · source 1 - N4 · Execution: 0 (no evidence)
N1 at 33: 'no evidence, or N1 <= 33'. · source 1
| 8.3 |
