Annual report 2010

13. Public RelationsWith a view to create communications mechanismfor implementing best practices of the internationalscience and electricity distribution managementin the Russian electricity distributiongrid sector and to train international-level managerialprofessionals under Agreement 2009 forcooperation with MGIMO and the InternationalInstitute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy) of theMoscow State Institute of International Relations(University) of the MFA of Russia, the Companyestablished a basic chair for Economics andManagement in the Electricity Industry at MIEPMGIMO. In 2010, 18 trainees who had passed competitiveselection and represented various operatingSDCs of the Company began training underMVA program for the Management and Regulationof Economic Activities in the InternationalElectricity Industry.The participation of the Company and its SDCs inspecialized congresses, forums, roundtables andexhibitions contributes to the strengthening ofdomestic and international business reputation ofthe management and operating companies, thecreation of favorable conditions for the developmentof cooperation with the internationalenergy entities, the world’s leading developersand manufacturers of electric grid equipment, theintegration of best foreign practices into electricgrid management, high technologies and innovativesolutions.“Electric Grids of Russia 2010,” in which IDGCHolding for the first time participated as a uniteddelegation of 250 people led by CEO of theCompany and had a common stand, attended bythe representatives of about 300 companies duringthe exhibition. The Company entered into anAgreement for Cooperation with the BaumanMoscow State Technical University and organizedthe business forum titled “Electricity DistributionGrid Sector of Russia on the Way to Upgrading.”Its final document sets forth the recommendationsfor implementing innovations and energyconservation technologies in the electricity distributiongrids, the concept of technical regulationin the field of capital construction of theelectric grid facilities, specifies the peculiaritiesof operation and technical upgrading of cablepower lines and updates the problem of trainingpersonnel for Russia’s electricity distributiongrids.During the exhibition, the united stand of IDGCHolding hosted a number of negotiations with therepresentatives of foreign companies such asSiemens, Germany; LG International, the Republicof Korea; FurukawaElectric, Japan; Schneider -Electric, France. The Company entered into agreementswith its Russian partners, including ToliattiTransformer, OOO NPP Bolid, OOO Seba Spektrum.During 2010, the employees of the JSC IDGCHolding group attended more than 70 exhibitionsand conferences. The most notable one was the12th International Specialized Exhibition109