*4.2. Life Long Learning*

One of the ways to ensure "sustainable education" is to implement the concept of 'Life Long Learning' [29]. Speaking about the training of specialists for the oil and gas industry in Russia, first of all, we can talk about advanced training and retraining programs implemented in specialized universities, which the authors wrote about above.

To train highly qualified specialists, major Russian oil and gas companies implement continuing education programs in the "school-university-enterprise" system, which form an external personnel reserve. An example is the corporate program of 'Rosneft' Corporation. In 26 regions of the country, 117 'Rosneft' classes have been created (for students in grades 10 and 11) in 62 schools. In the process of training personnel with higher education, the company cooperates based on long-term agreements with 60 Russian and foreign universities. The company also works with students of partner universities, organizes the recruitment and selection of the best graduates to work at 'Rosneft' enterprises [44].

As an example of implementing this 'Life Long Learning' concept in the oil and gas industry through cooperation between the University and an oil company, we note the professional retraining program "Procurement and logistics of o ffshore projects in the oil and gas industry" of the Murmansk State Technical University and 'Gazprom Neft'. This program is practice-oriented for training specialists in the sphere of economics and managemen<sup>t</sup> for the oil and gas industry: It is aimed at studying the specifics of working on o ffshore and Arctic fields, as well as building an e ffective supply chain for facilities located there and managing it [45]. A training platform is being organized on the basis of 'Gazprom Neft' PJSC, as well as practical training in the 'Gazprom Neft' group of companies [46].

Multinational oil and gas corporations are engaged in the process of training their own employees in new technologies and approaches in the industry. So, on the territory of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, there are training and multifunctional centers of large corporations, such as 'Gazprom', 'Rosneft', 'LUKOIL' and others (about 56 centers) [8]. In addition, these companies are implementing additional educational programs for university graduates to attract talented young professionals. For example, the practice-oriented additional educational program "Gazprom Neft" "At the start!", in which university graduates of 2019 or 2020 have the opportunity to implement their own projects in the development of "smart" energy, complete an internship at 'Gazprom Neft' enterprises, and then receive an invitation to a permanent job in the company [47].
