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.
We believe in the alternative boiler house. We will continue to do it — Pavel Snikkars, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
On the whole, the mechanism is definitely working, but it is definitely not the only one. For example, there are large federal subjects who say: ‘We will not switch to the alternative boiler house anywhere, because it seems to us that once we go there, we will lose leverage, <...> so we will not go there.’ This seems to us to be a very one-sided view. Because first of all, there is an annual control, and secondly, all parameters are also laid down. And in this sense, it seems to me, such fear is very exaggerated — Vitaly Korolev, Deputy Head, Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation.
The mechanism works. If there are flaws, they need to be cleaned up, and in principle it is a working tool for contribution and investment. Even for this year, we have had a very smooth and gentle start to the heating season — Vladimir Vasilenko, First Deputy Head of the Samara City District.
It has been possible to optimize prices and tariffs in those regions and localities where ‘alternative boiler house’ methods have been applied, to obtain investments, and to build a more or less understandable regulatory and control system — Vyacheslav Kravchenko, Adviser to the Chairman of the Management Board, System Operator of the Unified Energy System.
We have had quite an acute problem related to efficient utilization and cogeneration, <...> the country’s rampant boilerization, price and tariff differences even within the same locality for different consumers, <...> lack of investment — Vyacheslav Kravchenko, Adviser to the Chairman of the Management Board, System Operator of the Unified Energy System.
The issue of transparency and availability of information on all fronts is the most important thing right now. The biggest benefit, after all, is trust. Trust is information, openness, and discussion — Pavel Snikkars, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
The task is to try to adjust it [the alternative boiler house mechanism, – Ed.] to the existing realities, to build it up for the future — Vyacheslav Kravchenko, Adviser to the Chairman of the Management Board, System Operator of the Unified Energy System.
The ‘alternative boiler house’ model is now undoubtedly being finalized. And many ideas, many changes are already under consideration in the government in terms of updated parameters — Pavel Snikkars, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
The ‘alternative boiler house’ mechanism cannot yet be used in all locations due to the parameters that we and you built in at the start. <...> We realize that without updating the parameters, without making this tool more flexible, it will start to lose out to other <...> tools which should not be forgotten. <...> There should be more than one ‘dish on the table — Olesya Leshchenko, Director of the Department for the Development of Housing and Communal Services, Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation.
We have some backlog of other ways to regulate in the heating system. So, I would draw the attention of regulators to the fact that they also need to improve — Vyacheslav Kravchenko, Adviser to the Chairman of the Management Board, System Operator of the Unified Energy System.
It is the integrated approach – modernization plus digital. <...> It is the organizational and digital transformation <...> that yields the greatest return — Kseniya Sukhotina, General Director, Rusatom Smart Utilities Ltd.
It is important for us to make the heat supply scheme accessible, digitizing it to a greater extent. <...> We <...> additionally interact in terms of approaches and strategies for <...> efficiency through digital — Pavel Snikkars, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
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.