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.

Marc Carena

Marc Carena

Managing Director, McDonald's Russia
Quotes
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Business in a Post-pandemic World: Responsible Investing in the Future
We have invested 2.5 billion dollars, we have 63,000 employees [in Russia, Ed.], and we plan to employ another 6,000 this year. <...> Everything we sell in Russia is made in Russia. <...> Why am I giving you these numbers? So that we understand the scale. <...> At the moment <...> we are still looking for companies that will recycle plastics. In fact, by 2025 we plan to completely stop using plastic materials. The same is true for emissions <...> by 36 % compared to 2015, we have reduced the emissions
05.09.2019
EEF 2019
The Digital Transformation of International Trade: E-commerce and Beyond
The move towards digitalization has, of course, allowed us to improve quality and promotion. There is now a trend for personalization in marketing, with the aim of improving customer experience <…> Closer collaboration with regard to data, with the aim of simply getting to know our customers better. <…> We have significantly improved our customer satisfaction indicators thanks to digitalization
05.09.2019
EEF 2019
Productivity Leaders: Drawing on the Asian and European Experience to Support Regional Growth
The majority of our recent progress in this area (improving labour productivity — Ed.) is happening thanks to digitalization. What have we done in Russia? We modernized all of our facilities; we’ve digitalized all of our preparation procedures. <...> As a result, we were able to lower order wait time by one minute over the last year. You currently have to wait an average of 140 seconds from the moment you’ve made your order to the moment you receive it. In certain locations, we’ve been able to reduce this time to 120 seconds. All of this increases customer satisfaction
07.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Smart Regulation of the Consumer Market
The laws are not just outdated, they are interpreted differently in different regions
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
Developing Socially-Oriented Education in Russia’s Universities
At the moment, the unemployment rate is high, and there is a chance to get the introduction to a work environment as someone who belongs to that category. Or, to avoid unemployment, one can start working at McDonald’s, for example,