Our partners in organising and holding the international conference “20 Years After Chernobyl: Strategy for Recovery and Sustainable Development of the Affected Regions” are those interested ministries and organisations of the country that are represented in the National Organising Committee headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus.
       With the purpose to disseminate information about the forthcoming conference worldwide and render assistance in organising the conference, the International Organising Committee was set up, which includes government officials of Russia and Ukraine, representatives of important international organisations like UNDP, WHO, IAEA, UNICEF, OSCE, European Commission, World Bank, heads of foreign charitable funds of the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, and also ambassadors of  UK, Germany, Lithuania, France, and Japan.
       The UNDP Office in Belarus makes an important contribution to the preparation and implementation of some conference events.
       IAEA effectively cooperates with the Scientific Committee in developing subjects of the conference scientific sessions and expresses the willingness to fund the participation in the conference of some prominent scientists.
       SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) actively participates in funding and organisation of the Project Fair, which will deal with proposals of local communities of affected regions, and in preparation of the opening ceremony broadcast as a satellite link between four countries with the on-line broadcast on the web site www.сhernobyl.info.                                                
       The World Bank intends to support within its Small Grants Programme the Round Table of representatives of nongovernmental charitable organisations.
       UNICEF renders organisational and financial assistance to the campaign «To the future - with kindness in heart» and to other conference events.
       The European Commission Office in Minsk intends to present the TACIS Projects during the conference.
       The OSCE Office in Minsk, whose cooperation programme includes economic and environmental matters, considers it important to support and participate in the work of the conference scientific sessions.
       The French Embassy supported the development of the conference logo design and made a proposal to compose a Chernobyl requiem and perform it in the course of the cultural and religious event in Gomel assuming to pay a fee to the French composer who is the author of the requiem.
       The Japan Embassy provides a support to the famous photographer Hirokawa Ryuichi in organising and conducting an exhibition of his Chernobyl photos.
       The conference has other numerous partners from various groups of the society starting from prominent scientists contributing to the scientific part of the conference to students who voluntarily develop web sites on charitable campaigns and individuals who propose their works for exhibitions.
       We believe that joint efforts of all our partners will make the conference a significant event and help restore a normal life in the affected regions.