The winners will be
awarded on 2–4 October during the Russian Energy Week International Forum in
Moscow. The awards will be presented by members of the Expert Council: Dmitry
Peskov, Press Secretary of the Russian President, Deputy Chief of the
Presidential Executive Office; Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy of the
Russian Federation; Sergey Mikhailov, General Director of TASS; Dmitry Kiselev,
General Director of Rossiya Segodnya; Vladimir Zhelonkin, General Director of
Kommersant Publishing House; Elena Vartanova, Dean of the Faculty of Journalism
at the Lomonosov Moscow State University; Mikhail Komissar, Chairman of the
Board of Directors and General Director of Interfax Information Services Group.
The Russian Energy Week is organized by the Russian Ministry of Energy and the
Roscongress Foundation, with the support of the Moscow Government.
The federal
round of MediaTEK Competition 2019 welcomed 443 applications from the country’s
54 regions. Most entries were submitted from the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous
Okrug-Yugra (23 applications), the Irkutsk Region (21 applications), the
Leningrad Region (20 applications), and the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area (17
applications).
The most
popular nomination was Social and Environmental Initiative with 55 applications
submitted by the press services of regional energy companies. In light of this,
the MediaTEK Expert Council decided to split the nomination into two categories,
and to pick the winners in the implementation of social and charitable projects
and in the field of environmental initiatives.
The Expert
Council traditionally awarded a number of submissions with a Special Prize.
Among the
companies, the most active were the press services of Gazprom, RusHydro, and
Rosseti.
It is worth
noting that apart from implementing their own projects, these participating
companies actively take part in the national initiatives supported by the
Russian Ministry of Energy: #BrighterTogether All-Russian Energy Conservation Festival,
the All-Russian Energy Sector Companies Open Doors campaign #BrighterTogether, and
the All-Russian youth operational meeting.
Gazprom
Transgaz Stavropol was recognized as the best press service among federal and interregional
companies in the fuel and energy sector in 2019, while Tatneft won the prize among
regional companies.
An exclusive
prize was also established by the award’s partner RusHydro in the special ‘Blogosphere
and Energy’ category; Maxim Popov became the winner.
The published
works of the prize winners may be found at the competition’s website.
Russian Energy Week is organized
by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and the Roscongress
Foundation with the support of the Government of Moscow.
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 173 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 78 countries worldwide, and 179 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, and Spanish t.me/RoscongressEsp. Official website and Information and Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation: roscongress.org.