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About the Union
RUEF is an active player in the event industry, the goal of which is to consolidate the participants of the fair, exhibition, congress, event industries in the framework of promoting the development and strengthening of these industries in Russia, and promoting the congress and exhibition industry in the international arena.
Members of the Union are the flagships of the Russian exhibition, fair and congress industry. Representatives of the Union are members of relevant committees and commissions, as well as working groups:
- Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation;
- Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship of the State Duma;
- Russian export center;
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia;
- Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
in 28 cities
including:
- 69 organizers of exhibitions
- 14 organizers of exhibitions with their own exhibition centres
- 11 exhibition centres
- 59 service companies
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Union creation |
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Union of Exhibitions and Fairs accepted at UFI - The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry |
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For the first time in Russia, the 72nd UFl Congress in Moscow on the basis of Expocentre |
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Work was carried out to prepare a draft Concept for the development of exhibition, fair and congress activities in the Russian Federation and an Action Plan for its implementation |
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By order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, a Working Group on issues of exhibition and fair activities was formed. Its structure includes the president of RUEF, the leaders of member organizations of RUEF |
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President of RUEF S.P. Alexeev took over as president of the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry UFI for the period from November 2015 to November 2016, the Establishment of GED (Global Exhibitions Day) |
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RUEF developed a professional standard "Specialist in exhibition activities in the field of trade and industrial exhibitions" |
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The 75th UFI Congress is being held in St. Petersburg at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre. New RUEF Strategy Approved |
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Election of the new president of RUEF. The inauguration of President Sergey Voronkov, Director General of ExpoForum International |
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Anti-crisis activities during the spread of COVID-19: - Thanks to the activities of the exhibition community, the industry was recognized as affected and received additional support measures - Rospotrebnadzor has approved Methodological recommendations for the implementation of preventive measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection during congress and exhibition activities, developed by the Russian Federation in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and the business community - Industry standards have been developed - The development of a draft Strategy for the development of the Russian convention and exhibition industry until 2030 has begun - For the first time, the members of the Russian Federation have been included in the list of backbone enterprises of the Russian Federation - The Russian Federation has become omnichannel - The study "COVID-19: Threats and Challenges for the Russian event industry" has been published jointly with VNITS R-n-S. - The territorial and industry matrix, a platform for collecting information about exhibition events in Russia, has been developed and implemented - The online and hybrid event format has been mastered and is being distributedм |
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The resumption of industry activity after the crisis. Continuing work on the formation of a strategy for the development of the industry, the development of a Federal law, standards |
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued an order to develop proposals for additional support to the industry. |
The main activities of RUEF are:
- Assistance to participants of the exhibition, fair and event industry in carrying out successful activities
- Assistance in the development of the Russian industry of exhibitions, fairs and meetings, intensives, congresses, events
- Participation in the development of the legislative framework and standardization in the field of exhibition and fair activities
- Association of congress and exhibition, scientific and analytical, consulting and media aspects of the industry of events
- Development of projects and initiatives within the industry
- Exhibition Audit
- International interaction in the industry of events
- Education
- Industry Knowledge Base
- Unique editions and more
Highest distinction of the exhibition event
Sign of the Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs