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.

The Olympic legacy: lessons and opportunities for the 2018 World Cup

While hosting the Olympic games in Sochi gave the entire southwest region a transformational economic and infrastructure boost, Russia’s next challenge in hosting a major global sporting event is just around the corner. The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be held at 12 stadiums in 11 cities, and while this is a different architecture than an Olympic village hub design, many lessons can be drawn from the Olympic experience. What impact should budget management have on the design of facilities for the World Cup? How have public—private partnership models performed in terms of implementing projects on such a grand scale? What should be the long-term impact of investment into athletics and sporting infrastructure, and could this be designed to offer businesses a profitable outlet for investment even after the event?

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