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 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 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 180 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 81 countries worldwide, and 186 Russian public organizations, federal and legislative agencies, and federal subjects.

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.

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Natalia Pochinok

Natalia Pochinok

Chairman, Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on social policy, labor relations and support for veterans; Rector, Russian State Social University
Quotes
04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Network Communities and Institutions in a Glocalizing Society: Power Struggles Over Socium
There are communities that are absolutely peaceful, absolutely constructive, good-neighbourly, wonderful, who discuss beautiful pictures, trips, and so on. And then there are those communities that are formed in order to make certain threats to society [...] Now it’s crucial [...] to understand where the threat is and where it’s not, and which communities for us, as representatives of the Public Chamber, are a platform, resource, and reliable support, where we could, as [...] a mediator between society and between citizens, find a compromise between government and business [...] Not to regulate (that would be impossible), but [...] to serve as mediators,
06.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Partnerships Between the State and Society to Provide Social Guarantees
We should definitely create a toolkit for a more comprehensive research of the social impact. Not only the financial and quantitative method that now is the most transparent, easily applied and is convenient even for the regions
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
Social Entrepreneurship as a Factor Contributing to the Country’s Wellbeing
The law on social entrepreneurship should stipulate for additional incentives for the regions, when regions, outside of the federal framework, can support, develop and establish other, additional support measures. On one hand, regions should have a clear federal core, and on the other, independently define regional specifics
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
Social Entrepreneurship as a Factor Contributing to the Country’s Wellbeing
A year ago, we considered the law ‘On Social Entrepreneurship’, argued that it would pass in a month or two. A year went by, the President made a point of still missing the law. Social entrepreneurship develops through the support institutions that work despite all the difficulties, and we see the fruits of our labour
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
Developing Socially-Oriented Education in Russia’s Universities
’Universities for Civil Society’ is a project when universities <…> welcome best practices of socially oriented NPOs and structure them into understandable guidelines,
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
Developing Socially-Oriented Education in Russia’s Universities
Universities as centres of social and innovative development <…> are not only donors of these bright programmes, but also embed social and learning skills, project-focused activities in their educational programmes,
14.02.2019
Russian Investment Forum 2019
Developing Socially-Oriented Education in Russia’s Universities
Today, the demand for social skills permeates all the most important federal tasks of the regions, society, and civic chambers,
13.02.2019
Healthy Life Forum: Towards 80+ 2019
Quality of Life for the Older Generation: Programme Implementation
An integrated approach to the use of high-quality infrastructure that can provide first-class services really works. No huge budgets or anything in particular from the Ministry of Labour or the Government is needed: that is what is in your hands,
25.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Transformation of the International Labour Market: Meeting the Challenges
Increasing the retirement age in Russia and adding another 12 million or so people to the labour market will make a significant impact on the market, bringing in a large number of well-educated people. However, they will be less amenable to digitalization and will not possess the modern skills needed to move the economy forward
24.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
How Russia Can Harness Human Capital for Its Competitive Advantage
We must learn to efficiently use the resources we have at hand. What I mean is: today <…> we are discussing the question of how to increase the competitiveness of a student, a young person. We talk about it from the point of view of how we position them before an employer, how we link mentoring practices with applicants, with seniors students <...> from the point of view, you know, of a single crystal clear market or a system of communi-cations