2020 will be remembered by two things – the
global pandemic and its aftermath. The global economic crisis has already affected
everybody, from global corporations to small and medium businesses, and regular
people. Due to the coronavirus pandemic usual lifestyle of millions has collapsed.
It took just a few days for free travel, goods and capital circulation around the
globe to grind to a halt. Entrepreneurs are now facing the urgent need to reorganize
their business processes.
“We see preserving the Foundations key
competencies as our main task in today’s environment. We have found the opportunity
to use our resources in other projects that our regular audience truly needs.
The time of turbulence requires high-quality analytics and a search for new
opportunities to help business survive and stay afloat. I am confident that we will
overcome the challenges we are facing today through uniting our effort and
helping each other,” shared Alexander Stuglev, CEO and Chairman of the
Roscongress Foundation.
Last week, the Roscongress
Foundation hosted the Next 20 Years, an online forum that brought in Dr Melita
Vujnovic, WHO Representative in the Russian Federation and Andrei Klepach,
Chief Economist, State Development Corporation VEB.RF. EY and Roscongress
teamed up to organize ‘Business: A Survival Guide’, an online conference on
measures to support small and medium-sized businesses.
The official website of the Roscongress Foundation launched three crisis response platforms:
- Anticrisis
plan: global best practices (worldwidepractices.roscongress.org). It is a dedicated web portal that aims to consolidate
existing measures to support businesses and general public during the spread of
coronavirus, as well as plans to restore economies after the pandemic is over;
- RCBusiness (forbusiness.roscongress.org). It is a B2B marketplace platform that aims to support the needs of professionals in various industries. The platform also provides opportunities to a broad range of Russian and international contacts; платформа;
- An analytical online platform on the COVID-19 situation (roscongress.org/knowledge/covid-19/materials/). It offers research results, analytical reviews and recommendations that address the fight against COVID-19from leading subject-matter organizations and development.
Together with the All-Russia People’s Front,
the Roscongress Foundation initiated a dedicated hotline to support people over
60 and coordinate help for them. This age group faces the highest risk due to the
spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19. The
hotline is completely powered by Roscongress. The Foundation’s social platform
– the Innosocium Foundation – is busy attracting partners for the
#wearetogether initiative and providing targeted aid for those in need.
Innosocium nationwide contest
for student projects launched its own challenge #studentathome to support the
fight against the spread of coronavirus. The challenge is supported by the Roscongress Foundation. Together with the Council for Development of Social Innovations in Regions
(under the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation),
the contest opened a new nomination. ‘Saving the Elders’ is meant to support the
older generation and implement projects that would preserve and improve their quality
of life in the emergency situation.