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 195 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 83 countries worldwide, and 280 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.

Roscongress Blog
8 October 2019
Sergey Khoroshaev
The Law on Social Entrepreneurship to Transfer Social Facilities Ownership to Enterprises

In July, the State Duma adopted the law governing social entrepreneurship. Midterm, it is to transform the social welfare, said Sergey Khoroshaev, Investment Commissioner of the Government of the Kaliningrad Region under the Government of the Russian Federation in Moscow.


21 August 2019
Sergey Khoroshaev
Sergey Khoroshaev on the Social Entrepreneurship Law

Late last month President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law No. 245-FZ ‘On Amendments to the Federal Law ‘On the Development of Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation’’ dated 26 July 2019. The law defines the terms ‘social entrepreneurship’ and ‘social enterprise,’ which led the media to dub it the ‘Law on Social Entrepreneurship.’