Dear Friends,
The Innosocium Foundation, the Social Platform of the Roscongress Foundation, has organized the ‘Soul of Russia. The North’ Youth Multimedia Discussion Creative Campus during the main days of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum, which will take place in Vladivostok on 5–8 September.
It’s my pleasure to welcome participants in the EEF and the Creative Business Forum, which is being organized by the Innosocium Foundation, to the campus. The programme focuses on promising trends in creative industries and the development of the social sector in the northern territories. We believe the potential of the ethno-cultural diversity of Indigenous peoples is the main driver for the development of creative projects in the Russian North.
Unlike debates about economic issues, discussions on creative industries provide a unique chance to not only demonstrate theory, but show such industries in practice straight away, thus creating a synergistic effect and motivating participants, local young people, and opinion leaders to join in the development of the country’s creative economy and develop horizontal ties.
The different formats of events within the summit provide an opportunity to immerse participants in the importance and necessity of developing a creative agenda in the northern territories. At the campus, you can take part in discussions on a wide range of creative industries, including e-sports, cinema, video games, and tourism, and attend public talks with representatives of the creative sector. Broaden your knowledge of the northern territories, their culture, and heritage, and try to create a piece of folk art yourself.
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Elena MarininaDeputy CEO of the Roscongress Foundation,Director of the Innosocium Foundation |
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About the campus
The ‘Soul of Russia. The North’ youth creative campus unites heritage and creative industries. The programme includes master classes and lectures by creative sector experts who have experience working with the territories of the North, the Far East, and the Arctic. The pavilion’s interior is inspired by a modern version of a reindeer skin tent, where traditional daily items of the peoples of the North are used as decorative elements. Master classes and screenings of short films are held between lectures. Each day, the pavilion’s programme has its own theme: cinema and animation, branding and education, ethnicity, multimedia and technology, as well as art and culture.
The programme includes:
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Multimedia projects
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‘Soul of Russia. Creative North’ – a programme that consists of six large conceptual videos that reveal the main focuses of the creative industries of the North that are integrated into the life of modern people: gourmet cuisine, music, fashion, visual arts, animation, design/architecture, and IT.
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Short films
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Animation characters that mimic movements
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Digital herd – the buyer of an NFT will become the owner of a live deer that you can watch online.
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Discussions and interviews – presentation of creative projects by the first graduates the Creative Industries Schools; the Young Scientists Summit; a meeting of the youth press centre with media representatives; and an open dialogue on cinema, tourism, video games, and self-fulfilment in the creative industries.
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Master classes
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creation of arts and crafts (processing of fish skin, the national doll, wood and bone carving, and the creation of designer items and amulets).
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100 paintings – the creation of a collection of paintings that purify the air through the use of a unique photocatalytic paint.
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Map of the heritage of the peoples of the North – it consists of objects of cultural and historical heritage in the format of archival photo and video materials and contains information about 14 Indigenous peoples.
Dear participants and guests of the 5th Eastern Economic Forum!
This year, as we celebrate the Forum’s 5th anniversary we have an opportunity to look back on everything that has been achieved since 2015. It was the first time when Vladivostok hosted the trendsetters from Russian and international business communities, government officials, foreign dignitaries, researchers, and experts – in other words, everyone who was prepared to cooperate with Russia and work in the Russian Far East; everyone, who was ready to launch new production facilities and develop those already in place; everyone, who aimed to create new jobs, construct roads, housing, and hospitals – namely improve the life of our Eastern territories.
The goals we set 5 years ago appeared unattainable back then. We discussed a broad range of topics: expectations and development prospects, creating new economic regimes and improving the investment climate, passing legislative initiatives and changing legal framework, putting new social infrastructure in place and helping regions reach their potential – in other words, we were talking about the future. Some were hopeful, some remained skeptical, yet there was only one thing that mattered: we were ready to act as one. And today, that future has become our present.
The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin designated the development of the Far East as a national priority of the entire 21st century. At the behest of the President, a whole new economy is being created in the region. Large companies as well as small and medium-sized businesses can count on tax breaks, administrative preferences, concessional loans, and support from the state development institutions.
A lot has been accomplished during the last 5 years: over 40 legislative initiatives that sustain investment activity and improve the social sphere have been passed; 20 advanced special economic zones and 5 free ports have been put in place. These measures resulted in over 1,780 new investment projects worth over RUB 3.8 trillion, and 230 new enterprises appeared. The government provides targeted infrastructural and financial support to the investors. Over 70 thousand people received free land and now are building houses and farms on their ‘Far Eastern hectares’.
17 different countries invest in the Far East: China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, to name a few. Since 2014, nearly 32% of all direct foreign investment came to our region.
The Far East itself has expanded: Zabaikalsky Krai and the Republic of Buryatia joined the Far Eastern Federal District, while the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East now oversees an additional region: the Russian Arctic Zone.
When it comes to the social sphere, the ‘Unified Subsidy’ mechanism has provided existing measures with additional stimulus. 57 centres of economic growth have received funding for the construction of schools and nurseries, hospitals as well as medical and obstetric stations, cultural centres and sports facilities. These centres are home to over 80% of Far Easterners.
A fair amount of good work has been done. Economic growth in the FEFD exceeds 4%, which is two times greater than the Russian national average. However, we are now faced with another objective: increasing economic growth in the Russian Far East to 6% per year. We also must figure out how to improve the quality of life in the Russian Far East and in the Arctic so that it exceeds the Russian national average. These objectives have been set by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
Our goal is to make the Russian Far East more accessible to investors and comfortable for the people that live here, providing them with the confidence that their dreams will become a reality in the nearest future.
Many topics that were brought up at previous Forums ended up serving as the foundation for the development and passing of legislation, the implementation of new business support measures, and the improvement of the Far East’s social welfare. I am confident that this Forum will continue contributing to the open dialogue between businesses and authorities, experts and researchers, sociologists and demographers.
I would like to wish Forum guests and participants all the best. The Russian Far East is open for cooperation: we value each partner, every opinion and every initiative that helps develop our country!
Yury Trutnev