The championship is based on the successful experience of the All-Russian Case-solving Championship in the field of mining, which for two years was held by the Youth Forum of Mining Leaders, the largest independent youth platform of the mining sector in Russia. In two years, the project has established itself as a leading youth project in the mining industry. In particular, the Championship became the winner of the All–Russian competition of youth projects and educational initiatives in the field of energy within the framework of the ENES International Forum and was twice awarded the diploma of the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak in 2013 and 2014 and entered the top 100 youth projects of the All-Russian Student Forum 2013.
Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation: «Carrying out such a large and innovative educational project will bring together the most promising young professionals from Russia and Kazakhstan and will contribute to a deeper acquaintance with their future profession, increase the level of professional training and more active involvement in the life of the industry.».
Anatoly Yanovsky, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation: «According to the Russian Ministry of Energy, the Championship will help identify and support promising students and postgraduates of specialized universities, promote their acquisition of practical knowledge, experience and new competencies, enhance the image of a fuel and energy sector employee and popularize engineering and technical education.».
Sergey Donskoy, Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation: «The championship helps to more actively attract the attention of the best youth representatives to the issues of rational subsurface use and environmental protection in mining, to increase the interest of young people in the profession of a miner and geologist, as well as to develop practical knowledge and competencies and leadership attitudes among future industry leaders.».
The Championship implements the requirements laid down in Federal State Educational Standards for the introduction of interactive teaching methods for the successful implementation of a competence-based approach. The success of the Championship as a modern interactive educational project made it possible to include it in the Concept of improving the system of training, professional retraining and advanced training of personnel for coal industry organizations, approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and the Ministry of Energy of Russia.
The Agency for Strategic Initiatives for the Promotion of New Projects (ASI) evaluates the Championship as a successful attempt to complement traditional educational programs with practice-oriented components developed jointly with enterprises of the real sector: "The support of such projects from both the government and the business community should become one of the priorities for the whole country in the foreseeable future.The support from the state proves the practical value of the Championship, its role as an effective link between higher professional education and enterprises of one of the main branches of the country's fuel and energy complex.