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.

Natalia Bocharova

Natalia Bocharova

Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Quotes
06.09.2022
EEF 2022
Prospects for Global Education in a Post-Pandemic World
Applications are being considered for the creation of world-class campuses in the Far Eastern Federal District, just as they are in the Russian Federation as a whole. The plan is to build around 15 accommodation facilities, costing over 100 billion roubles
06.09.2022
EEF 2022
Prospects for Global Education in a Post-Pandemic World
This entire huge area [the FEFU Campus] that we’re currently working in belongs to students. I think this is an excellent example of the correct, healthy and beautiful – in every sense of that word – environment in which the young generation should study and grow. I believe that afterwards, they will want to use the knowledge they have acquired for the benefit of their country
06.09.2022
EEF 2022
Prospects for Global Education in a Post-Pandemic World
The main thing isn’t just to educate. The main thing is that the specialists trained by our universities are sought after
06.09.2022
EEF 2022
Prospects for Global Education in a Post-Pandemic World
The pandemic has left its mark – a lot has been said about that, of course – and the digital technology introduced into education is continuing to develop in all kinds of ways. Although naturally, as you know, we – teachers, rectors and students – have been acutely aware that offline education can’t be replaced by online learning and that we haven’t been able to provide the level of quality we wanted to. Although, to be honest, such issues were often discussed before the pandemic
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
Russia – Africa
We propose educational programmes in English and French. This year, we have presented two more courses: an advanced training course for African alumni of Russian universities (this course launches this year) and a course on physics, mathematics, and IT technologies for high-school students, university students and teachers. It will start this year through our country’s budget. <…> It is important that the university does not just educate, but gives the education and teaches the technologies that are being introduced or will be introduced in African countries. In this case, it will result in a good conglomerate of business, science, our research and educational organizations