Vol. 13 No. 5 (2011)

Органам государственного и муниципального управления предложен еще один инструмент долгосрочного планирования - Стратегия инновационного развития Российской Федерации на период до 2020 года «Инновационная Россия - 2020» (далее - Стратегия). Она разработана в Министерстве экономического развития на основе положений Концепции долгосрочного развития Российской Федерации на период до 2020 года (далее - КДР) в соответствии с поручением Председателя Правительства Российской Федерации по итогам заседания Правительственной комиссии по высоким технологиям и инновациям, состоявшегося 3 марта 2010 года. Проект Стратегии утвержден Правительством. Стратегия призвана ответить на стоящие перед Россией вызовы и угрозы в сфере инновационного развития за счет выстраивания четкой системы целей, приоритетов и инструментов государственной инновационной политики. Стратегия задает долгосрочные ориентиры развития субъектам инновационной деятельности, включая органы государственной власти всех уровней, науку и предпринимательский сектор, а также ориентиры финансирования сектора фундаментальной и прикладной науки, поддержки коммерциализации разработок.

The project "Strategies for Innovation Development of the Russian Federation until 2020" - Innovative Russia-2020 (Extracts) and the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russian Federation Oleg Fomichyev's comments.

The authors present a comparative analysis of models of innovative economic development in China and India, the contribution of government and the role of business. Forecasts of long-term development of the economies of these countries are provided.

On the basis of sociological research on topical issues of the functioning and development of local government in Russian Federation the author considers a variety of topics pertaining to the formation and development of personnel in municipal authorities in contemporary Russia.

The article analyzes the problematic issues of military training in Russia, presents methods for assessing the sustainability of their professionalization. Focus is on the need to develop a sustainable education system for all phases of professional development of military specialists.

The author examines the process of training and qualification of civil servants, identifying some of the features and problems that reduce its effectiveness and formulating proposals for their elimination

Authors consider influence of crisis, corporate social responsibility (CSR), possibilities of balanced cooperation of steady development policy actors: municipality, large businesses and government in programs of development of single industry towns (mono-towns).

Harmonious sectoral economic development directly affects the quality of economic growth and is possible in an efficient and balanced public policy. The dependence on primary commodity exports can be overcome, including through the development of related industries of oil and gas sector, many of which are high-tech in nature.

Based on the analysis of international indices, the article highlights the key internal and external challenges and problems facing the Russian government and business in a tough global competition. Taking into account international experience, the author suggests ways of forming a national competitive strategy and public policy in this area.

Based on the recommendations of the Ministry of Economic Development and regional government documents, the author provides an analysis of the Russian model of territorial cluster development management, stressing the prevalence of asymmetric models of public-private partnership and discussing the risks of the dominance of this model related to the lack of attention to territorial traditions and socio-cultural characteristics.

The author considers the questions related to the conditions of socio-economic development and investment processes in the regions and municipalities, points out the role of insurance in promoting stability and reducing the costs of regional and local budgets. The article contains a number of proposals to establish a system of insurance in the regions and municipalities, allowing the release of significant budgetary resources for development of regions and municipalities.

The article reveals different aspects of increasing efficiency of public administration and monitoring the execution of the orders of the Russian President. In particular, examples are given from the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2011 and a video conference on the execution of the President's orders on July 6, 2011.

The article dwells on the functioning of the Presidential control newsletter. Efficient operation of the state apparatus is impossible without including the control and supervisory functions over the course of fulfilling orders and presidential directives. Employees of government and local authorities face the immediate need for materials that reveal the mechanism and methodology of control and surveillance activities.

Public examination is the examination of various acts in order to protect the public interest. Its objectives, purposes, advantages, methods and steps are described in the monograph "Innovative technologies for public examination of important decisions and public hearings with high-tech."

The paper is devoted to anti-corruption examination of normative legal acts as a specific type of analysis. During the formation of the Anti-corruption Examination Institute a number of problems requiring solutions have been identified, most importantly the issue of professional training. The author provides a rationale for the modular approach to developing educational programs in relation to a system of professional development and expert training.

The Fog of Corruption is Clearing in Albion

Aspects of professional training are considered pertaining to the introduction of an electronic document management system. Necessity of constant improvement of professional skill of leaders and experts as users of an electronic document management system is proven. The value of the concept of learning organization for effective application of electronic document management systems and increasing the openness to innovations is shown.

The long term social-economic development concept of the Russian Federation determines priority objectives of education development as the strategy base element for the period throughout till 2020. Solving these problems requires a shift in intelligent information technology that is the basis of a new paradigm of Smart Innovation in management and education (Smart Education).

The situation with human resources support for a new industry in the IT area - Information Security is discussed. A comparison with the leading foreign countries is provided. The problem of the state regulation of training in the area is given. Training, advanced training and retraining improvement and need for specialists predicting methods' development trends are defined.

Yaroslavl Discourses: Particularly on the Global Public Service Editor in Chief, Doctor of Political Science A. Shevchenko speaks with Carleton University professor, Director of the Center for Public Policy (Canada), the "Valdai club trustee, scientific supervisor of RIPAMI RANEPA Piotr Dutkiewicz.

The proposed review contained the book author's opinion about the negativity of the demographic, social, immigration and education policy for the German population, which has been carried out by the liberal government of the country for many years.

The article dwells on the struggle of political understandings in the process of modernization strategy implementation in Russia. The author examines political, economic, informational and communicative factors that affect the processes of society transformation. Special attention is paid to constructive functions of conflicts in the field of political interpretations.

The advantages and disadvantages of combining legal Russian legal system, Adat and the Shari'a in the North Caucasus are discussed, proposals are formulated for developing an adequate public policy for the region. The author also compares the Muslim branch of the law in its historic, procedural and other aspects.

The author introduces the reader to past and current travel and travelers of the East and West, North and South, reveals the distinction between the discovery of new lands and tourism. She provides a new perspective of the development of the travelogue as a special genre.

The article is devoted to the problem of innovation introduction in civil service. The ability of subjects to overcome their stereotypes at the expense of the restrictions and to transit to the perception of a professional model of the world as a complex system, elements of which are linked within reflective relations, is considered. For this purpose a professional should be able to enforce their mental potential as a result of special conditions trainings such as a trance during which cerebral hemispheres function optimally for an innovative regime of psychological functions.

The article contains a review of the main directions of the Arabic countries strategy development in the Middle East and North Africa.

Russian federal agencies have created a variety of consultative bodies during the last decade, but their role in the agency's decision-making process is yet to be evaluated. Relevant experience of other countries proposes two major political factors of consultative bodies' influence. The political culture orientation towards compromise and positive perception of interest groups' participation in the decision-making process seem to contribute to that influence.

The author examines cultural philosophical Buddhism concepts in the aspect of its ethical basis influence on contemporary business activities. Special attention is paid to revealing the role of Buddhism in Japanese management formation and development.

The author compares the acts of public authorities and organizations to identify common and specific features. The author's definition of local regulation is provided.

The conceptual aspects of implementation of the principles of the Bologna system in education in Russia are considered. It is concluded that there is a need for deliberate reform of the national model to meet the requirements of continuity of the educational process.

The paper considers the methodology of budgetary regulation at territorial level, which contributes to the development of the economic initiative of local authorities, reduction of the number of subsidized territories, and elimination of irrational counter financial flows in the region.

The article presents the results of risk modeling of the interaction between an insurance company and insurance agents as part of operational risk. A classification of risks is suggested, qualitative risk factors and methods of assessment are identified.