A socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions, congress, exhibitions, business, social and sporting, public, and cultural events.
The Roscongress Foundation – a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions, congress, exhibitions, business, social and sporting, public, and cultural events.
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, and helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.
Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 208 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 5000 people working in Russia and abroad. In addition, it works in close cooperation with 130 economic partners; industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions; and financial, trade, and business associations from 70 countries worldwide.
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Analytics
Experts
Sergei Kiriyenko
First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office
Vladimir Medinsky
Aide to the President of the Russian Federation
Dmitriy Grigorenko
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Chief of the Government Staff
Yury Borisov
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Alexey Overchuk
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Evgeniy Ditrikh
Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation
Dmitry Kobylkin
Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation
Pavel Livinsky
CEO, Rossetti
Igor Dodon
President of the Republic of Moldova
Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson
President of the Republic of Iceland
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Yury Sentyurin
Secretary General, Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)
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27.10.2020
The first meeting of the Russia—Africa Partnership Forum Coordination Council (CC) took place on 27 October via video conference. The event brought together Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov; Ambassador-at-Large and Head of the Secretariat of the Russia—Africa Partnership Forum Oleg Ozerov; Head of the CC, CEO and Chairman of the Roscongress Foundation Alexander Stuglev; Director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Abramova, as well as representatives of the Association of Economic Cooperation with African States and leading companies, members of the Russian ministries and business organizations.
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23.10.2020
On 21 October, Natalya Bocharova, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, and Dmitry Glushkov, First Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation chaired the 7th Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Education via videoconference.
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23.10.2020
The Healthy Life Forum is set to take place on 27 October 2020 at the Rossiya Segodnya International Multimedia Press Centre. Topics for discussion will include how healthcare systems are operating as COVID-19 continues to spread, vaccination, tackling oncological and cardiovascular diseases during the pandemic, the healthcare system’s human resource potential, and implementing the Healthcare and Demography national projects.
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21.10.2020
On 21 October, SPIRIT Slovenia Business Development Agency held an online seminar on business collaboration with St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region. The event was supported by the Roscongress Foundation and aimed to develop dialogue between Russian and Slovenian business communities. St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Chambers of Commerce and Industry also participated in the seminar. At the end, the Roscongress Foundation and SPIRIT Slovenia Business Development Agency signed a memorandum of cooperation.
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21.10.2020
The upcoming meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council will be the main event of Russia’s SCO Chairmanship in 2019 ̶ 2020. The SCO leaders will discuss the strengthening and further development of cooperation within the framework of the SCO, including in the context of the global political and socioeconomic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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21.10.2020
On 19 and 20 October, Kazan hosted the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum.
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19.10.2020
RC-Sport, the sporting platform of the Roscongress Foundation signed a cooperation agreement with 3 Russian sports associations, namely diving, artistic swimming, and water polo federations. The agreements include cooperation in hosting several stages of the high diving world cup in Russia. The discipline of high diving consists of 27-meter dives among men and 20-meter dives among women.
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19.10.2020
The Healthy Life Forum is scheduled for 27 October 2020 in the International Multimedia Press Center of the International media group Rossiya Segodnya. The business programme of the Forum will bring in representatives of Russia’s Ministry of Health, federal and regional authorities, and the industry’s key experts. This event is organized by the Healthy Life project of the Roscongress Foundation. The Forum will be held with support from the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.
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16.10.2020
On 14 ̶15 October, the BRICS Working Group on New and Renewable Sources of Energy and Energy Efficiency held a videoconference at the National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI) with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.
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16.10.2020
On 16 October, Anton Inyutsyn, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, chaired the 3rd BRICS Youth Energy Summit.
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12.10.2020
On 10 October 2020, the city of Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, was the venue of the #TogetherBrighter International Festival of Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency attended by leading experts and young representatives of the BRICS countries’ energy industries. The festival inaugurated the BRICS Energy Week (10-16 October 2020), during which the key energy events of the Russian BRICS Chairmanship in 2020 will be held.
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12.10.2020
Heart of Eurasia’s Perspective’ in Ufa. This conference presented a model for successful collaboration between sport and education.
The Roscongress Foundation – a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions, congress, exhibitions, business, social and sporting, public, and cultural events.
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, and helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.
Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 208 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 5000 people working in Russia and abroad. In addition, it works in close cooperation with 130 economic partners; industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions; and financial, trade, and business associations from 70 countries worldwide.