This article opens a series of studies devoted to the activities of business associations in Belarus and worldwide.

The paper provides an overview of the main trends in the global and local packaging markets, the approaches of the developed EU countries to solving problems of plastic packaging waste, and considers the prospects for their use in Belarus.

The article reveals the essence and peculiarities of Insurtech development as one of the FinTech industry areas.

This paper presents the results of the enterprise survey on the prospects of circular transformation in Belarus. The findings show that despite the low level of understanding the circular economy concept in general, the Belarusian business consider that to some extent it can be implemented at various stages of the production cycle.

The research considers the issue of the circular economy strategy development in Belarus.

This paper is addressed to economic policy makers. Proposed recommendations can be considered as a minimum starting point for further discussion aimed at developing specific proposals for reforming state-owned enterprises.