MOSCOW: The VI International Municipal Forum (IMF) of the BRICS countries will take place in Moscow on 27th-28th August 2024 as part of Russia’s BRICS Chairmanship. According to TV BRICS, delegations from 126 countries have been invited to participate in the forum.
The IMF BRICS concept was presented by the Forum Organising Committee at the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The programme includes 13 areas of work and more than 70 business events. The issues of international municipal cooperation, economy, digital technologies, industry, energy, urban infrastructure, transport, ecology, healthcare, education, science, culture, sports and tourism will be discussed. The business programme will be accompanied by a large-scale exhibition, which will include the annual international exhibitions “DIGITECH+” and “Mechanical engineering: strategies and technologies”.
Cities and regions of most BRICS countries have already confirmed their participation in the forum. “To date, more than 40 foreign delegations h
ave confirmed their participation, including those from Brazil, China, India, UAE, Iran, and Ethiopia. Delegations from Egypt and South Africa are tentatively ready to join the event. The work with foreign participants does not stop. I am sure that there will be even more of them,” said Vyacheslav Manuilov, Deputy Head of the Department for External Economic and International Relations of Moscow.
Mikhail Sverdlov, Director of the BRICS Business Communications Support Foundation, said that about 5,000 participants from 500 cities of different countries are expected, including representatives from all over Russia. “Representatives of all 89 regions of the Russian Federation will come to the forum. They include mayors of megacities, heads of regions, representatives of authorities – in general, all those who are responsible for the functioning of cities as a single system,” he told TV BRICS.
The VI BRICS International Municipal Forum will be held at the exhibition venue, “Expocentre”.
The event is supported b
y the Presidential Administration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and the Roscongress Foundation, with the Moscow City Government as the General Partner.
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