A socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events.

The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events. It was established in pursuance of a decision by the President of the Russian Federation.

The Foundation was established in 2007 with the aim of facilitating the development of Russia’s economic potential, promoting its national interests, and strengthening the country’s image. One of the roles of the Foundation is to comprehensively evaluate, analyse, and cover issues on the Russian and global economic agendas. It also offers administrative services, provides promotional support for business projects and attracting investment, helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.

Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 209 countries and territories, with more than 15,000 media representatives working on-site at Roscongress’ various venues. The Foundation benefits from analytical and professional expertise provided by 5,000 people working in Russia and abroad.

The Foundation works alongside various UN departments and other international organizations, and is building multi-format cooperation with 212 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 86 countries worldwide, and 293 Russian public organizations, federal and regional executive and legislative bodies of the Russian Federation.

The Roscongress Foundation has Telegram channels in Russian t.me/Roscongress, English – t.me/RoscongressDirect, Spanish – t.me/RoscongressEsp and Arabic t.me/RosCongressArabic. Official website and Information and Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation:roscongress.org.

Ekaterina Inozemtseva

Ekaterina Inozemtseva

Co-founder, Russian Lakes Project; Coordinator, Women for Regional Development and Domestic Tourism Project, Council of the Eurasian Women’s Forum
Quotes
06.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Equal Opportunities in the Digital Age
We need to lay the educational foundation on the level of the elementary school that will let us transfer to digital economy
06.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Equal Opportunities in the Digital Age
Digitalization, a step to the new way of life is not just process automation. Digitalization will call for a global reimagination of the skill set required to seamlessly go in and enjoy the fruits of digital economy and its opportunities. Currently, education programmes and labour recourses lay foundation for the future gap between men and women and their equality in the future
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
In the Vanguard of Technological Progress: Women in STEM
Individual mentoring support. Sometimes advice is needed, and it is better to seek for advice from someone who already took the path to become an engineer or a mathematician
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
In the Vanguard of Technological Progress: Women in STEM
If we turn to western universities’ experience, there is always a number of ways to impact, assist and support women who want to major in STEM. First of all, that would be creating awareness, conferences, symposia that will not let us forget
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
In the Vanguard of Technological Progress: Women in STEM
Those 18% that reach a professional career should become that positive image, that positive role model that will help future generations of girls to develop
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
In the Vanguard of Technological Progress: Women in STEM
The next critical point when a woman decides against becoming a STEM professional <...> is university graduation. She needs more support to cope with complications and stay
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
In the Vanguard of Technological Progress: Women in STEM
If a girl is growing up in the situation when all women around her are into humanities or raise children or focus on their household, putting herself against the social group she is growing up in will be difficult
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
In the Vanguard of Technological Progress: Women in STEM
If we compare boys and girls in the elementary, they do not care whether it is humanities or science. <...> It is the curriculum that starts segregating them. Separate gender-based technology classes and various clubs that are traditionally perceived as boys’ or girls’ ones
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
In the Vanguard of Technological Progress: Women in STEM
If we take a look at students, there are only 34% girls among STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics – ed.) students; for postgraduates this number is 26%, and just 18% pursue a career in these areas