The
Roscongress Foundation is ready to share the results of its first survey that
canvassed the audience of the Foundation’s events.
‘Charity
and Volunteering’ is a survey offered by ‘My Opinion’, which is a new product
by the Roscongress Foundation that helps measure public opinion on the most
immediate challenges facing our communities. The Foundation plans to take
weekly surveys that would be available to the Foundation’s audience in their
Roscongress personal accounts.
«In the
time of uncertainty and stress that became part of daily struggle for so many
of us due to the pandemic and economic instability, it is crucial to rely on
first-hand information. It brought us to launching ‘My Opinion’, a project that
helps us learn what our colleagues, partners, and participants are going
through straight from the source. Weekly surveys that cover the most immediate
and urgent topics will reveal — and let us share — the practices companies
resort to respond to today’s challenges. They will also help us improve our own
expertise, which will be beneficial in the future. I am confident the results
of our surveys will come in handy for both members of the business community
and regular audience who wish to know how our country is coping with this time
of hardship and the agenda it brings,» noted Alexey Valkov, Director of the St.
Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Survey
results have shown that almost 81% of respondents support or plan to
support social programmes that aid doctors and healthcare professionals.
Employees
of over 85% of organizations that took part in the survey work
remotely. Others either constantly monitor their staff’s health condition
or had to suspend operations due to their staff’s self-isolation. Almost 10%
of canvassed organizations suspended their operations due to the
pandemic.
61% of survey participants indicated
that their organizations partake in charitable initiatives to help fight
the pandemic. Another 9,5% plan to join such initiatives
in the near future. It is mostly the organizations that were forced to suspend
their operations that were reluctant to take part in such initiatives
76% of respondents are aware of the
‘In This Together’ initiative, and almost 10% of them plan to
partake in the near future. Most respondents oblivious to the initiative’s
existence represent organizations from outside of Russia.
Most participants believe that the risk
group involves all people equally regardless of their occupation,
size of their business, or age due to cumulative influence of factors (the
novel coronavirus, and restrictive measures introduced by the Government of the
Russian Federation). At the same time,
almost 30% indicated a higher risk for the older generation (65+). Less
than 1% disregard the severity of the virus
The survey
results have also shown that female participants are better informed about
existing social programmes and charitable initiatives than the male ones.
Key
outcome of the
survey is the following: most members of the business community consider this
situation equally risky and unpredictable for everybody; some of them were
forced to suspend operations in this environment. Despite this, the absolute
majority of businesses partake in social programmes, charitable initiatives and
other campaigns that support doctors and other social groups. It proves that
most are unconditionally prepared to help those who struggle, though business
sustains losses due to the pandemic.
‘My
Opinion’ will offer regular surveys that would be available to Roscongress
events participants in their Roscongress Personal Accounts. The results will be published in the ‘News’ section of the Roscongress official
website.
The next
survey will address support measures in Russian regions.
