Partners
The Minsk Cycling Society is proud of its cooperation with a number of Belarusian and international organizations that work in the field of environmental protection, urban mobility, and urban planning. It is impossible to solve environmental and urban problems alone, therefore we highly value joint work and partnerships with like-minded people in different regions of Belarus and different countries of the world.
Businesses can provide important support to the development of the organization and cycling infrastructure by providing financial support and providing discounts and gifts to members. The list of commercial partners of the Minsk Cycling Society can be found in the section Bonuses.
Civil Society Organization Partners
Center for Environmental Solutions - a non-profit non-governmental institution created to popularize an environmentally friendly way of life and the principles of sustainable development in Belarus, to develop international cooperation in order to preserve the environment.
Organization website: ecoidea.by
Partnership "Green Network" - a community of environmental organizations, initiatives that came together in 2007 to solve environmental problems together. The partnership includes 19 public associations, including the Minsk Cycling Society, as well as 41 individual members from different regions of Belarus.
Organization website: greenbelarus.info
Minsk Urban Platform - an association of architects, urbanists, urban anthropologists, urban planners and urban activists who are engaged in urban research, organize educational events and organize platforms for the exchange of experience and communication between specialists in various fields.
Organization website: urbanist.by
ETS Consult - a consulting company in the field of ecology and transport. The company develops plans for sustainable urban mobility, prepares orthophoto plans of the area, and develops traffic management schemes. In 2019, together with the Minsk Cycling Society ETS Consult concepts for the development of cycling and cycling lane projects in 5 cities of Belarus were developed.
Organization website: etsconsult.by
Belarusian Association of Transport Experts and Surveyors (BAES) - a republican public association that unites more than 200 Belarusian and foreign experts in the field of transport. The BNPP team is the author of the urban concept of road safety “Good Road”, the Minsk city concept for the development of cycling, co-author of the Minsk strategic plan for the development of cycling, co-author of the project of the cycle lane on the street. Horuzhei. Since 2017, BNPP has been a member of the coordination council for the provision of a cycling system.
Organization website: baes.by
Belarusian Union of Transport Workers - a republican public association that assists in the development of transport as an integral part of the Belarusian economy and its integration into the European transport system. The organization was founded in 1995.
Organization page: facebook.com/BSTBelarus
City for citizens - a partnership of public organizations and urban activists, which emerged in 2015. The organization operates on the basis of an agreement on joint activities between the International Public Association of Ecologists and the Social and Information Institution "Urban Development". The mission of the partnership is to advance public interests and act together in response to contemporary challenges in urban development.
Organization website: cityforcitizens.by
Urban tactics Is a popular science collection dedicated to urban research in Minsk. The first issue of the almanac was published in March 2014. The goal of the magazine's editorial office is to provide a wide audience with modern knowledge about the city. The Urban Tactics team sets the task of telling about the city we all live in, trying to figure out what we want it to be in the future and how to achieve it. “Urban Tactics” is a free platform where young professionals from architecture, sociology, cultural studies and other spheres can publish their research.
Journal website: goodcity.by
Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - an educational human rights institution that is engaged in the protection of the rights of people with disabilities in Belarus. In partnership with the Minsk Cycling Society, the Office team is working on monitoring and creating a barrier-free environment.
Organization website: disright.org
Ecological Transport Foundation - a local environmental fund, which is working to reduce the adverse impact of road transport on the environment, popularize the bicycle as a means of transportation in the city, and protect the rights of pedestrians. The Fund financially supports the project “VeloKuhnya. Garage 38 ”. The organization was registered in 2012.
Foundation website: ecotransport.by
ROVARBOX (Solyanka) - a youth public association that is engaged in the construction of bicycle garages and the promotion of cycling among students in Belarus. The organization has been officially registered in Minsk since 2017.
Organization website: rovarbox.org
For Velo Brest - an information and educational institution that develops innovative solutions for the development of urban space, represents the interests and protection of the rights of cyclists, and promotes cycling and European values. The organization was founded in April 2009.
Organization page: vk.com/zavelobrest
VeloGomel - a regional public association of cyclists who are working to make Gomel a safe, convenient and attractive city for cycling. The VeloGomel team strives to form a positive image of cyclists, influence the development of cycling and promote the formation of a convenient and safe urban infrastructure for all residents. The organization was officially registered in 2018.
Organization website: ovg.bike
Velo Grodno - the regional public association of cyclists, which is engaged in the popularization of the bicycle as an ecological mode of transport and means of active recreation, promoting the formation of a healthy lifestyle for people of different ages, promoting the development of cycling infrastructure and cycling. The organization was officially registered on October 2, 2013.
Organization website: velogrodno.by
Tuteyshy rovar - a cycling initiative in Mogilev, which is engaged in the development of cycling tourism, the organization of cycling events and the promotion of cycling in the city and the region.
Organization page: vk.com/tutrovar
European Cycling Federation (ECF) Is the largest network of cycling organizations in Europe, which aims to promote cycling as a sustainable means of transport and recreation. The organization was founded in 1983. The Minsk Cycling Society has been a member of the ECF since 2012.
Organization website: ecf.com
U-Cycle (NGO "Association of Cyclists of Kiev") Is an expert public organization that advocates bicycle infrastructure, popularizes cycling and increases traffic safety in Ukraine at the individual, city and national levels. U-Cycle (AVK) is the main organizer of bicycle forums in Ukraine.
Organization website: avk.org.ua
Let's bike it! - a project for the development of bicycle culture in Russia, which was invented in April 2010 with the aim of popularizing the bicycle as a comfortable and environmentally friendly urban transport. Mission - to draw people's attention to the problems of accessibility of the urban environment, to demonstrate the possibilities and convenience of cycling. Let's bike it! organizes the Moscow Bike Parade, the “Cycling to Work” campaign and the International Cycling Congress in Moscow.
Project site: letsbikeit.ru
Donor partners
In 2017-2019, the team of the Minsk Cycling Society and the Center for Environmental Solutions implemented the project “Urban Cycling in Belarus”. The project is aimed at enhancing cycling in Belarus (primarily in Minsk, Brest and Grodno) and increasing interest in cycling. As part of the project, sociological research was carried out, concepts and city plans were developed, national programs and bicycle infrastructure solutions were created, campaigns were implemented to promote the bicycle as a transport, and methodological materials were published. The amount of EU funding was € 560,855.
United Nations Development Program in Belarus
In 2016-2017, the EU / UNDP development project “Assistance to development at the local level in the Republic of Belarus”, the initiative “Development of infrastructure for cycling tourism in the Volozhin region for sustainable development of the local community” was implemented. The funding amount is $17,000.
European Association of Local Democracy Agencies
In 2012-2013, the project "Cooperation between the local community and local authorities to create a bicycle infrastructure at the level of the microdistrict" was implemented. The amount of funding was € 2,770.
In 2015-2017, the project “Creation of the Belarusian part of the EuroVelo-2 bicycle route” was implemented with the support of the Small Grants Program of the US Embassy in the Republic of Belarus. The amount of funding was $25,000.
In 2018-2019, the project "Development of cycling in the regions of Belarus" was implemented with the financial support of the Small Grants Program of the Global Environment Facility. The amount of funding was around $47,000.
Thanks to the partnership with this German foundation, foreign specialists in urban planning, urban planning, urban planning and urban activism regularly come to Belarus. In particular, the fund financed the visit of some experts to the PraRovar forum.
City partners
UGAI MIA RB and UGAI GUVD Minsk City Executive Committee
In partnership with the State Automobile Inspectorate of the Republic of Belarus, the team of the Minsk Cycling Society holds consultation meetings to discuss the draft Road Traffic Rules, the implementation of the National Concept for the Development of Cycling.
Together with the traffic police at the Minsk City Executive Committee, the development and approval of projects for organizing traffic, taking into account cycling, is being carried out, the Moscow Military District provides consulting and expert support for the implementation of innovative design solutions. In 2019, a project of bicycle lanes was implemented on the street. Vera Horuzhei, an elevated pedestrian crossing near the Arena City shopping center, a typical intersection scheme with continuous cycling has been agreed, and “Night Stealth” is holding an action about cycling in the dark.
Minsk city executive committee
The Moscow Military District interacts with the Minsk City Executive Committee through the Main Directorate of Sports and Tourism, to resolve global issues, meetings are held with the Deputy Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee, at the local level, the Moscow Military District organizes meetings in the district administrations of the city.
Ministry of Sports and Tourism
Volunteers of the Moscow Military District constantly help ensure the safety of participants in international cycling competitions in Minsk and other cities of Belarus, as well as during mass bike rides and bike parades. To resolve global issues, they hold meetings with the Department of Tourism and the Deputy. minister.
Minsk City Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
In partnership with the committee, the MBO team annually organizes the European Mobility Week, thanks to this collaboration, cyclists ride along Independence Avenue every year on September 22nd Carried out a public campaign to promote cycling to work Business Bicycle
Main Department of Sports and Tourism of the Minsk City Executive Committee
Ensures the implementation of state policy in the field of physical culture, sports and tourism in Minsk. Together with the department, work is underway to implement the Strategic Plan for the Development of Cycling and prepare meetings at the level of the Minsk City Executive Committee.
GPO "Gorremavtodor of the Minsk City Executive Committee"
A network of utilities that carry out the maintenance and repairs of most of the capital's road network and engineering support, in particular the lowering of the curb. Together with the Moscow Military District, the main streets of the city were monitored for compliance with the barrier-free environment.
UE "Minskgrado"
The main design institute that develops urban planning documentation for Minsk, on the basis of which the design of everything that is built in the city is carried out. The MBO makes recommendations for the placement of cycling infrastructure in projects. Together, at the level of the traffic police, we promote solutions that are convenient for cyclists.
Business partner support
The first professional cycling club in Belarus. On the basis of the club, teams of professional athletes have been created, who represent Belarus at the World Championships and the Olympic Games.
The organization was founded in 2013. Since 2015, the cycling club has been the organizer and one of the sponsors of the Viva Rovar! Cycling carnival. Volunteers of the Moscow Military District regularly help the cycling club to hold international cycling competitions in Minsk.
Within the framework of cooperation with this PR agency, a bicycle carnival “Viva Rovar” is held in Minsk, as well as the competition “VeloMiss” and “Veloparad girls”.
UXPressia specialists helped to conduct a UX study of the website of the Minsk Cycling Society and trained the MBO team in the CJM methodology.
The team of the Wright web design studio redesigned the style of the Minsk Cycling Society and developed a new logo for the MBO.
Partnership "Green Network" - a community of environmental organizations, initiatives that came together in 2007 to solve environmental problems together. The partnership includes 19 public associations, including the Minsk Cycling Society, as well as 41 individual members from different regions of Belarus.
Organization website: greenbelarus.info
Center for Environmental Solutions - a non-profit non-governmental institution created to popularize an environmentally friendly way of life and the principles of sustainable development in Belarus, to develop international cooperation in order to preserve the environment.
Organization website: ecoidea.by
ROVARBOX (Solyanka) - a youth public association that is engaged in the construction of bicycle garages and the promotion of cycling among students in Belarus. The organization has been officially registered in Minsk since 2017.
Organization website: rovarbox.org
Belarusian Association of Transport Experts and Surveyors (BAES) - a republican public association that unites more than 200 Belarusian and foreign experts in the field of transport. The BNPP team is the author of the urban concept of road safety “Good Road”. Since 2017, BNPP has been a member of the coordination council for the provision of a cycling system.
Organization website: baes.by
Minsk Urban Platform - an association of architects, urbanists, urban anthropologists, urban planners and urban activists who are engaged in urban research, organize educational events and organize platforms for the exchange of experience and communication between specialists in various fields.
Organization website: urbanist.by
Belarusian Union of Transport Workers - a republican public association that assists in the development of transport as an integral part of the Belarusian economy and its integration into the European transport system. The organization was founded in 1995.
Organization page: facebook.com/BSTBelarus
City for citizens - a partnership of public organizations and urban activists, which emerged in 2015. The organization operates on the basis of an agreement on joint activities between the International Public Association of Ecologists and the Social and Information Institution "Urban Development". The mission of the partnership is to advance public interests and act together in response to contemporary challenges in urban development.
Organization website: cityforcitizens.by
Urban tactics Is a popular science collection dedicated to urban research in Minsk. The first issue of the almanac was published in March 2014. The goal of the magazine's editorial office is to provide a wide audience with modern knowledge about the city. The Urban Tactics team sets the task of telling about the city we all live in, trying to figure out what we want it to be in the future and how to achieve it. “Urban Tactics” is a free platform where young professionals from architecture, sociology, cultural studies and other spheres can publish their research.
Journal website: goodcity.by
Ecological Transport Foundation - a local environmental fund, which is working to reduce the adverse impact of road transport on the environment, popularize the bicycle as a means of transportation in the city, and protect the rights of pedestrians. The Fund financially supports the project “VeloKuhnya. Garage 38 ”. The organization was registered in 2012.
Foundation website: ecotransport.by
Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - an educational human rights institution that is engaged in the protection of the rights of people with disabilities in Belarus. In partnership with the Minsk Cycling Society, the Office team is working on monitoring and creating a barrier-free environment.
Organization website: disright.org
For Velo Brest - an information and educational institution that develops innovative solutions for the development of urban space, represents the interests and protection of the rights of cyclists, and promotes cycling and European values. The organization was founded in April 2009.
Organization page: vk.com/zavelobrest
VeloGomel - a regional public association of cyclists who are working to make Gomel a safe, convenient and attractive city for cycling. The VeloGomel team strives to form a positive image of cyclists, influence the development of cycling and promote the formation of a convenient and safe urban infrastructure for all residents. The organization was officially registered in 2018.
Organization website: ovg.bike
Velo Grodno - the regional public association of cyclists, which is engaged in the popularization of the bicycle as an ecological mode of transport and means of active recreation, promoting the formation of a healthy lifestyle for people of different ages, promoting the development of cycling infrastructure and cycling. The organization was officially registered on October 2, 2013.
Organization website: velogrodno.by
Tuteyshy rovar - a cycling initiative in Mogilev, which is engaged in the development of cycling tourism, the organization of cycling events and the promotion of cycling in the city and the region.
Organization page: vk.com/tutrovar
U-Cycle (NGO "Association of Cyclists of Kiev") Is an expert public organization that advocates bicycle infrastructure, popularizes cycling and increases traffic safety in Ukraine at the individual, city and national levels. U-Cycle (AVK) is the main organizer of bicycle forums in Ukraine.
Organization website: avk.org.ua
Let's bike it! - a project for the development of bicycle culture in Russia, which was invented in April 2010 with the aim of popularizing the bicycle as a comfortable and environmentally friendly urban transport. Mission - to draw people's attention to the problems of accessibility of the urban environment, to demonstrate the possibilities and convenience of cycling. Let's bike it! organizes the Moscow Bike Parade, the “Cycling to Work” campaign and the International Cycling Congress in Moscow.
Project site: letsbikeit.ru
European Cycling Federation (ECF) Is the largest network of cycling organizations in Europe, which aims to promote cycling as a sustainable means of transport and recreation. The organization was founded in 1983. The Minsk Cycling Society has been a member of the ECF since 2012.
Organization website: ecf.com
