Invitation to support BIPART for Lithuanian tax residents

Dear friends! In case you are a Lithuanian tax resident, you can support your favorite organizations in Lithuania by donating 1.2% of your annual income tax to one or more of them. This is not an additional payment from your side, this money will still go to the state budget, but you have the opportunity to decide for yourself where to send it.

NEW BIPART PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DIGEST RELEASED (November - December 2025)

Technocrats under pressure: BIPART releases a new study on Belarus’s economic ministries

The research centre BIPART has published a new study entitled “Technocrats under pressure: career trajectories and state control in Belarus’s economic ministries”, examining the institutional design and personnel practices of the government’s economic bloc between 2005 and 2025. The research shows that economic ministries operate under conditions of strong power centralisation and personalised control, with key appointments driven by loyalty and internal political balances rather than institutional autonomy.

Belarus and Good Governance: How the Authorities Chose Technocracy while Avoiding Democracy

The new BIPART Public Administration Digest for September–October 2025 has been released

The new BIPART Public Administration Digest provides an overview of major political and economic developments in Belarus, including the regime’s attempts to re-engage with the West amid persistent dependence on Russia, as well as growing rivalry between the current and former prime ministers. The digest highlights the increasing influence of the security apparatus in shaping foreign policy and the continued sidelining of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.