Belarus Hi-Tech Park

On September 22, 2005 the President of Belarus signed the Decree “On the Hi-Tech Park”. The Decree is aimed at boosting the competitive power of the national new and high technology-based sectors, developing modern technologies and expanding their exports, as well as attracting to the sector both Belarusian and foreign technologies.

At its first stage, Hi-Tech Park will host legal entities or individual entrepreneurs engaged in:

• Analysis, design and software development of information systems and technologies (includes design, development, delivery and documentation of custom software or off-the-shelf software; design, development and implementation
  of enterprise information systems; consulting, training and technical support services for the software developed by Hi-Tech Park residents)
• Software-based data processing
• Fundamental and applied R&D, experimental R&D in the field of natural and technical sciences (scientific, research, experimental and engineering works).

As the next stage the Belarusian government considers adding medical & biotechnologies, nanotechnologies, integrated green technologies as well as other future-oriented activities to the high priority areas of the Hi-Tech Park activities. Hi-Tech Park is keenly interested in R&D projects in various science-intensive areas.

Today, there are 78 residents registered at the Hi-Tech Park.

As for the various types of investments attracted to the Belarusian IT sector, 52 per cent of the resident companies at the Hi-Tech Park were set up by Belarusian investors, 26 by foreign investors (100 per cent foreign capital) and 22 per cent were established as joint ventures.

A total of goods produced (works performed, services provided, intellectual property created) at the Hi-Tech Park in the year 2008 increased by 1.8 times as compared with 2007. The share of export in the total amount of production was 85 per cent. Each year in between 2005 to 2008 the exports of HTP residents grew twofold.

Location

Hi-Tech Park is located in the Academic City of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus and occupies the territory of 50 hectares. The territory of the Academic City is in close proximity to the Minsk main highway and the city ring road, which makes the site easily accessible via public and private transport.