Annual report 2010

12. Human Resources and Social ResponsibilityFor the purposes of raising the educational levelof the engineering personnel of IDGCs, theCompany cooperates with the Moscow State OpenUniversity (MSOU), having in place a well-developedbranch chain in all regions in which IDGCsoperate and conducting distant training courses.The second important area of personnel trainingas part of implementing the Programs ofMaintaining and Developing the WorkforceCapacity of the distribution grid sector companiesis development of the professional personneltraining, development and retraining system.In the context of growing requirements for thequalifications level of the operational personnelof the distribution grid sector enterprises, it isextremely important to ensure the developmentof continued professional personnel training,development, retraining and further vocationaltraining system toward broad use of the potentialof regional training centers. IDGCs are thefounders of their own licensed training centerssatisfying the basic needs of IDGCs for engineeringpersonnel needs.The training centers of IDGCs in collaborationwith the founder companies and JSC IDGC Holdingaccomplish the objectives of updating the list andcontent of training programs, re-equipping theengineering training base, implementing newforms of training and checking knowledge andskills.With a view to coordinate and provide methodologysupport for the activities of regional trainingcenters, to shape common requirements for theprofessional training of IDGCs personnel, in 2010,a specialized chair of JSC IDGC Holding for theOperation of Electricity distribution grids wasestablished by Non-profit Partnership UPSCorporate Power Engineering University.Social ResponsibilityIDGC Holding established high standards of socialresponsibility for its employees. All enterprises ofthe Holding Company are members of the All-Russian Industrial Association of ElectricityIndustry Employers (RaEl Association), which,together with All-Russian Electric Trade Union, isa party to social partnership involved in executingthe industrial tariff agreement, the principal documentgoverning social and employment relationsin the electricity industry.In accordance with the provisions of collectiveagreements developed under the industrial tariffagreement in the electricity industry for 2009-2011, the Holding Company enterprises, in 2010,ensured the indexing and timely payment ofsalary to employees, the payment of benefits andthe rendering of welfare assistance due to familycommitments, voluntary health insurance foremployees, insurance against accidents anddeseases, the participation of employees in privatepension programs and the improvement oftheir housing conditions.In 2010, 2896 employees of IDGC Holdingreceived corporate awards; 1,032 employees,institutional awards; national awards werebestowed to 9 employees of IDGC Holding.JSC IDGC Holding paid great attention to sportsdevelopment and health protection of personnel.In 2010, the second All-Russian summer and winterSpartakiads were held among the power engineersof the electricity distribution grid sector.The employees took part in the final competitionsheld in Moscow among 13 teams, namely: morethan 320 people, in the summer games; more than190 sportsmen from among power engineers, inthe winter games.97