BIPART Releases Study on the Role of Regional Executive Committees in Belarus’ Power System

The research center BIPART has published a new study "Mini-Lukashenkas in the regions: power, control, and personnel policy in Belarusian Regional Executive Committees" focusing on the role of regional executive committees within Belarus’ system of state governance. The report examines how the regional power vertical functions, how regional leaders are appointed, and how the role of executive committees has evolved since 2020.

Anniversary issue of the public administration digest of BIPART released

A new issue of the digest on public administration in Belarus covering January–February 2026 has been published. The publication reviews key developments in the country’s governance system, including personnel decisions and institutional changes affecting the functioning of the state administration.

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.