A socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, sporting, and cultural events. It was established in pursuance of a decision by the President of the Russian Federation.
The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, 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, and helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.
Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 208 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 5000 people working in Russia and abroad. In addition, it works in close cooperation with 133 economic partners; industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions; and financial, trade, and business associations from 70 countries worldwide.
Agenda
Analytics
Experts
Anton Vaino
Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office
Valery Fadeev
Chairperson to Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council (Russia)
Jack Young Ma
Founder, Alibaba Group
Patrick Pouyanne
Chairman & CEO, Total
Vladimir Potanin
President, Chairman of the Board, MMC Norilsk Nickel
Kirill Dmitriev
Chief Executive Officer, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)
Kirill Varlamov
Head, Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF)
Andrey Kostin
President and Chairman of the Management Board, VTB Bank
Pekka Lundmark
President, CEO, Fortum Corporation
Maxim Akimov
General Director, Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Post JSC
Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson
President of the Republic of Iceland
Alexey Chekunkov
Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic
Vitaly Mutko
General Director DOM.RF
Quotes
07.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Investments into the Urban Environment
Last year, we launched a training programme called ‘Architect of Russia’; 105 people have already gone through the training. Forty of them are now holding positions of architects in various small towns. <…> And this year we are launching another batch of 100 people
07.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Investments into the Urban Environment
Speaking of new construction, we have to double it and in five years create a third of housing fund; so, there is no question we cannot do that without comprehensive territory development and territory renovation
07.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Investments into the Urban Environment
City is a manifestation of the national project. Everyone should get involved and contribute to the comfortability of urban environment. The government began allocating budget funds for these projects. Over these years, we are going to spend more than 300 billion roubles on creation of comfortable urban environment. <…> By 2024, we need to ensure that 50% of our cities have comfortable environment
07.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Presentation of the Results of the Russian Regional Investment Climate Index
Rating is an important affair as it is a business assessment when each region takes a kind of exam
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
Best Practices for Socioeconomic Development: Integrated Solutions for the Regions and Cities
From time to time we come up with something, we research, we have new teams join federal subjects... All of these tried and tested practices can be taken and immediately implemented. This year, 77 regions in the Russian Federation submitted over 700 projects to the competition. These are truly best practices, which have the support of local municipalities, federal subjects, but the most important thing is, that these are completed projects. They can then be collected and shared across Russia
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
Regional Policy in the Context of Russia’s Spatial Development
The strategy highlighted 12 macro-regions, then each region got its definition. These are promising regions, these are geostrategic regions. But the main point is, the key goal in the coming years is to get rid of the differences in socio-economic development and living standards between different regions as soon as possible
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
National Projects and the Regions: Key Questions at the Beginning of the Road
We agreed to stop regulating the regions’ authority from the top-down; we agreed that there will be no more decisions that are not tied to specific financing. If we are making decisions, we need to transfer a corresponding source of income
25.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Presentation of the Results of the Russian Regional Investment Climate Index
There is a number of problems: administrative barriers, excessive pressure on business, additional checks, and we have been talking about this for the last several years, just passing the problem around
The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, 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, and helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.
Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 208 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 5000 people working in Russia and abroad. In addition, it works in close cooperation with 133 economic partners; industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions; and financial, trade, and business associations from 70 countries worldwide.