More than 35,000 proposals for the development of the country were submitted to the forum "Strong Ideas for a new age"

The largest number of offers were received in the social area. Among them, projects aimed at instilling a healthy lifestyle, as well as the latest technologies in the social sphere, are leading the way. Considerable attention is paid to the support of families and youth: the development of readiness for family life, the revival of villages and villages, an increase in the birth rate, support for large families and members of their families with their relatives.

Collection of initiatives for the forum "Strong Ideas for a New Age", organized by ASI and the Roscongress Foundation with the support of VEB.Russian Federation, ended on June 1. To the idea crowd platform.Roscongress.The Russian Federation has submitted more than 35 thousand decisions, the number of registered users of the platform is almost 600 thousand people. The number of ideas submitted to the forum in 2025 exceeded last year's figures, when citizens submitted 30.7 thousand projects. The third season of the Know Our Growing Russian Brands competition also broke the record of previous years — it received 14 thousand applications.

"Every year, the number of ideas submitted to the forum is growing — participants see real support for projects from the organizers and partners. It is important that many initiatives born in the local environment eventually grow into large-scale federal projects. This is confirmed by the success of the forums of the past years, where such projects have been widely disseminated and supported at the federal level, which contributes to the development of the regions and the whole country. The same can be said about the brand competition, which gives regional brands real tools for multiple growth," says Maxim Oreshkin, head of the forum's organizing committee and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.

In 2025, the social direction became the most popular again, collecting almost 50% of the total number of ideas. In second and third places in popularity are the National Entrepreneurial Initiative (6.1 thousand ideas) and the National Environmental and Climate Initiative (3.7 thousand). In addition to social issues, the topics of ideas showed great interest in economic development (support for local products), innovation (new technologies), creative initiatives (creative projects) and personnel policy. (providing specialists in key industries).

"The forum "Strong Ideas for a New Age" is a point of attraction for initiatives that can change the country today. It is important for us to support leaders who propose concrete solutions based on the values of development, technological sovereignty and social well-being. This year we will hear about new names and projects that will become part of positive changes and make a real contribution to the development of Russia," said Anton Kobyakov, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation and Executive Secretary of the Forum organizing Committee.

It can be noted that the ideas for the 2025 forum came from all over the country and from abroad. In particular, from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Germany, China, the USA, India and Ethiopia. Bashkortostan, Nizhny Novgorod and Saratov regions, Moscow and Mordovia are among the leading regions.

entrepreneurs. The most popular categories were "Food", "Consumer goods" and "Creative", and the most active regions were Bashkiria (2.4 thousand), Tatarstan (1.6 thousand) and Moscow (996).

After the completion of the application campaign, an expert assessment was launched, as well as the selection of finalists and winners. It is planned to identify several leaders in each main nomination. They will receive unique prizes not only from nominating partners, but also from general sponsors. Winners will be able to receive support spanning business connections, educational growth, brand media promotion, and strategic partnerships.

"The Strong Ideas for a New Age Forum serves as both a platform for the presentation of strong projects and a multi-format support tool. We see that this year there has been a growing interest in brand promotion and in implementing our own ideas across a wide range of thematic blocks, and our task is to help the best reach a new level and proudly represent our country," said Alexander Stuglev, Chairman of the Management Board and Director of the Roscongress Foundation.

All ideas submitted to the forum will also receive an appropriate assessment from experts. Specialists will prepare the tops of the best projects, which will be presented to the country's leadership during the face-to-face part. Every year, the organizers of the forum, together with regional authorities and partners, support about 1,000 projects.

The forum "Strong Ideas for a New Age", as well as the award ceremony for the winners of the competition, will be held in Moscow on July 15-17, 2025.