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.

Valery Protopopov

Valery Protopopov

Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) for the Far Eastern Federal District
Quotes
04.09.2021
EEF 2021
The Future of Youth Humanitarian Values: A Paradigm Shift
We are thinking locally - how to develop patriotism, how can we [...] attract, not only to keep them from leaving Yakutia, but to keep them from leaving Russia completely. Yakutia is a leader in filmmaking, a leader in gaming, in the production of games. [...] There are people who might want to leave. But we are doing everything to keep the kids, our young minds, and mature ones too, here with us in Yakutia. What are we doing? We’re developing our projects not only within Yakutia, but also in cooperation with other regions. One such project is the Keeping Watch in Memory of Rzhev – The Far East project. […] We began developing battlefield archaeology. You can't do this in the fields of Yakutia, but the Rzhev district worked with us to develop battlefield archaeology
04.09.2021
EEF 2021
The Future of Youth Humanitarian Values: A Paradigm Shift
We have a good capacity to work with young people, to realize their potential for values and patriotism. […] The key indicator for us was that when the pandemic started […] students were among the first to respond to volunteer movements to help the elderly, to deliver food to them, to provide assistance. They volunteered themselves and created their own student headquarters for the volunteer movement