The "BusinessMAMA" competition is held from March 1 to October 14, 2025, among women raising children under the age of 3

The organizers of the competition are the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus, the NGO "Belarusian Women's Union" and OJSC "Belinvestbank" with the support of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus.

The purpose of the Competition is to stimulate the development of entrepreneurial initiative of women mothers.

The main objectives of the Competition are:

popularization of entrepreneurial activity among women; support for projects aimed at developing women's entrepreneurship, including those that meet the social needs of women; promotion of the formation of necessary competencies and knowledge among women for starting their own business.

According to the terms, each participant can submit only one work (business project, business idea) to the competition.

To participate in the competition, participants must send an application to the email address sme@economy.gov.by with the subject line "BusinessMAMA" no later than July 1, 2025. Competition works (business projects, business ideas) are accepted in Russian and (or) Belarusian.

The competition is held in three stages:

The first stage – qualifying – is held remotely from March 1 to August 1, 2025 (announcement of the competition; acceptance of applications for participation in the competition; selection of no more than 10 participants for the 2nd stage);

The second stage – main – is held offline from August 1 to October 1, 2025 (participants from remote regions of the country will have the opportunity to participate remotely). Participants will present their competition work (business project, business idea) to an expert commission. The presentation includes the submission of the competition work (business project, business idea) in a free format with justification of its expediency and feasibility (up to 5 minutes per participant) and answers to the questions of the expert commission.

The third stage – final – is held from October 1 to October 14, 2025, during which the results will be summarized and the winners of the competition will be awarded.