FY 2012 - Investor Relations - NIS

chance, giving presentations on the Company andguest lectures as support to educational programsat the Faculties, support at preparation of students’research and graduation papers, promotion of Russianlanguage studying and, where there is an actual basisfor it, introduction of Russian as the first or the optionalforeign language.4) Presentations on the Company and the programsintended for the students were given at 7 Faculties ofthe Belgrade University (Faculty of Philology, Faculty ofElectrical Engineering and Technical Sciences, Faculty ofEconomy, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Facultyof Mining and Geology, Faculty of Traffic Engineering,Faculty of Mechanical Engineering) and 3 faculties ofthe Novi Sad University (Faculty of Technical Sciences,Faculty of Technology, Faculty of Natural Sciences andMathematics). A guest lecture was held in the area ofmarketing at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences.5) The cooperation with the Ministry of Youth andSport, Fund for young talents “Dositej” which providesscholarships for 1000 best students of the final years ofstudies in the Republic of Serbia is initiated.NIS also gives chance to talented students for acquiringof experience through work in a successful companywithin the framework of the program «Summer practice»,«10-hours-a-week practice», «Mandatory practice» inwhich, in 2012, over 100 students were included.Besides the personnel development program of theCompany and attraction of the talented students, a realizationof the program «NIS-class» was started throughcooperation with 2 secondary schools (Geological andHydro meteorological from Belgrade and Technical fromZrenjanin). The purpose of this cooperation is a contributionin forming of the expert personnel necessary toNIS, through education of experts with secondary schooldegree, as well as preparation of the secondary schoolstudents and their motivation for enrolling the Facultieswhich give the professional personnel required by NIS.Furthermore, we organize the «on-boarding/introductory»training for all newly employed colleagues. Thus,through group or individual training, our new colleaguesare given the basic information on the Company.In the framework of cooperation with theseschools NIS:• Signed contracts and annexes on strategiccooperation.• set Information booths at the premises of theSchool to inform studens of NIS and of theprogram of mutual cooperation.• NIS experts held the two lectures for students.A significant activity dealt by the Training and Developmentis testing, i.e. assessment of potential newly employed.Besides the stated activities, the Training and DevelopmentSector’s scope of activities also includes someother development activities of employees, such as, forexample, organization of team buildings for a Block,Function, Department, etc.During 2012, NIS allocated about 238 million RSD toprofessional development of employees.Training costs (in millions of RSD) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012Professional training costs 130 45 72 109 209Counselling costs 35 5 9 35 23Business association membership costs 1 1 1 2 5.8Total 166 50 81 146 238MicrosoſtLync Server2010 – FORCOMMUNICATIONWITHOUTBOUNDARIESA smart and interactivedigital map connects thespatial layout of NIS fixedassets with various data,photos and documents.Video conferences, wirelessinternet and a centralisedcommunication system makeour cooperationflawlessly efficient.GEOGRAPHICINFORMATIONSYSTEM (GIS) -FOR A COMPLETEREVIEW OFASSETS128 • Human Resources Annual report 2012Annual report 2012 Environmental Protection, Industrial and Occupational Safety • 129