Human rights
Hary Pahanyaila, Tsikhanouskaya's representative for human rights, said that after applying to investigate the case of Maksim Kharoshyn under the universal criminal jurisdiction in Vilnius, similar applications on other cases are being prepared in Poland. Besides, Pahanyaila announced his intention to resume work on the cases of the disappearance of Lukashenka's political opponents in 1999.
Education
Olga Shparaga, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's representative for education, reported the work of her group on three directions:
- Assisting repressed students and teachers;
- Developing educational reform;
- Developing an online learning platform where Belarusian students and teachers can integrate.
Shparaga's group has created a base of 80 repressed teachers and is continuously searching for opportunities to continue working. The German Association for Eastern European Studies (DGO) and BeSSa have launched a program for at least 20 applicants and are negotiating further with universities. Another 109 students have already got assistance from the Belarusian Student Support Association (BeSSA). To attract even more help from educational institutions, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and the education team agreed to send several joint letters to the relevant ministries of different countries.
Economy
Ales Aliakhnovich, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's representative for economic reforms, shared the idea of creating working groups at factories, responsible for collecting information about problems at the enterprise (corruption, debts, etc.) and developing ways to solve them, including finding investors who are ready for mutually beneficial partnership.
The team of economists has prepared a document that shows a positive example of enterprise privatization. For many years the Lukashenka regime has been creating the myth of the sale of state property as a threat to the country's economy, let alone job losses. But Skoda's experience shows:
- The number of employees at Skoda has grown by 75%: from 20,000 in 1991 (before privatization) to 35,000 at the end of 2019.
- Skoda salaries remained above average. If the Czech Republic's average wage is about $ 1,500, then a Skoda specialist receives about $ 1,600, an engineer about $ 2,000, and a department head more than $ 9,000.
- Tax revenues from the privatized Skoda operation are many times greater today than they were 30 years ago.
Another essential material from Aliakhnovich is “What will Belarus with Aliaksandr Lukashenka cost Russia?” He clearly shows how the already substantial expenses on a neighbor will turn into an unbearable burden.
