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.

Sergey Morozov

Sergey Morozov

First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Regional Policy and Local Self-Government
Quotes
29.06.2022
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2022
Legal Guarantees Ensuring Entrepreneurial Freedom
We need a direct law that would approve a national programme for social and economic rehabilitation of the country. It will increase accountability of both federal, regional and municipal authorities for what we need to get done as soon as possible to achieve technological sovereignty and independence from import
29.06.2022
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2022
Legal Guarantees Ensuring Entrepreneurial Freedom
We firmly believe that we need to set a national goal for at least five years either by adopting a law or by President’s decree. After that, we can align the whole legislative and regulative package to this goal. The goal should be creating a barrier-free environment for business
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
The Made in Russia Brand: Consumer and Business Patriotism in the Service of Import Substitution
We have already started working on improving the legal, organizational, financial, and economic mechanisms that will ensure that industry keeps working
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
The Made in Russia Brand: Consumer and Business Patriotism in the Service of Import Substitution
There’s so much red tape. There are so many unnecessary requirements. Think about it: more than one million federal requirements and standards now hinder the development of entrepreneurship and business and import substitution. If we start sorting them out even a little bit, if we start bringing them in line with this extraordinary situation, then almost a trillion roubles, as the entrepreneurs themselves claim, could immediately be funneled back into our country’s development
15.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
Protecting Business: Balancing Economic Development and Public Order
Businesses should have the right to make a mistake, and they should not be punished for this. But inspectors and supervisors should not have this right, and this should be prescribed in legislation
15.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
Protecting Business: Balancing Economic Development and Public Order
Why do businesses keep asking for protection? Why do they ask for measures to be taken regarding excessive unproductive administrative costs? I believe the answer lies in fact that we haven't managed to shape responsible attitudes towards SMEs, neither among the authorities or society as a whole. Feelings of envy towards these mostly successful people still reign… If we want to be successful, we need to establish a truly nationwide responsible attitude towards SMEs and support it with legislation
06.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Government and Business in the Social Sector: Identifying New Sources of Growth
One has to understand that the social sphere is not an industry to collect untainted profit. It would be great to talk to big business representatives to remind them that, for instance, in Europe big corporations invest in education, culture, or healthcare without a business component in mind. In other words, they do not extract profit, but rather do everything to develop human potential by creating a person who is culturally rich and well educated. It is uncommon for our big business. We are working on it and we want to make the year 2020 a year when big companies become responsible in this manner
06.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Government and Business in the Social Sector: Identifying New Sources of Growth
If we want to live in a country that is truly successful, then we need to understand that we have to pay it a greater deal of attention, even more so than to the economic and financial institutions
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
The Role of the Regions in Popularizing Entrepreneurship
One of the regional components of the national project will be funding educational initiatives, including strategic educational programmes for our businesspeople. We need to nurture a new class of entrepreneurs
25.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Presentation of the Results of the Russian Regional Investment Climate Index
In cooperation with federal structures, we have established balance commissions that allow us to quickly establish relations and reduce the number of procedures required and the number of days spent with federal structures, such as the tax inspection, for example
24.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Smart Environments: A New Level of Urban Development
I would like to propose <…> to launch a project not of not just smart cities but smart territories, territories that are above all people-friendly