Belarus Expands Advanced Standardization Program in Priority Areas of National Economy

Belarus has expanded the program of advanced standardization in priority areas of the national economy. This was stated to journalists by the first Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Burak, writes sb.by.

He said:

- To fulfill the tasks of innovative development of industry in standardization, today emphasis is placed on the development of advanced standards in high-tech industries. We have developed a program of advanced standardization in priority sectors of the national economy. She found a response from everyone interested. The total number of standards to be developed by 2029 will be 153. As a result of the implementation of the program, we plan to significantly reduce the average age of the standards used in Belarus.

Alexander Burak noted that standardization supports the development of such modern, innovative sectors of the country as robotics, unmanned vehicles, machine tool building, additive technologies. In this regard, the State Standard takes measures to update the National Fund of Technical Normative Legal Acts.

- According to the results of the implementation of the program of social and economic development of Belarus for 2026-2030, it is planned to achieve the level of harmonization of domestic standards adopted in high-tech industries with international standards at least 85%. Thus, attention is drawn to the possibility of using international practices in the economy of the Republic of Belarus and in the development of our industry.

Speaking about the program of advanced standardization, the First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Standardization said that today specialists have started implementing more than 40% of the standards included in it.

11 standards have already been approved in such industries as artificial intelligence, optics, laser technology, robotics, industrial forklifts, equipment in metallurgy and ensuring the uniformity of measurements. We are also actively working on issues related to the systematic approach to the development of robotics. In this area, it is planned to develop 22 state standards. State Standard prepared a number of events for industry, business and students sichevich@sb.by