Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast Igor Orlov spoke about
the preparation of the region for one of the major business events in Russia,
the 5th International Arctic Forum ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’
which will take place in Arkhangelsk on 9–10 April 2019.
«Building on the valuable experience of the 2011 and
2017 forums, we were able to significantly improve the preparation of this
seminal event and to schedule a large amount of work to improve the
infrastructure of Arkhangelsk and the Forum sites,» stated Igor Orlov.
According to the Governor, work is currently underway
to create infrastructure facilities: the construction of the congress and
exhibition complex Nord Expo, the preparation of the NARFU dormitory on Smolny
Buyan street, the reconstruction of the buildings and installations for the
events of the Forum. Transport and energy infrastructure and urban improvement
works are also in progress. Special priority is given to the development of the
hotel sector: a new four-star hotel Novotel Arkhangelsk (89 rooms) opened in
July 2018, and before that hotels Serafima (21 rooms), Severnitsa (18 rooms)
and Admiral (10 rooms).
The premises
of NARFU: the main, second and third corpuses, the exhibition pavilion, the
common scientific equipment use centre (CKP-2), dormitories and the
intellectual centre — the scientific library of NARFU, all will be used as IAF
sites.
The Nord Expo congress and exhibition complex is to
become an additional venue of the 2019 Forum for events with the participation
of youth, scientists, representatives of the municipalities of the Arctic
territories, artists, with the potential of its further use as a plenary
session site starting 2021.
«With the
construction of the new facilities and the development of infrastructure
Arkhangelsk flourishes as a congress and exhibition centre,» said Anton
Kobyakov, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Executive
Secretary of the Organizing Committee for the Preparation for the International
Arctic Forum ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’.
To recap,
two new NARFU facilities were built in 2017 for the Forum: the exhibition
pavilion (multipurpose sports complex to hold 800 people) and CKP-2.
The Roscongress Foundation is the organizer of the IAF
2019.
The official website of the event.
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 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 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 180 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 81 countries worldwide, and 186 Russian public organizations, federal and legislative agencies, and federal subjects.
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.