Happy New Year and let's share our victories!

Dear colleagues, dear friends!

The Reliable Change Foundation team sincerely wishes you a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!

In 2023, our projects helped 25,000 schoolchildren, students and young professionals to show their best skills and talents. You were focused on a successful outcome, so you developed promising solutions and told the industry community about your bold ideas. Thank you for your perseverance, determination and resourcefulness!

The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" has traditionally become the center of attraction for ambitious guys. In 11 years, the project has grown from a small startup to a prestigious international competition, which is being talked about by young people and experts in different countries. The championship has established itself as a social elevator, thanks to which schoolchildren can decide on their future profession, students declare themselves to the largest companies and take the first step towards a successful career, and young professionals gain important professional knowledge and great opportunities to be included in the management reserve of companies.

The XI season of the CASE-IN championship brought together 13,5 thousand people. For the development of industry youth, we not only support established and beloved areas, but also open new ones. This year was marked by the development of the construction industry for the championship: as part of the main season, a special league "Architecture, Design and Construction" was held, and already at the Autumn Cup we organized the "Construction" direction for students.

We consider this experience to be successful and in 2024 we will hold competitions for schoolchildren in the field of Architecture, construction and housing and communal services in accordance with the Action Plan (Roadmap) to increase the prestige and demand for professions related to architecture and construction, as well as accelerated involvement of students in production processes, signed by the Deputy Chairman. The Government of the Russian Federation by Marat Khusnullin.

The Youth global forecast in 2023 was able to strengthen its position in the energy industry. More than 1,600 students and young professionals worked on topics related to Russian and global energy, and also developed strategies for the development of the industry until 2035, based on the legal regulation of the fuel and energy complex and the Energy Strategy of Russia. Although the winners in the project are its permanent leaders – the teams of St. Petersburg Mining University and JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" – the next season opened a lot of bright names with their original ideas.

We are keeping up with the times and changing so that young people can get maximum opportunities for comprehensive growth.

So, the "Mining School" was held in a new format. For the first time, the Moscow Region has welcomed ambitious young miners from SUEK enterprises, who have mastered new skills and developed proposals for the development of the mining industry.

The third IT Championship of the oil industry brought together specialists from oil companies in Russia and abroad, as well as students from specialized higher educational institutions.  The contestants created original IT solutions for the development of a digital communication system for employees of oil companies and contractors.

The new track of the oil industry IT championship was the competition for work in the Russian tabular editor "P7-Office". Participation in the project allowed the company's employees to effectively switch to new Russian software, develop IT competencies and improve their professional skills in using office software products to solve business problems.

We do not stop there and plan to expand the championship by opening a new track "Industrial Automation".

Schoolchildren are the youngest participants in our projects and, despite this, demonstrate mature and promising solutions beyond their years.

During the classes of the Reliable Shift energy group, they got acquainted with the profession of an energy engineer and prepared for the Unified State Exam. At the School League of the International Construction Championship, students in grades 8-10 decided on one of four professions and designed the cities of the future of Russia. The students used their skills to spend time on an industry shift at the All-Russian Children's Center "Orlyonok" and at the School of the Young Power Engineer at the All-Russian Children's Center "Smena".

Traditionally, we organize Youth Days at international industry forums, where different generations of current and future specialists gather. In 2023, at the All-Russian Occupational Safety Week and the Russian Energy Week International Forum, industry youth spoke with the heads of relevant ministries and companies and expressed their opinions on key issues of Russia's development.

Our digital solution continues to evolve. – A CASE-IN Simulator. The educational platform based on the case method has been expanded with another 800 tasks this year. New areas have been added, in particular, economics and business. In addition to new tasks, we are introducing functional changes that provide users with enhanced opportunities to use the interactive platform, in particular, uploading their own cases and assignments.

This year, the Winners' Club "CASE-IN" started its work. More than 200 schoolchildren, students and young professionals who have become winners and prize-winners of the CASE-IN championship over the years are helping to establish a connection between different generations of participants, spread best practices and engineering competencies, and popularize the championship and engineering education. In 2024, we look forward to expanding and we are waiting for bright and proactive guys with their bold ideas in the Club.

However, we are not only expanding the range of projects in the fuel and energy sector, but also moving into new areas for us.

For the second year in a row, we are organizing the Olympia All Stars Cup baseball tournament. This year, for the first time, we held a competition for the younger age group. In general, a baseball tournament is not only a competition where players are considered for inclusion in the Russian youth national teams, but also a big family celebration that we will certainly hold again.

And these are just a small part of the foundation's projects, which are a springboard for the development of our talented and motivated youth.

We promise that we will try and work hard so that all of you have as many opportunities as possible to become highly qualified specialists and make yourself known.

We are open to cooperation and look forward to seeing you on our projects in 2024!

Happy New Year!