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The 3rd Conference of the Belarusian Diaspora will bring together Belarusian organizations and communities from different countries to discuss their current issues, priorities, and ways to address them
Presentation of non-commercial socially significant projects that can be extended to a wide community of Belarusians abroad (cover several countries) and strengthen their potential Application form for project presentation: https://forms.gle/aGE4AVFbE6JDWcZr6
Exhibition section:
– Belarusian book publishers
– Belarusian Institute in Prague: Council of the BNR in Czechoslovakia
– ZBS “Batskaushchyna”: history of the Belarusian diaspora
National Leader of Belarus, Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Bearus
What is the purpose of the Conference, what results do we want to get from it, how do we plan to organize the work, what are we not spending the time of the conference on?
Journalist at the Belsat TV channel
For 5 minutes, speakers present their own visions of how a democratic community should develop in 2024-2025, what has changed over the long period after 2020, what role political entities and communities of Belarusians abroad can and/or should play, how to prioritize the difficulties and challenges that arise in today’s conditions, and whether Belarusians abroad can really influence the social and political situation inside Belarus.
Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet, Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management
Chief Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Coordinator of the People's Embassies of Belarus
Member of the Coordination Council’s International Commission, PhD in history, lecturer
Head of the Mobilization Center at the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment
Journalist at the Belsat TV channel
At a time when relations between our countries are reduced due to Russia’s war against Ukraine, in which regime Belarus became an accomplice, the dialogue between the Belarusian and Ukrainian peoples takes place mainly at the diasporic level: Belarusian volunteers fight on the side of Ukraine, Belarusian refugees implement medical humanitarian projects for Ukrainian and Belarusian soldiers, as well as victims of the Russian war, Belarusian and Ukrainian artists in exile share their experiences of fleeing repression and war and create joint artistic narratives, Belarusian-Ukrainian media projects are emerging, contrary to propaganda, and much more.
Ambassador-at-Large of Ukraine for Belarus (Zoom)
Mission of Democratic Belarus in Kyiv
Lanka Rehabilitation Center and the Film Festival “1084. On the border” in Ukraine
Belarusian doctor in Ukraine, trade union activist
Coordinator of aid for Belarusian volunteer fighters in Ukraine, BYSOL Foundation
Observer of Belarus–Ukraine relations
International Commission of the Coordination Council, Free Belarus Center
* Section is organized by the Office of Belarus Democratic Forces in the Czech Republic with the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
4 blocks:
– legalization and documents
– resources and funding
– culture and national revival
– assistance to former political prisoners and their families/relatives
Each of the 4 blocks will be dedicated to several express speeches on 4 topics, united by the general issue of strengthening the potential of the community of Belarusians (-ak) abroad on the following topics: AM (up to 3 minutes) of Belarusian men and women who have implemented or are ready to implement cases for solving problems within the framework of this issue. After the speeches, the moderator invites the audience to ask questions for clarification. Within each block there will be 1 free microphone for participants from the hall.
Head of the Charity Foundation “A Country to Live in”, human rights defender, coordinator of a support project for political prisoners and their families
Head of the BYSOL Solidarity Foundation
Coordinator of the “Volnyja” initiative, activist
Representative of the People's Embassy of Belarus in Italy
Director of the Office of Belarus Democratic Forces in the Czech Republic, former representative of the Belarusian minority in the Committee on Minority Issues at the Prague Municipality, coordinator of the medical humanitarian program “Medevac” under the auspices of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic to assist those injured during peaceful protests in Belarus in 2020
Founder of the Partyzanka initiative, Head of the Eastern Desk at WKB Lawyers, Chair of the Supervisory Board at ABBA
Representative of the People's Embassy of Belarus in Sweden
Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet, Head of the Cabinet’s Foreign Affairs Department
Deputy Representative for National Revival at the United Transitional Cabinet
Head of the Belarusian Youth Hub, representative of the People's Embassy of Belarus in Poland
Coordinator at the Belarusian Council for Culture
Chair of the International Commission of the Coordination Council, Director of the Free Belarus Center
Co-founder of the “Golas” and “New Belarus” platforms
Journalist at the Belsat TV channel
The excursion is free, but through a registration. Those who wish to participate should inform about their participation by email to czechia.office@tsikhanouskaya.org. Please, write the name, surname, day and time of the excursion you would like to attend.
The tour will end at the Staroměstské náměstí square, at the point where the supposed printing house of František Skaryna was located, and where the memorial sign will be unveiled at 4:00 p.m.
The excursion is free, as a registration, those who wish to participate should inform about their participation by email to czechia.office@tsikhanouskaya.org, indicate the name, surname, day and time of the excursion you would like to attend.
The tour will conclude after 11:00 at the Olšany Cemetery, where the Presidents of the Belarusian Democratic Republic are buried. The National Leader of Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, together with the President of the Czech Senate, Miloš Vystrčil, and the Vice President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, Siarhei Navumchyk, will lay flowers at the graves.
The excursion is free, as a registration, those who wish to participate should inform about their participation by email to czechia.office@tsikhanouskaya.org, indicate the name, surname, day and time of the excursion you would like to attend.