JSC Atomenergoprom Annual Report

HR POLICY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY JSC ATOMENERGOPROM / ANNUAL REPORT / 136 The Rosatom Technical Academy specialises in continuing professional education and retraining of executives and specialists in the nuclear power industry. It is ROSATOM's educational, research and guidance centre focused on the safe use of nuclear energy, state security, operational and supporting processes. In addition, the Rosatom Technical Academy is an international platform for knowledge sharing and competence development in the nuclear industry; it also acts as a technology integrator providing training for the personnel of nuclear power plants. GRI 403-5 The portfolio of the Technical Academy comprises more than 400 continuing professional education programmes focused on nuclear and radiation safety, industrial safety, information security, occupational safety and health, NPP operation, design and construction, IT solutions that do not rely on imported technology, etc. In 2022, the Company continued to develop distance learning and e-learning formats. The share of distance learning stood at 37%. Digital competences and culture To achieve technological leadership, the Company continued to take steps to improve digital literacy among both JSC Atomenergoprom's employees and school and university students. Activities of Change Support Teams JSC Atomenergoprom has a tradition of supporting 'bottom- up' initiatives and thus enabling talented employees to fulfil their potential. Change Support Teams (CSTs) comprise proactive employees who implement projects to drive changes. Participation in the CSTS not only enables them to put their ideas into practice, but also provides an informal channel for prompt and direct communication with industry executives. In turn, this provides employees with new career opportunities and becomes an effective tool for developing future leaders at the local level. In 2022, more than 6,600 employees in the industry were involved in change projects through the CSTs. They took part in 64 new projects supporting the Company's key initiatives. 611 change experts were trained. Further steps were taken to develop the competences of workers and engineers. The focus of the work remains on assisting the participants of the movement in developing their change management and project management competences. 41,877 people underwent digital literacy training in 2022. The amount of training (measured as the number of participants multiplied by the number of completed courses) as part of a programme to assist end users in the transition to domestic software (Astra Linux and My Office) totalled 154,399 person-courses. Two programmes were implemented to support the development of digital competences of executives of the Company's enterprises: the Digital Production Management programme run jointly with Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and the Digital Transformation Management programme targeted at top-level CDOS (the coverage of the programme exceeds 250 person-courses). In addition, in 2022, a new event was held for IT specialists: the IT Core conference, where representatives the country's largest companies discussed the role of digital specialists in ensuring Russia's technological sovereignty, as well as matters related to cooperation between enterprises and students and teachers in the training of IT specialists. Employee training is accessible 24/7 through the RECORD Mobile training platform. It is available as both a mobile app and a web app. Overall, in 2022, users of the platform completed 1,188,182 courses totalling 1,351,230 man-hours (13% more than in 2021). The user satisfaction rating stands at 4.2 out of 5 points. In order to develop the Employee's Personal Account service (an online HR service), in 2022, a mobile version of the Employee's Personal Account was piloted in six organisations with a total headcount exceeding 15,000 people. The application can be used by workers and employees who have no access to desktop computers. The Digital Assistant Mark corporate service is a chatbot that enables employees to get a prompt response on popular services online (to find out the remaining leave, to file a leave application or a business trip request, to request a proof of income or copies of employment records, to contact the technical support for IT services, to recover the account password). It recognises questions in a chat with an employee (in the form of text or voice messages) and finds answers to them (for instance, about training, annual assessment, voluntary health insurance, etc.). The service is available in 85 organisations in the industry and has been used by 37,000 employees. The user rating stands at 4.2 out of 5 points. The Digital Recruitment corporate service, which includes an integrated career portal of the nuclear industry (https://rosatom-career.ru), is a digital platform for the recruitment and hiring of candidates. The career portal lists available vacancies, internships, work placements, as well as announcements of events for young people. In 2022, the career portal was visited by 750,000 people, with 31,000 people responding to vacancies. More than 2,500 vacancies have been posted simultaneously on the career portal. More than 80 organisations of the industry have access to the service. In 2022, the functionality of the Rosatom LIFE corporate social media platform was expanded. This is a digital platform for communication and teamwork that enables employees to create professional communities, find experts for their project teams, share knowledge, conduct surveys, manage tasks and use the event calendar. Since its launch, the platform has been used by 55,000 employees, and 900 communities have been created. The user rating stands at 4.3 out of 5 points. Participation of employees in external and industry-wide professional competitions: Leaders of Russia Employees of JSC Atomenergoprom and its organisations actively participate in the Leaders of Russia national management competition. 1,083 industry executives took part in the fourth season of this competition; three employees of JSC Atomenergoprom (including two women) won the super finals. Competitions and professional events Employees in the nuclear industry achieved impressive results in professional events and competitions. The Corporation's team (including representatives of JSC Atomenergoprom's organisations) topped the medal table of the High-Tech International Competition of High-Technology Professions for the eighth time. More than 230 employees from 10 divisions in the industry, as well as students and teachers from NRNU MEPHI took part in the competition. The team members won a total of 61 awards: 20 golds, 27 silvers and 14 bronzes. This is the highest medal count in the history of the competition. AtomSkills Industry-Wide Competition. The AtomSkills Competition is the world's largest corporate professional skills competition held in accordance with WorldSkills standards. In the reporting year, more than 1,400 people from 40 regions of Russia took part in the event and competed in 39 professional competences. 16 teams from the Engineering, Power Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Fuel and other Divisions of the Company took part in the competition. Traditionally, the competition featured about 200 students from nine universities led by the core university in the nuclear industry, NRNU MEPHI, as well as specialists from a number of large industrial companies. A junior programme was held for the first time; it was prepared by the Junior Council of the Corporation and ambassadors of the ROSATOM's Juniors movement. HR POLICY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY JSC ATOMENERGOPROM / ANNUAL REPORT / 137