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On December 13, 2025, the awards ceremony for the winners of the 3rd All-Russian Children's and Youth Competition "Young House Manager – Creator of a Favorable Living Environment" was held at VDNKh in the congress hall of the Cosmonautics and Aviation pavilion.

The competition aims to identify, mentor, and support talented young citizens who are actively involved in managing their homes, neighborhoods, neighborhoods, and schools.

During the absentee stage of the competition, more than 700 applications were submitted, containing over 110 projects for the creation of an accessible, favorable, comfortable, and safe living environment, from participants from 79 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The in-person stage, which took place in Moscow from December 11th to 13th, was attended by 230 contestants in the 7-9, 10-13, 14-17, and 18-25 age categories and academic supervisors from 40 regions of the Russian Federation.

The largest delegations came from Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Republic of Tatarstan, and the Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, and Sverdlovsk regions. The most popular categories among contestants in the 7-9 age category were "My District," among those in the 10-13 and 14-17 age categories were "My School," "My Yard," and "My District," and among those in the 18-25 age category were "My Yard" and "Information Technology and Innovation in Urban Management."

On December 11, first-year students Olga Zonova, Daria Monakhova, Olesya Parfimovich, and Yulia Frolova, as part of the Service Learning program, held a quiz and a New Year's workshop for competition participants. The workshop encouraged participants to collaborate on a project to decorate their entryway using scrap materials.

On December 12, project defenses took place at two competition venues: the State University of Management and the Moscow City Economy Complex Management Center. At the State University of Management, competition day events were held for participants aged 7 to 17 and their mentors.

On behalf of the university's leadership, the guests were welcomed by Sergei Chuev, Advisor to the Rector's Office of the State University of Management, Head of the Department of Public and Municipal Administration, and Vladimir Zotov, Advisor to the Mayor of Moscow and Professor of the Department of Public and Municipal Administration at the State University of Management.

During the defense of the contestants' projects, a scientific and practical seminar entitled "The Urban Environment of the Future: A Dream Career Begins with Managing Your City" was held for their mentors and support staff.

The competition's experts included representatives of state and municipal authorities, educational institutions, urban management specialists, and representatives of civil society institutions.

After the defense, volunteer students from among the GUU students organized an introductory tour of the university campus, and for the mentors of the contestants, Olga Kharlamova, director of the GUU scientific library, led a tour of the library's halls and archives.

The competition day concluded for all participants with a tour of the center of festive pre-New Year Moscow.

Based on the results of the tests, the authors of 80 projects became winners and prize-winners of the competition.

On December 13, the awards ceremony was opened by Svetlana Razvorotneva, Deputy Chair of the State Duma Committee on Construction, Housing, and Public Utilities. In her welcoming remarks, the deputy emphasized the importance of engaging young citizens in improvement projects for public buildings, homes, and courtyards: "It won't be long before many of these young people will be professionally involved in housing and public utilities and public welfare. Their energy and creativity will be greatly appreciated by the industry."

Alexander Kozlov, Chairman of the Moscow City Duma's Commission on State Construction and Local Self-Government and Chairman of the Council for Professional Qualifications in Housing and Public Utilities, noted that "what homes and cities should be like for future generations is something the future generation itself must decide."

Boris Khmelnikov, General Director of the Center for Municipal Economics and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Entrepreneurship in Housing and Public Utilities of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, congratulated the competition participants and their mentors.

Irina Milkina, Associate Professor of the Department of Public and Municipal Administration and Head of the Urban Development Project and Training Laboratory, congratulated and awarded the winners and runners-up on behalf of the State University of Management: "This year, we offered the young teams the 'Information Technologies Serving City Residents' category. And they successfully demonstrated that technology and innovation can be useful and facilitate work with big data, which is essential for developing a comfortable urban environment."

The winners and runners-up were also presented with awards by Dmitry Klimov, director of the Geek Chess online chess school for children and adults and partner of the competition; Andrey Maksimov, chairman of the competition's organizing committee and chairman of the Commission on Territorial Development, Urban Environment, and Infrastructure of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation; Yuri Khaikevich, development director of the Union of Small Towns of Russia; Veronika Mezhetskaya, general director of the Guild of Landscape Industry Professionals Association; and Daria Zhadobina, executive director of the competition and assistant professor in the Department of Public and Municipal Administration at the State University of Management.

The competition was included in the list of creative competitions approved by Order No. 639 of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation dated August 31, 2025 (clause 6.206), allowing winners and prize-winners of the competition to receive additional points when applying to universities.

The winning projects from the in-person stage of the competition have already attracted the attention of an expert jury comprised of representatives from development institutions, urban development organizations, and housing and utilities. The projects will also be recommended to local governments for further implementation in municipalities across the Russian Federation.

We congratulate all the winners and runners-up of the competition and wish them success in their professional development and self-realization!

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Representatives from the Polytechnic University visited the rear areas of the Special Military Operations (SMO). They delivered another batch of humanitarian aid and presented certificates of advanced training to the special operation participants, the first to complete training at the Polytechnic University in five different programs. More than 100 students from the first cohort studied remotely, directly in the SMO zone.

At their unit locations, the Polytechnic guests were greeted by military personnel off duty and off combat missions. Ivan Kolomeitsev, Associate Professor of the Higher School of Social Sciences, congratulated them on their successful completion of their training and presented them with certificates and commemorative gifts from the university. The unit commanders and soldiers thanked the Polytechnic for the opportunity not only to prepare for civilian life but also to enhance their knowledge for combat missions.

"Such events help maintain the morale of personnel and instill their faith in the future. Your university once again confirms its position as a national leader and its high civic status," command representatives shared. "The online learning format allowed for the completion of programs during free time and contributed to the quality of their completion by enhancing the level of personnel training at the leading engineering university of the Russian Federation."

"The recruitment of the first cohort was preceded by a sociological survey among military personnel. Based on its results, the decision was made to launch programs that, on the one hand, meet the objectives of technological leadership and, on the other, are feasible under the established conditions. "131 people successfully completed the training, which we consider an excellent result under the circumstances. We also conducted training for Polytechnic University staff to build a talent pool for working with participants and veterans of the Second Military District," said Ivan Kurta, Head of the Directorate for Continuing Education and Industry Partnerships.

With the support of the Priority 2030 program, a survey of soldiers undergoing rehabilitation and treatment was also conducted, and career guidance tools were developed. It can already be said that the hypothesisthe need to train participants of the SVO and confirmation of this training with documents before completing service and returning to civilian life, has proven to be correct, and now it is necessary to expand the pool of training programs and methods.

The University has already generated a flow of new requests for the implementation of programs frompublic organizations, subjects of the Federation, educational organizations.

"We see a need for this type of training, but no one can say for sure which programs, learning tools, and pedagogical technologies will be successfully implemented, as there are many external factors involved, often requiring unconventional and innovative solutions. Therefore, in addition to carefully developing the programs, prompt communication with students during the pilot launch is crucial; this will allow us to clearly set goals for future cohorts," commented Dmitry Tikhonov, Vice-Rector for Continuing and Pre-University Education at SPbPU.

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The State University of Management held a Demo Day for the "Spectrum of Innovations" acceleration program, where the best projects were announced. The event became a key gathering point for the innovation community, bringing together representatives of leading partner companies, development institutions, and experts.

Over the course of several months, program participants underwent an intensive educational program aimed at developing innovative products.

The accelerator, implemented as part of the federal project "Technologies" of the national project "Efficient and Competitive Economy" of the state program "Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation," provided comprehensive support to project teams and student initiatives.

In total, participants developed approximately 70 business ideas during the accelerator, and approximately 400 people completed the educational program. The program included workshops, educational modules, direct interaction with partners, and other activities aimed at developing entrepreneurial competencies.

At the final event, experts were presented with the most developed projects covering three promising markets: FoodNet, SportNet, and AutoNet. Among the solutions that were presented were services for logistics optimization, car service selection, and parking space rental, the development of a smart bottle and specialized drinks for athletes, projects in gaming technology, and next-generation service stations.

The Demo Day expert jury included representatives of key program partners: Sberbank Moscow Bank, Elinar Holding Company, Arktika Trading House LLC, Chibo Park LLC, Tablogix LLC, Dream Auto LLC, and Turbokomplekt JSC. Also participating in the project evaluation were ANO Human Capital Development, Phoenix Sports Club, the Kaluga Region Agency for Innovative Development, and partners from Open Innovations Startup Studio LLC.

Following the Demo Day, all finalist teams received nominations from the organizers, and some projects received valuable prizes from partners. The top three winners were:

1st place: P2P parking service "Zaparkuy" (Robert Eremyan, Maxim Zhilyaev, Vita Kobycheva, Dmitry Leskov, Polina Roskina, Ilya Cheplya);

2nd place: RICE – a specialized AI-based platform for marketing automation and promotion in the confectionery business (Snezhanna Belova, Alexander Spirin, Alevtina Maryenko, Dilyara Mlyukova);

3rd place: SpeachGame – an import-independent messenger product for all types of gamers (Efim Kreslavsky, Egor Ryakhovsky).

The head of the acceleration program, Vice-Rector of the State University of Management, Dmitry Bryukhanov, highly praised the results achieved:

"The Demo Day was a fitting conclusion to the program. We thank our partners for their investment in the development of our projects and students. Without them, we would not have achieved such results. Going forward, we will continue to refine the program and strive to support projects that address today's most pressing challenges."

The "Spectrum of Innovations" acceleration program has confirmed its status as an effective platform for generating and developing promising technological projects, strengthening ties between the region's educational environment, business, and development institutions.

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