Results of 2025: filling the personnel gap and achieving technological sovereignty

The year 2025 has become a time of confident development and scaling of successful practices for the Reliable Change Foundation. Staying true to the mission – to develop a social elevator for young people – the P Foundationrovel 39 projectHe opened new directions that meet the demands of the time and industry. 

In the past year, almost 25,000 school students, students of specialized universities, colleges and technical schools, as well as current specialists from major companies, were united under one wing, said the director of the foundation. Artem Korolev: "2025 has become a time of qualitative leap for Reliable Change: the geography of projects has expanded, integration with industrial partners has deepened. The Foundation has not only maintained its status as a social elevator for young people, but has also strengthened its position as a driver of technological development in key sectors of Russia." 

The foundation's events and initiatives are aimed at career guidance for young people and the training of qualified personnel for Russia's leading industries. Within their framework, participants not only work on key tasks for the country and master important professional competencies, but also get the opportunity to express themselves, decide on their future profession, and take a huge step towards starting and developing a successful career. The reward for the best students is additional USE points, students undergo paid internships with the prospect of further employment, and career promotions await specialists. 

The flagship project remains International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, which is carried out with the support ofthe Presidential Platform "Russia is a land of Opportunity". The XIII season continued the tradition ofIn recent years, we have invited 20,451 young people of all ages to solve cases on the main topic "Technological Innovations" compiled by Russia's leading industry companies based on real-world production situations. 

Putting aside their daily chores and worries, the contestants managed to develop promising projects to introduce innovations into production that contribute to achieving technological sovereignty and the formation of a strong and competitive national economy. The winners and prize-winners in 2025 were 75 teams consisting of students, schoolchildren and young professionals.

CASE-IN continues to strengthen international cooperation. Competitions were held for the first time BRICS League of Young Professionals+, and the representatives CIS countries This is the third year in the championship. This year, citizens of 10 foreign countries solved engineering cases: Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Egypt, India, Iran, China and South Africa. 

One of the important innovations was "Factory of engineering thought" – a project aimed at solving urgent sectoral and regional problems of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes. In the fall and winter of 2025, it brought together more than 1,700 students who generated fresh ideas for digital transformation and energy development in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. 

In 2025, the CASE-IN family included a student The Future of Rosneft Festival, the partner of which was PJSC Rosneft. The company has been supporting the championship since 2017, providing young people with prospects for personal and career growth. The best ideas will be reviewed for further implementation after completion.

Leading industry companies not only prepare assignments for participants and invite the authors of the best ideas to paid internships, but also conduct under the auspices of CASE-IN your own competitions. An example is Leagues of working specialties of SGK and PJSC ROSSETI where college and college students mastered important skills for future professionals, decided on their future profession, and learned about growth opportunities in the industry. 

The experience of the CASE-IN to fill the personnel deficit twice a year was represented in the State Duma of the Russian Federation – at the round table "How to raise a generation of engineers for Russia: from motivating representatives to education and employment" and at an expanded meeting of the expert council under the State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education on the topic "Startup as a diploma: training personnel for an innovative economy." 

The results of the survey conducted by the Presidential Platform "Russia – the Land of Opportunities" confirm the high level of trust and involvement of the participants of the CASE-IN championship, said the First Deputy Director of the Reliable Change Foundation Olga Zubok: "The NPS of the championship was almost 90%, and the average score reached 9.6 points out of 10. For us, this is an important signal that the format of the championship, its content and organization find a lively response from the participants. Such indicators motivate us to develop CASE-IN, expand opportunities for young people, and strengthen the professional community around all of the foundation's engineering projects."

Summing up the results of the championship at a press conference in TASS, the foundation identifies key development vectors for the future. In 2026, the CASE-IN will be dedicated to the topic "Technologies of the Future" and is aimed at fulfilling one of the key goals set out in the Concept of Technological Development of Russia until 2030 – the achievement of technological sovereignty.

The Championship is a community of like–minded people and adherents of the engineering craft, who, sharing knowledge and accumulated experience, continue to develop and work on large-scale projects. 

The strongest participants are united by The CASE-IN Winners' Club. The winners and prize-winners of different years spread effective engineering practices on the foundation's projects, as well as contribute to the popularization of the championship and engineering education. 

CASE-IN educational clubs they are actively developing and already operatingt in 15 regMonk of Russia. In extracurricular activities, students in grades 5-11 strengthen their engineering and general scientific skills, acquire production thinking, and solve real-world problems. The students also actively participate in the CASE-IN championship, getting acquainted with leading industries and achieving high results: students from 7 schools managed to make it to the finals of the Autumn Cup-2025.

Strengthens its position CASE-IN Simulator – an educational platform that includes an extensive database of cases, as well as helps to integrate the case method into the educational system of universities and the work processes of companies, to evaluate the skills of students and employees. This year, the project was highly appreciated at the Innovation in Education Competition, and also became a semi-finalist for the prestigious Startech award.Awards.

The forum "Teachers of Russia - Innovations in education" It was held with the active participation of the foundation. During meetings with school leaders and teachers in Perm, Petrozavodsk, Tolyatti, Tomsk, Pyatigorsk and Novy Urengoy, ambassadors and experts spoke about the important role of the Foundation's projects in training the next generation of specialists for companies in the fuel and energy complex, the Moscow Energy Complex, the nuclear industry and related industries.

Traditionally, the foundation organizes youth forums where different generations of current and future specialists gather. In 2025 on Youth Days of the International Forum "Russian Energy Week" and The Caucasian Investment Forum, as well as on The International Oil and Gas Youth Forum industry youth talked with the heads of relevant ministries and shared their views on the key vectors of Russia's development.

REN Youth Day It became a venue for the final competitions of the Reliable Shift Foundation projects. One of them is the IT championship of the oil industry. The anniversary season brought together representatives of 45 companies and 33 universities in Russia and Belarus. The finalists presented effective solutions aimed at eliminating unplanned downtime using artificial intelligence. The winners and prize-winners received cash certificates totaling 1,500,000 rubles, and well-deserved awards were presented to them by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak.

To develop strategies for the development of the industry until 2035 – this was the task set for 660 participants. Youth Global Forecast of energy Development. The winners and prize-winners not only received expert recognition, but also presented their ideas at MD REN. By the way, the student Forecast course was held for the first time under the auspices of the CASE-IN championship.

The winners were also determined at the MD REN venue. The All-Russian competition of final qualifying papers and diploma research "GENERATION OF THE FUTURE". The students presented their thesis studies to the expert commission and entered into discussions with the heads of the fuel and energy complex on key topics.

On XIII Youth Scientific and Practical Forum "Mining School" Employees of SUEK enterprises arrived in Berdsk, Novosibirsk region. Over the course of five competitive days, they found effective solutions on the topic "End-to-end technologies in a mining enterprise: shaping technological leadership", established professional contacts and received inspiration for future victories. 

Successfully conducted II All-Russian championship on the tabular editor P7 office. For the second year now, he has been ensuring an effective transition to domestic software and improving the professional level of users in using office software products to solve business problems.

For several years now, the foundation has been developing baseball in Russia. "Baseball joined the fund's project portfolio back in 2022, when we organized the first children's and youth Olympic Cup "All Stars" tournament. Since then, the tournament has been bringing together the strongest young baseball players and fans," said the foundation's Deputy Director of Development and head of the Play for 5 project Ksenia Koroleva. – The accumulated experience helps us to successfully develop and scale the sports field: in 2025, the foundation became the winner grant competition of the Potanin Foundation "Sport for All" with a project aimed at the development of baseball-5 in Russian universities."

It was also an eventful year for the director of the Artyom Korolev Foundation. He became the winner of the All-Russian Manager of the Year Competition, presenting the CASE-IN championship to specialists from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Expert Council of the Government Commission for Management Training, Russian universities and the business community.

In August 2025 Artem Korolev launched his Telegram channel, which has been subscribed to by more than 350 people in four months. In his publications, the ideological inspirer of the foundation highlights the results of projects, shares management methods and new trends, and touches on issues of leadership and values.

The success of the foundation and the industry youth would not have been possible without a cohesive team of like-minded people, which has 63 employees.

 from 20 Russian cities from Moscow to Novosibirsk, as well as from Egypt and Turkey.  By combining their best professional qualities, they annually raise the bar in the organization of youth educational projects, earning the trust of partners, relevant ministries and departments of Russia.

And these are not all the projects and victories of the Reliable Change Foundation in 2025. You can learn more about all the ongoing projects at the link. To stay up to date with the latest developments, we recommend subscribing to our newsletter. 

"The year 2025 has confirmed the foundation's status as a key operator in the system of career guidance and career development for young people, – Artyom Korolev summed up. – Thanks to the synergy of education, business and the state, the project participants not only acquired in-demand skills, but also made a real contribution to the technological development of Russia." 

We are proud to celebrate the achievements of the young people and thank them for their initiative and dedication! We look forward to seeing everyone on projects in 2026 – together we are creating the future!