About FIAC

The Foreign Investment Advisory Council under the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (FIAC) was established in order to enhance the effectiveness of efforts on attracting foreign investment and improve the investment environment of Belarus.

The FIAC’s activities include, but are not limited to the following:

  • developing proposals to improve investment legislation;
  • participating in the examination of regulatory and legal acts, which regulate relations connected with activities of commercial organizations with foreign investments;
  • making proposals in Republican bodies of state administration to consider repeal or modification of regulatory and legal acts restricting investors’ rights, as well as accepting new acts to attract foreign investment into the Republic of Belarus.

The FIAC is headed by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, who is the Chairman of the FIAC; his deputy is the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus.

On the part of the Republic of Belarus, the FIAC consists of heads of Republican bodies of state administration and other state organizations, subordinated to the Government of the Republic of Belarus; on the foreign part, the FIAC consists of heads of international organizations, foreign companies and corporations.

Within the framework of the FIAC, the standing committee and working groups operate.

Working groups

Standing Commitee
Working Groups
Development of financial markets and financial institutions

Secretariat – National Bank of the Republic of Belarus

Improvement of tax policy, customs procedures and accounting systems

Secretariat — Ministry of Taxes and Duties

Creation of a favorable investment image of Belarus abroad

Secretariat – Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Improvement of doing business conditions

Secretariat – Ministry of Economy

Provision with well-qualified personnel

Secretariat – Ministry of Education

Optimization of rules, regulations and civil design standards

Secretariat – Ministry of Architecture and Construction

Contacts 

To apply for inclusion in the Standing Committee or the FIAS working groups, please fill out the questionnaire. Please note that the questionnaires can only be filled in by legal entities.

For questions on admission to the FIAC, please contact:

For representatives of state bodies and organizations
National Agency of Investment and Privatization

+375 17 200 81 75
+375 17 200 52 89

For representatives of international organizations, foreign companies
FLLC Ernst & Young

Kirill Karabanov, Inna Pashkevich, tel. +375 17 240 42 42

Email: fiac@by.ey.com.

Companies wishing to become members of the FIAC and its working groups need to fill out an application form.