Current trends in the professional development of civil servants: The case of UK and Germany

Abstract

The article reviews British and German experience in shaping a modern system of professional development of civil servants. It provides a definition of the concept “professional development”, traces recent developments in the field in both countries, singles out peculiarities of specific approaches to the modernization of the strategy for training civil servants in these countries and identifies differences and commonalities in the new initiatives aimed at improving professional development of civil service cadres.