On 14 and 15 September, the library hosts the the International Congress “500 years of the Belarusian book-printing”.
The event is organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus and the National Library of Belarus with the support of the Central European Initiative (CEI), the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States (MFGS), the Programme Mobility Scheme for Targeted People-to-People-Contacts (MOST).
The official partners of the Congress are the Bank BelVEB, the companies Tregross-Info and Vladimir Grevtsov’s Agency.
The International Congress“500 years of the Belarusian book-printing” is held under the patronage of UNESCO.
The UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, the IFLA President Gloria Perez-Salmeron and the IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner greeted participants of the forum.
The Deputy Chair of the Council of Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Marianna Shchetkina, the State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Grigory Rapota, the Minister of Culture of Belarus Boris Svetlov, the Information Minister of Belarus Lilia Ananich, the First Deputy Chair of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences Sergey Chizhik, the Director General of the Library Assembly of Eurasia Galina Raykova, and the Deputy Chair of the Belarusian Library Association Inna Yurik sincerely congratulated the attendees on the occasion of the jubilee.
