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.

Elena Bocherova

Elena Bocherova

Executive Director, Cyberprotect
Quotes
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Globalization, Protectionism and Technological Security: Finding the Right Balance
When your product is competitive <…> on the international market, it is much easier to localize it, to get corresponding certificates
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Globalization, Protectionism and Technological Security: Finding the Right Balance
Today technology vendors, technology leaders, especially the companies working at the cybersecurity market, have to <…> register more than one company and often to localize companies at the markets that traditionally <…> close the market or in a particular way enclose the cybersecurity market. <…> Countries are trying to protect their territories, data, citizens and not only citizens. Such protectionism is mostly justified
13.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
Best Practices in Modern Sustainable Cities Development
While we do need to talk about smart cities as a kind of trend, we must also understand that each one of us has an entirely different conception of what they mean. If we take Seoul, where best practices are being drawn from <…>, or Shenzhen in China, which is also held up as an exemplar of this kind, we see that residents not only have an interest in how public funds are spent, they directly influence it. What’s more, 40% of a local population’s influence is always factored in when a decision is made by the city administration. Are we as a country ready today for every citizen to become so subjective as to be able to engage in and influence what is happening? As things stand, this seems to me to be a moot point. However, we must move in this direction, and expand opportunities for a city’s residents to communicate with local government bodies,