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Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2018
Management Overview Foreword
of sustainability
Responsible
banker
Fair partner –
Human Resources
Fair partner –
Inhouse ecology
Engaged
citizen
GRI index and
Assurance report
In September 2018, Raiffeisen Bank
Aval JSC signed up to the Ukrainian
Pact for Youth 2020. This is an
initiative bringing together businesses,
universities and governments in order
to help young people to develop
professionally and find employment.
Young people in Ukraine are aware
how important good training is if they
want to enjoy a successful career, but
their expectations are not always met
by the national education system.
Pact for Youth event, © Anatoliy Yevankov
Raiffeisen Bank Aval JSC offers practical placements and internship programs for high school and college
students. There were 221 participants in the first half of 2018 alone. 37 students from the specialist internship
programs for retail and IT entered full-time employment. Students in Ukraine obtained specific insights into
professional life thanks to the more than 20 excursions to bank branches offered by Raiffeisenbank Aval JSC.
The bank also helps young people to prepare for the employment market. Three soft skills training programs
(with around 75 young participants in all) were arranged in Kherson in partnership with an innovation company
in November 2018. These covered the topics of financial expertise, time management, preparing a résumé,
and having an interview.
Representatives of the bank participated in numerous events in cities including Vinnytsia and Kherson, presenting
the available employment and internship opportunities at Raiffeisenbank Aval JSC at the national youth
employment forum “Create the Color of Your Future” and communicating the topic of financial expertise in the
form of workshops, among other things. As a socially responsible and sustainable company, the bank sees
these activities as a contribution to youth development that is entirely consistent with the objectives of the
Ukrainian Pact for Youth 2020.