IMPROVING THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL OF PARLIAMENTARIANS

Abstract

The article provides an overview of the activities of the Moscow City Duma and on this example the importance ofmodern training of deputies of legislative (representative) bodies of state power is shown. The author points out both the specificsof the work of parliamentarians, unlike other categories of persons holding public office, and the methods and directions of theirtraining. In this respect, the experience of the city of Moscow, one of the largest megacities in the world, is indicative. The MoscowCity Duma is changing, its structures and, of course, its composition are being transformed. Nowadays, the Chairman of theDuma, two of his deputies, as well as the heads of commissions carry out their activities on a permanent basis in the Moscow CityDuma and the rest of the deputies - without departing from their main work. It is significant that the Moscow City Duma consistsmainly of representatives of the scientific and creative intelligentsia, the business community, the industrial sector, teachers,doctors, builders. In general, these are qualified specialists who, nevertheless, require the skills of legislative activity, knowledgeof the specifics of parliamentary work. Recently, the training of deputies is carried out under the MBA programs at the RussianPresidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. The article was prepared on the basis of the author'sspeech at the Gaidar Forum-2019.