Modeling of the content and structure of the family policy framework of the Republic of Belarus

The research is devoted to modelling the content and structure of a conceptual state document in the field of family policy of the Republic of Belarus. The aim is to identify the main trends that essentially characterise the current state of marriage and family institutions, to separate family policy measures from demographic policy measures in order to form a feasible document that takes into account existing and potential risks and threats, which is especially important in view of the approaching new five-year cycle of state planning and state forecasting. The methodological basis of the study is based on such principles of scientific knowledge as objectivity, comprehensiveness, systematicity and comprehensiveness. The formal-legal method (contributed to the identification and comprehensive analysis of trends), methods of structural analysis and synthesis (used to detect contradictions and cause-and-effect relationships), comparative-legal method (contributed to the identification of negative trends of the concept under development), scientific-predictive method (provided an opportunity to anticipate the expected results) were used. Trends in the functioning of marriage and family institutions; factors of influence on the functioning of the family institution; external and internal contours of family policy priorities; a map of family policy spheres; strategic directions of family policy, tools and reserves of its implementation were defined. The form of a conceptual document in the sphere of family policy, as well as the body approving it, is substantiated and proposed. The structure of the concept of family policy of the Republic of Belarus is proposed.