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 Greater Eurasian Partnership as a New Pole of Growth: Potential and Prospects

pavilion G, conference hall G5
Moderator
Victoria Panova
Vice-Rector, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Director, Center “Expert Council on the Participation of the Russian Federation in the BRICS Association”
Speakers and experts
Dmitry Volvach
Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Sergey Glazyev
Member of the Board, Minister in Charge of Integration and Macroeconomics, Eurasian Economic Commission
Konstantin Zatulin
First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots
Karin Kneissl
Head, Center G.O.R.K.I. (Geopolitical Observatory for Russia’s Key Issues) SPbU; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria (2017–2019)
Alexey Overchuk
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Aleksandr Pankin
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Nenad Popovic
Minister Without Portfolio, Government of the Republic of Serbia
Khan Sohail
Deputy Secretary General, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Abdul Umari
Acting Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Ilan Shor
Head of Political Bloc Victory, Cultural and Educational Center of Moldova
Alexander Shokhin
President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs