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.

Small Step towards a Big Goal: Inclusion of Young People in Russia’s Charity Agenda

pavilion F, Point Junior, inner courtyard
Moderator
Arina Sharapova
TV presenter; Member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the Implementation of State Policy in the Field of Family and Child Protection
Speakers and experts
Lev Ambinder
President, Rusfond; Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
Olga Batalina
First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
Artem Metelev
Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on youth policy
Andrey Podolsky
Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Head of the Department of Human Resource Development at Innopraktika;
Elena Stefanyuk
Director of the non-profit foundation "National Fund for Health Development"
Analytics on the topic