The concept of creation of the network of the academy of public administration for the cis member states

Abstract

The author presents his vision of a network academy of public administration for the CIS countries; its main task will be realization, mostly of the professional development programs, as opposed to various existing network universities that are oriented at higher education. The key idea within the concept is transfer of credits from short-term training courses into high-level programs including master's programs and MBA, and the use of distance learning technologies for shaping of universal professional competencies of the students. The principles allowing to achieve the maximum efficiency during the development of the joint programs of the FVE (further vocational education) are proposed by the author. Besides, synchronization of the programs providing the unified set of knowledge and graduates' competencies is significant. The creation of the network academy of public administration allows to improve mutual trust between states and high rank public officials in various government bodies; it will promote higher speed of the integrational processes and confidential contacts in the economic sphere, provide stability and synergy effect of the economic development of the CIS member countries, affecting positively the competitiveness of each state. Among the existing problems of the present day of creation of the network academy necessity of finding the source of stable and sufficient financing, as well as the elimination of contradictions in the national legislations of the CIS countries regulating the educational activities are highlighted by the author.