"CASE-IN" – an opportunity for growth: the youth policy of the fuel and energy complex was discussed at REN

Heads of the Ministry of Energy, Rosmolodezh, Presidential Platform "Russia is a land of opportunity" 33 fuel and energy companies met as part of the Youth Day of the Russian Energy Week International Forum. They discussed cooperation in the framework of the youth policy of the fuel and energy complex in 2022.

At the round table "Fuel and Energy Complex for Youth", the largest fuel and energy sector employers presented plans for the implementation of youth policy and projects in 2022, and together with representatives of the leadership of the Ministry of Energy of Russia, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, Rosmolodezh, ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" formed formats of support, coordination and cooperation for 2022.

The meeting was attended by 33 companies of fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes: JSC SO UES, PJSC RusHydro, PJSC SIBUR Holding, PJSC ROSSETI, JSC NIPIGAZ, PJSC Tatneft, GC ROSATOM, PJSC T Plus, PJSC Quadra", Gazprom PJSC, Gazprom VNIIGAZ LLC, Mosenergo PJSC, Gazprom Energoholding LLC, LUKOIL LLC and others.

Opening the meeting, the State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia Anastasia Bondarenko She noted that many corporate projects have become the hallmark of the youth policy of the Fuel and energy Complex and have created opportunities for young people to prove themselves in the profession. "The face of any company is its specialists, and especially young people, who will undoubtedly determine the agenda of tomorrow. The largest employers are pursuing their own policy of forming a personnel reserve, but we urge them to integrate and cooperate more closely with the authorities. Work with young people at the state level should be synchronized with the activities of companies. This will allow us to train promising personnel who will contribute to achieving our goals.", Anastasia Bondarenko said.

CEO of the presidential platform "Russia − the land of Opportunities" Alexey Komissarov He spoke about the support of the "CASE-IN" championship as one of the events of the "Fuel and Energy Complex for Youth" plan. The "International Engineering CASE-IN Championship" has been included in our platform since 2019. It allows schoolchildren to get additional USE points for admission to 42 universities, students can enroll in master's and postgraduate studies on preferential terms, as well as receive invitations to practice or internship from an ever-growing pool of employers. For young professionals, the championship serves as an engine for professional and career growth. Now all our projects and contests are available to the participants of the "CASE-IN" championship. In addition to the championship, every student, student or young professional can find an interesting project that will allow them to learn something new and realize their potential. We already have many examples where CASE-IN participants have achieved success in our other projects, Olympiads and competitions. We expect that the initiatives of the Russia – Land of Opportunity platform will be in demand and useful for the youth of the fuel and energy complex."

Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Pavel Abramov He said that there are 40 million young people in Russia, and issues of their support are widely discussed at the government level. "Rosmolodezh, in cooperation with its partners, places great emphasis on this work. In particular, we are holding an All-Russian grant competition for young people from 14 to 35 years old, where children can try their hand at various fields: volunteering, mass media, healthy lifestyle, family institution and much more. Our winners have the opportunity to receive grants of up to 3 million rubles. By conducting such projects, we encourage young people to make new big discoveries, help them discover their talents at the federal level and climb the career ladder.", – he emphasized.

In turn, the director of the Reliable Change Foundation Artem Korolev He shared the results of a study on youth policy conducted among 44 fuel and energy companies.: "93% of companies have youth councils that are engaged in physical education, tourism and cultural events, social volunteerism, career guidance and youth development. 64% of companies have a targeted set of students, and the most common formats of work with universities are partnerships without separate funding: targeted programs, recruitment of interns, joint events (52%); support for projects and competitions of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities", in particular the CASE–IN engineering championship, the competition managers of the Leaders of Russia, Student of the Year competition, and others (25%); and 19% implement scholarship programs at universities, purchase equipment, etc."

The study showed that companies most often work with schoolchildren through specialized groups and classes (23%) or hold school Olympiads (21%).

Also, according to the results of the study, 95% of companies continue to work with young professionals: adaptation, mentoring, and motivation support programs are being implemented. According to employers, these programs help to adapt young professionals to production, fill in narrow-profile specialties, prevent staff outflow and strengthen the talent pool.

The most effective practices of working with young people were presented to the participants of the round table by representatives of the management of industry companies: HR Director of JSC SO UES Bayrta Perveyeva, Managing Director for Production Efficiency, SIBUR LLC Rustam Galiakhmetov, Acting Deputy General Director for Personnel Management of ROSSETI FGC UES (PJSC FGC UES) Julia Kuznetsova, Head of the Personnel Assessment and Development Department of LUKOIL-MCPB LLC Oleg Romanovsky and Director of the Department of Personnel Management and Organizational Development of PJSC RusHydro Alexey Tkachev.

The meeting will result in another All-Russian Youth Action Plan aimed at popularizing the fuel and energy complex, energy conservation, and engineering and technical education ("Fuel and Energy Complex for Youth"). Since 2019, the plan has been jointly implemented by the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Education, Rosmolodezh and the presidential platform "Russia – the Land of Opportunities".

The organizers of the REN Youth Day are the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Roscongress Foundation, the Moscow Government, the Russian Society Znanie and the Reliable Change Foundation.  The co-organizer is the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh).