The article considers the ability of Belarusian science to respond quickly to such challenges of our time, as the COVID‑19 pandemic. The author outlines the tasks facing the scientists and the promising areas that they will work on in the coming years.

The theoretical and methodological foundations of depreciation of human capital are considered. Of particular relevance are the issues of its quantitative assessment in order to strengthen the country's innovation potential. The author's approach to calculating depreciation coefficients is presented. A methodology for assessing the level of depreciation of human capital, based on the pension system, is proposed and tested.

The article considers the transformation of human capital using modern technologies and the development of the investment model of young creative teams which can give a huge boost to the growth of human capital in the country.

There have been analyzed the key messages of the World Bank's Economic Report for Europe and Central Asia 2020, which examines the likely impact of the pandemic on human capital development.

The experts in the field of sociology, training of scientific personnel, IT-technologies and labor market forecasting shared their opinion on the future competencies, skills and how the education system should respond to this.

The author identified two main groups of soft competencies, and indicated the types of thinking on which they are based.

The costs of STI consumers, STI generators, as well as SSSTI costs for the STI transfer from generators to consumers are considered in the article. The developed methodology for determining the optimal level of expenses for the functioning of the SSSTI and the methodology for assessing the technical, economic and organizational measures for the SSSTI development with regard to the found optimum are explicated. Possible strategy options for the development of the SSSTI are proposed, aimed at achieving the highest economic efficiency of the STI transfer process

The EAEU digital space is being analyzed as the foundation of digital globalization, special attention is paid to digital services and their contribution to the GDP of the EAEU, including Belarus.

The analysis of existing digital platforms and databases of investment projects at the national, regional and international levels is carried out. The concept of a digital platform for investment and innovation projects of the EAEU is proposed

The theoretical substantiation of the definition of the electronic market as the main subsystem of the electronic (digital) economy is presented, its specific qualities are indicated, given statistics characterize the current state of the most significant in terms of volumes electronic markets

The author examines and analyzes the main features of the legendary Inbelkult (1922–1928) being the first higher scientific institution in the modern history of Belarus and the predecessor of the Academy of Sciences on the eve of its 100th anniversary.

It is an essay on the laureate of the V. M. Ignatovsky prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Candidate of Historical Sciences Kiryl Sytsko

The research results in the microgreen production have been given, such as seed preparation, choice of substrate, lighting conditions and microclimate