ENERGY FOR PEOPLE - JSC Gazprom Neft

SOCIAL POLICYEnergy for lifeENERGY FOR PEOPLEThe Company seeks to become oneof the industry leaders in efficiencyand is interested in the recruitment oftalented specialists. The key areas ofpersonnel development in the Companyinclude working with young specialists,building a personnel reserve, creatinga comprehensive continuing trainingsystem which would embrace allcategories of personnel and all levels ofmanagement.The main purpose of cooperation – isto recruit talented graduates to work forthe Company. In 2009 the Companyunits recruited 305 young specialists.EMPLOYEE PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENTGazprom Neft is traditionally committedto the professional development of itspersonnel. In 2009 1290 employeesreceived training. The training rateremains high (over 1.1) in the last threeyears. In 2009 training and professionaldevelopment costs totaled 105.550 mlnrub.Gazprom Neft’s professional trainingsystem is designed to comply withthe requirements of the Company’sbusiness and its corporate culture.Gazprom Neft’s training anddevelopment programs include threemain sections: professional trainingprograms designed to provideknowledge and skills for particularspecialties and functions, corporateand management competencedevelopment programs, and businessawareness development programs.Personnel training and developmentprograms comprise additional corporatemandatory training and developmentof the personnel reserve and youngspecialists.In 2009 642 persons attended corporatemanagement competence developmenttrainings for Company personnel, whichis five times more than in the previousperiod.In 2009 the Company introducedmodular programs for thecomprehensive development ofmanagement potential of GazpromNeft personnel, managers of variouslevels, “Business Leaders”, “SuccessVector”, “Growth Managers”, and“Growth Managers +”. The programswere developed based on an analysisof the Company business needs. Theprograms are designed to train 250-280persons annually in total.In 2009 the Company launched a largeproject for proficiency developmentof its personnel. It started designinga professional competence systemfor specific activities followed byassessment and focus on aspects ofthe personnel target development.For personnel the key career planningtool is Individual Development Plans,which are prepared taking into accountthe requirements for a specific position,assessment results of employeedevelopment capabilities, and alsoopinions of line managers and mentors.SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYThe Company approved a “CharityPolicy” setting out the principles andobjectives of Gazprom Neft’s charitableactivities, major priorities and rules ofspecific projects.JSC Gazprom Neft’s key charitablepriorities are determined by thefollowing programs:AASupport of children and youthAARegional cooperationAASupport of sports.Total charitable expenses, includingthose under socio-economicagreements with the regions of theCompany’s operation, were over 800mln rub. in the reporting period.The activities of the Charity Commissionset up by JSC Gazprom Neft in 2008allowed the Company to systematizeits charitable activities and to workon priority areas. It helped reducetotal expenses (financing of sportsorganizations, indirect supportthrough charitable organizations,foundations and associations wasscaled down), while at the same timeincreased the funding of social aidprograms for orphanages, schools andboarding schools, cultural institutions,administrations of the districts, cities andregions where the Company operates.Over several years the Company hasbeen actively involved in financingprofessional and amateur sportsand is one of the largest sponsors ofprofessional sports among Russian oilcompanies: Gazprom Neft supportsZenit Football Club (Saint-Petersburg),Avangard Hockey Club (Omsk) and SKAHockey Club (Saint-Petersburg).In the future the Company will continueits commitment to strategic priorities,first and foremost, to supporting thehealth and development of childrenand youth and, when determiningthe charitable targets and the scopeof charitable programmes, will do itsutmost to take into account the opinionsand expectations of all interestedparties.These priorities apply to both the socioeconomicagreements with the regionsof operation and to specific charitableprograms and projects.Thus, in 2008 in the settlement of Purpe,construction of a sports-and-fitnesscenter was undertaken (acceptanceof the facilities is scheduled for 2010),in 2009 renovation of the stadium wascompleted in Muravlenko town (Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District).In Noyabrsk town JSC Gazprom Neft-Noyabrskneftegaz continues to supportsuch children’s sports events like theMini-Football Town Championship forNoyabrsk school children, MotorcrossCompetition for the Yamal-NenetsAutonomous District Cup, and Mini-Football Tournament.In 2009, supported by JSCGazprom Neft – Vostok school childrenfrom Kargasoksky and ParabelskyDistricts of the Tomsk Region, and fromthe Tarsky District of the Omsk Regionspent their holidays at children’s holidaycenters.OJSC Gazprom Neft-Omsk Refineryis implementing a special-purposeprogram: “To Provide Assistanceto Educational Institutions in theBolsherechie Municipal District”.It has become a tradition to holdthe Interregional Gazprom Neft CupChildren’s Ice Hockey Tournament.In 2007 the first tournament tookplace in Omsk supported by theOmsk Region government boastingover 100 participants from Tyumen,Omsk, Tomsk, Noyabrsk, Salekhardand Khanty-Mansiisk. 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