The Management Board of the Russian Convention Bureau met in Moscow to
discuss the main issues such as presenting Target Indicators of the Organization
Development Strategy for 20202024, choosing mechanisms to support the Bureau,
admitting new members and other practical arrangements.
Roscongress Foundation is one of co-founders of the Russian Convention
Bureau; we are interested in development of event industry in our country, so
we provide extensive support to our foreign partners that hold largescale
international congress and exhibition events in Russia. Today many cities have
necessary infrastructure base to hold international events, and activities of
the Russian Convention Bureau directly enable social and economic development
of regions, Alexander Stuglev, Chairman of the Board and Director of the
Roscongress Foundation, noted.
Currently the Russian Convention Bureau has strategic cooperation
agreements with 20 Russian regions and 16 leading companies, including the
Federal Agency for Tourism, Delovaya Rossiya, International News Agency
Rossiya Segodnya, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation,
Roskachestvo and many others. At the moment Russia keeps up with other
countries in the event market successfully. Its not only attraction of investments
and development of regions for our country, but also establishment of venues to
exchange experience and best practices in leading economic sectors, Alexey
Kalachev, Director of the Russian Convention Bureau, says.
The Russian Convention Bureau provides one-stop-shop service for
organizers of international congress events. The Russian Convention Bureau was
founded in 2017 with the assistance of the Government of the Russian Federation
to be an implementation tool of state policy. The mission of the Russian
Convention Bureau is shaping a positive image of Russia as a country with
favorable business and investment climates through development and support of
the national event industry. A key line of activity of the Russian Convention
Bureau attracting a large number of international congress events to the RF
enables accomplishment of national and strategic objectives of the Russian
Federation.
The Russian Convention Bureau has been co-founded by the Roscongress
Foundation, the Russian Export Center, the R&C Research and Exhibition
Center and the International Foundation of Technologies and Investments.
A
renewed composition of the Management Board of the Russian Convention Bureau
was appointed in the framework of the General Meeting of members of the Russian
Convention Bureau on June 27, 2019. The renewed Management Board now includes
representatives of leading players of the congress and exhibition market: VDNH JSC,
EXPOCENTRE JSC, Ural Exhibition Centre JSC (Yekaterinburg Expo), Interservice
LLC, Congress International LLC, International Trade&Integration LLC.