Second Summit
Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum

Badge collection

How do I enter the Forum venue? What is an accreditation badge? What do I need to check before picking up my badge? How do I know when my badge is ready? How do I pick up my badge? How do I pick up a badge for another participant / group of participants? PCR test to activate your badge Where do I pick up my badge?

Rainy weather is expected during the Forum, air temperature can vary from +19 to +22 °С. 

Due to the city’s geographic position and its proximity to the Baltic Sea an extreme change of weather is possible. We recommend participants to bring warm clothing and an umbrella with them.

How do I enter the Forum venue?

You must have an accreditation badge to enter the venue of the business programme of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum.

The accreditation badge to access the venue is activated based on your PCR test. The test must be taken at a specialized laboratory of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) set up at the Forum.

A test is not required to receive a badge. You can get an accreditation badge first and then take the test, or vice versa.

What is an accreditation badge?

The badge contains information about its holder: last name and first name in English, organization, participation category, photo, and the event insignia.

You must carry your badge and identity document (passport) with you at all times when at the Forum venue. The badge must be worn in a visible place.

The badge is personalized and may not be transferred to third parties.

If your badge is lost or damaged, you should contact any accreditation desk or Help Desk. A lost badge will be blocked and a duplicate will then be issued based on a written application from the badge holder.

What do I need to check before picking up my badge?

If changes have been made to your identity document (passport) after you completed the application to participate in the Forum, the data in your Roscongress personal account must be edited.

To make changes to any fields that are blocked for editing, please contact the specialist that you spoke with when registering for the Forum.

Upload a scanned copy of your passport and a photo of yourself

For your badge to be issued, you must first upload a scanned copy of your passport (pages 2 and 3) to your Roscongress personal account (tab ‘My Events – Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum – Event dashboard – Personal Information – Edit Data’).

Please make sure that the scanned copy is legible and contains complete information about the data you gave when registering, including the series and number of the document, the issuing date, the issuing authority, and a photo.

Formats: JPG, JPEG, PDF, PNG.

Photo requirements:

How do I know when my badge is ready?

You can check whether your badge is ready using one of the following methods:

* The specialist’s contact information is provided in the Roscongress personal account.

How do I pick up my badge?

Participants can pick up their badges in person by presenting:

When issuing the badge, the accreditation operator checks the data specified in the application to ensure it matches the information in your identity document. If the data does not match, the badge cannot be issued on the day you applied for it.

How do I pick up a badge for another participant / group of participants?

To pick up a badge for another participant by proxy, the authorized individual must present:

When issuing the badge, the accreditation operator checks the data specified in the application to ensure it matches the information in your identity document. If the data does not match, the badge cannot be issued on the day you applied for it.

Standard_power_of_attorney_form_on behalf_of_legal_entity

Standard example of how to complete power of attorney form on behalf of legal entity

The power of attorney is invalid without a list, copies of passports, and the original consent forms for the processing of personal data for all accredited participants. Copies of passports will be returned after badges are issued.

Consent form for the processing of your personal data

PCR test to activate your badge

The accreditation badge to access the venue is activated based on your PCR test. The test must be taken at a specialized laboratory of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) set up at the Forum.

You must present your badge or ID for the PCR test. The ID is the participant’s identification number in the Roscongress personal account. It is given next to the participant’s photo.

If you take a PCR test that is not connected to your participant ID, you will not be able to transfer data to the accreditation centre or activate the badge to enter the venue.

A test is not required to receive a badge. You can get an accreditation badge first and then take the test, or vice versa.

Where do I pick up my badge?

You must pick up your badge in advance at the Accreditation Centre in St. Petersburg.

Where When Time
Accreditation Centre 1
(Outlet Village Pulkovo, 60/1,
Pulkovskoye shosse) 		17–23 July
24 July
25 July
26–27 July
28 July 		10:00–19:00
07:30–22:30
07:30–23:59
00:00–23:59
00:00–15:00

For additional information, please contact the Forum information centre:

+7 (812) 406 7471

russia-africa@roscongress.org

“We highly value the results of our joint work at the summit. I am sure the achieved results are creating a good foundation for further deepening the Russia-Africa partnership in the interests of our nations’ prosperity and wellbeing.”

President of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Putin

The Russia–Africa Summit, which is taking place in Sochi on 23–24 October 2019, encapsulates the historically friendly relations between the African continent and the Russian Federation. This Summit carries great significance as it is the first of its kind to emerge during a period of major global and international transformations. In response to the aspirations of the people it is representing, the Summit intends to build a comprehensive framework for expanding Russian–African relations into broader horizons of joint cooperation across different fields.

The African nations and Russia share a common understanding of international relations, based on the principles of respect for the rule of international law, equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of states, and the peaceful resolution of disputes. Both sides affirm their commitment to support multilateral actions to oppose new international threats, be they terrorism and extremism in all their forms, or declining growth rates. The two sides share a firm conviction regarding the importance of developing trade flows and supporting mutual investment in such a way as to ensure security, peace and development for the African and Russian people.

African countries have huge potential and opportunities that will allow them, once efforts to streamline their economies have been achieved, to emerge as real global players. In recent years, the nations of this continent have achieved major successes spanning the political, economic, social and administrative spheres. Africa has flourished in terms of growth over the past decade, reaching a continent-wide growth rate of 3.55% in 2018.

The African Union Summit, which was held in Niger in July 2019, continued the efforts of the African countries and saw the African Continental Free Trade Agreement come into force, along with its operational instruments. The agreement is one of the key objectives of Agenda 2063, an African development strategy that has been created to address the African people’s desire for prosperity and decent living standards.

These successes are opening up wide-ranging prospects for cooperation between African countries and the Russian Federation, and confirm the determination of African governments and their people to cooperate with multiple partners in order to establish mutually beneficial relations.

With this in mind, we express our hopes that the Russia–Africa Summit will help in the establishment of constructive strategic relations, based on partnership between two sides across various fields, and in the service of fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the African people and their friends in Russia.

President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Abdelfattah ALSISI