The Role of Science in Socioeconomic Development and Formation of a Unified Scientific and Technological Space of the Union State of Russia and Belarus

Abstract

On June 18, 2019, a joint meeting of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus took place. The meeting discussed the results of joint work in 2018, promising draft programs of the Union State, and plans for cooperation between the RAS and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for the near future. Particular attention was paid to the scientific support for the development of strategic directions of the spatial, territorial, and socio-economic development of Russia and Belarus for the long term, within the concept of the United Eurasia megaproject.