By Raymond Juma
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has stressed the importance of developing a fair and open platform capable of accelerating global growth.
Speaking at the plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, he emphasized the special role of the Open Dialogue held at the National Centre, Russia.
The initiative brought together participants from more than 100 countries and became one of the important steps toward creating a new model of international cooperation.
“Russia invites partners to contribute to forming a new global growth model. Together we can ensure the prosperity of our countries and stable development of the entire world for many years to come. This is exactly why we held the Open Dialogue in Moscow this year, which was attended by representatives from more than one hundred states,” said Putin.
He added “We intend not only to make this format regular but also to build an entire ecosystem around it for discussing, developing, and implementing breakthrough ideas.
The global challenges facing the modern world require an unconditional and global response. Solving problems alone, especially at someone else’s expense, is simply impossible.
This is an illusion.”The session “Shaping a New Platform for Global Growth” based on the results of the Open Dialogue of the National Centre “Russia” opened the SPIEF business program on June 18.
The session was moderated by Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Maxim Oreshkin.International experts from Russia, Cameroon, Spain, Azerbaijan, and Canada participated in the discussion, as well as authors of the best essays from the first Open Dialogue.
Participants discussed new approaches to economic development, the potential of Global South countries, demographic trends, and the impact of future technologies.
Special attention was paid to the report prepared by the Centre for Cross-Industry Expertise “Third Rome” based on the results of the Open Dialogue.
The conclusions of the session formed the foundation for the entire SPIEF-2025 business programme.The first Open Dialogue at the National Centre “Russia” became a platform for discussing the future in four areas: “Investment in People,” “Investment in Technologies,” “Investment in Environment,” and “Investment in Connectivity.”
Experts from different countries wrote essays on these topics, and authors of the best works were invited to Moscow and presented their own ideas. The Open Dialogue format will become annual. -CAJ News
