DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES IN FUTURE STATE AND MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION SPECIALISTS: NEW MODELS OF TRAINING IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TRANSFORMATION
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Author(s): | Pivovar B. B., Pivovar Y. N., |
| Number of journal: | 2(75) | Date: | June 2026 |
| Annotation: | The article highlights the transformation of the public administration system in the Russian Federation since 1993. The evolution is traced from the consolidation of the new division of branches of government in the Constitution and the formation of federal executive bodies to the stages of administrative reforms in the early 2000s and the rapid technological development of the 2010s. Special attention is paid to the challenges faced by state and municipal managers during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the context of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine they clearly demonstrated how versatile the competencies of a modern civil servant should be. The current problems of personnel training in the direction of 38.03.04 “State and Municipal Administration” are analyzed, significant contradictions are identified. Among them are the predominance of theoretical training over practical training in educational programs, the lack of managerial skills among graduates of this profile in comparison with graduates of the Management programs, as well as the marked obsolescence of educational cases. Educational programs often do not keep up with the real tasks of government agencies, including issues of digitalization, the introduction of AI, environmental and information security. Based on the analysis of scientific works of Russian researchers and modern requirements for civil servants, the need to expand the set of competencies of future managers is substantiated. It is proposed to integrate the formation of leadership, entrepreneurial and strategic skills into educational programs — this will allow graduates to work more effectively in a team, implement lean technologies, launch projects of different levels, think strategically and evaluate long-term trends. The concept of the Civil Servant 2.0 program is presented in the framework of the study. It involves the inclusion of mo- dules on leadership and entrepreneurship in the educational process, the organization of project work with government agencies based on real cases, conducting simulation trainings, developing partnerships with businesses and social organizations, as well as the creation of interdisciplinary public administration laboratories. The theoretical significance of the work lies in the systematization of modern approaches state and municipal administration personnel training. The practical value lies in the possibility of testing the proposed model in Russian universities — this will help improve the quality of training for civil servants and facilitate their adaptation to the workplace. | ||
| Keywords: | higher education, universities, professional competencies, vocational education, modernization of the training system, practice-oriented education, teacher training, specialist training, professional skills, strategic competencies, leadership competencies, entrepreneurial competencies |
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| For citation: | Pivovar B. B., Pivovar Y. N. Development of professional competencies in future state and municipal administration specialists: new models of training in the context of public administration transformation. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2026;2(75):480—485. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2026.75.1602. |
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