The CASE-IN Championship is an effective mechanism for professional self–determination of young people

The projects of the Reliable Change Foundation are presented at the forum "Leaders of the real sector – personnel reserves of the future. Effective mechanisms of professional self-determination", held at the Russian University of Cooperation. As a result of joint work, representatives of the parliamentary corps, politicians, experts, as well as heads of educational organizations and companies formed proposals for the development of mechanisms for professional self-determination of young people.

Presenting educational projects to the expert community, Anna Sennikova, Head of the Methodological Support Group of the Reliable Shift Foundation, noted that the foundation's team, together with the largest industry companies in Russia, has been creating opportunities for the professional and personal development of schoolchildren, students and young professionals since 2007.

"In our projects, they work on key tasks for the industry, master competencies important for starting a successful career, get acquainted with leading professions and undergo paid internships," said Anna Sennikova. "Participants in the foundation's projects are talented and ready for global challenges, young people who enhance the prestige of engineering and technical education, improve key performance indicators and they are a catalyst for the development of the country's economy."

The foundation's projects are aimed at popularizing engineering and technical education and training the next generation of specialists for companies in the fuel and energy complex, the Moscow Energy Complex, the nuclear industry and related industries, Anna Sennikova added. 

Among the foundation's flagship projects is the International Engineering CASE–IN Championship, which is supported by the presidential platform "Russia is a Land of Opportunity." For 13 years, the Championship has been an effective platform for the formation of the personnel reserve of Russia's leading industries and the education of talented specialists who are able to think critically, analyze and solve complex production tasks, as well as have their own views on the key challenges of our time. 

In 2025, the CASE-IN is dedicated to the topic of "Technological Innovation" and brought together participants from the School and Student Leagues, as well as the League of Young Professionals. All leagues have the same competition mechanics, the speaker said: This is a team competition to solve cases – real engineering and business problems developed by analysts on behalf of partner companies, or the creation of an engineering project / layout, technical device.

Opens up new technologies in the fuel and energy complex and involves industry youth in forecasting the industry Youth global forecast of energy development. At the project, teams of students and young specialists analyze one of the key topics related to the Russian and global energy sectors, and then develop 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.

The IT championship of the oil industry is gaining popularity, where students and young specialists from Russia and the CIS countries create IT solutions for the development of a digital drilling complex and develop a promising set of software tools for modeling and automating technological processes. 

"The IT championship track, which has become an independent championship, the competition for working in the Russian tabular editor P7-Office, introduces employees to modern domestic software and allows companies to effectively implement it into their work processes," Anna Sennikova emphasized. 

The topics of increasing the popularity of fuel and energy professions and the development of the industry are discussed annually by students, young professionals and schoolchildren, as well as heads of government authorities, industry companies and universities on the Youth Day of the International Forum "Russian Energy Week". In a free discussion, the participants of the event exchange ideas and jointly form the youth agenda of the fuel and energy complex. In 2025, the main youth event will be held in October. 

Traditionally, the Youth Day program includes the final competitions of federal and corporate projects, including those organized by the Reliable Shift Foundation: CASE–IN competitions, the presentation of the Youth Global Forecast of Energy Development, the finals of the All-Russian Competition of final qualifying papers on electric power and Electrotechnical topics with the participation of the management of PJSC ROSSETI, the All-Russian Competition of Final Qualifying papers works and graduate studies "Generation of the future" and the IT championship of the oil industry, etc. 

In conclusion, Anna Sennikova invited the forum participants to join the foundation's projects in order to make their own contribution to the professional self-determination of young people.