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.

Hide Sakaguchi

Hide Sakaguchi

President, Ocean Policy Research Institute, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
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07.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
The Arctic Plan. International Perspective
The Arctic region has enormous economic potential due to its mineral resources, strategic location, and tourism opportunities. It is planned to actively use the Northern Sea Route by Chinese and Korean companies, which will provide additional stimulus for the economies of the Arctic region. Finally, significant hydrogen reserves are located in the Russian Arctic, and Russia is developing technologies for its use, which could have a substantial impact on the regional and global economy. In Japan, we are following this direction with interest
07.09.2022
EEF 2022
Eastern Dimension of International Cooperation in the Arctic
The Arctic is the last region to be largely unexplored. People still have much to learn about the Arctic, about what is happening there, about what is happening to the Arctic ice, about why it is melting and transforming, about why the ocean waters are being oxidized, and about other biological processes. Japan, like China, is a long way from the Arctic, but we observe the Arctic through the Bering Strait, and have been doing so for a long time. We have developed a new icebreaker especially for conducting research in the Arctic. That shows that Japan views the Arctic as a region requiring study. [We need to – ed.] employ this region and this knowledge for good. After all, this data is priceless, and any activity we undertake must be based on this data. We have recently let a great many opportunities slip by because we did not pay attention to this kind of data. However, we want to continue to exist – we want to exist in a sustainable world. We therefore need to overcome the problems that we currently face – something which cannot be done without cooperating with Russia
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