Vol. 17 No. 6 (2015)

The interview with RASHID ALIMOV, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan in the People''s Republic of China, the General Secretary of the SCO is devoted to the achievements of the organization, its importance in the development of the Central Asian region. It is stressed that the basic principles of the organization are the mutual respect, the member countries interests observance and consensus while taking decisions.

In the context of pairing the project «Economic belt of the silk road» and the Eurasian economic Union the relevance of the cooperation in the education field of the member-countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is increasing. The authors emphasize that at present the universities in the SCO countries belong to different educational spaces - European (Russian Federation, Kazakhstan) and Asia Pacific (Russian Federation, China). The experience of the cooperation accumulated over the years in the framework of the SCO University can play an important role in the harmonization of the education practices in the Eurasian space. The evolution of the SCO University, its main educational programs, the participation of China in the work of this network format are described in the article.

The first joint Russian-Chinese University will be opened in 2016 on the basis of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. The Chinese side will be represented by the Beijing Polytechnic Institute as the partner university. Both Russian and Chinese students who will undergo practical training in major corporations of both countries will receive the right to study at the University. Students successfully completing the training will receive a diploma of the established standard of the MSU and the joint University diploma.

The system of training of the highly qualified managers for the public administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan is considered in the article. The author notes the need for improving the competence and practice-oriented approaches in the educational programs and enhancement of the competitiveness in the global market of educational services. The modernization of the Academy of public administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan being conducted for the above- mentioned reasons is a system of measures developed on the basis of the research.

The nature of the negative impact of corruption on the socio-economic development of the Kyrgyz Republic is considered in the article. The fight against corruption is shown to contribute to the attraction of investments to the development of priority sectors of the economy. The conclusion is made about the expediency of the development and realization of the system of the long-term measures facilitating the implementation of the integration projects in the SCO space.

In the interview to «Public Administration» the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Moscow MEHDI SANAI outlined his country''s position in respect to Iran''s cooperation in the SCO as well as to the importance of BRICS. He focused on the prospects of cooperation with Russia in the training of public administration personnel.

The main directions of cooperation of Tajikistan in the field of education and science with the countries participating in the work of the SCO are considered in the article. The basic directions of cooperation within a solid legal framework including the exchange of students, providing scholarships to students from member states of the SCO to study at universities of China and Russia, the establishment of branches of leading Russian universities and centers of «Confucius» from China in the countries of Central Asia including Tajikistan, the development of the SCO network University are considered.

The development of the strategy of the Shanghai cooperation organization (SCO) sets a particular development philosophy within a specific time frame forming a kind of a future model for the organization and for the states involved in its work. To date the organization has completed, according to its Secretary General, the stage of formation. A new stage started in the history of the organization will be characterized by qualitatively different challenges, opportunities and modalities of operation. In this article the authors analyze a perspective situation in which the organization has to operate, and try to simulate the main directions of its development in the next decade.

В статье рассматриваются перспективы вступления Монголии в Шанхайскую организацию сотрудничества в статусе нейтрального государства. Подобный статус решает очень многие трудные вопросы, в том числе в сфере военно-политического взаимодействия, которые ранее препятствовали присоединению к странам-участницам ШОС.

The Shanghai cooperation organization is currently in the process of institutional reform. The SCO is expanding its membership and becoming a new center of world politics and economics aimed to contribute to the creation of the security regime and good neighborly relations in the global Eurasian space.

As a major and one of the most successful mechanisms of maintaining security and stability within the region, the SCO has played an irreplaceable role towards development of cooperation in regional governance, concept-based operational capacity and multilateral interaction. In the second decade of the SCO''s development, correlation between concepts of security issues and both existing mechanisms and emerging economic initiatives will be the key step to deepening interactions among member states and self-evolution of the SCO.

A synthesis of the results of an assessment of the public administration effectiveness in the Republic of Kazakhstan using the approaches developed by the World Bank is considered in the article. It is shown that the objectivity of this assessment contributes to the quality of the public administration in general. The conclusion is made about the desirability of a discussion of efficiency estimation problems of public administration on expert panel of the SCO.

The analysis of the new Eurasian strategy of China in the context of the mega-project «one belt, one road» promoted by China''s authorities is considered in the article. The causes, prerequisites and political basis of its appearance are discussed in the article, its prospects in terms of modern geopolitical and economic situation in the region are evaluated. The special attention is paid to the integration prospects of the mega-project of China - «Economic belt of silk road» and the Russian-Kazakhstan project of the Eurasian economic Union. The authors conclude that the implementation of China''s Eurasian strategy is impossible without full participation of Russia, the largest Eurasian state.

The increasing role and authority of the SCO, both on regional and global levels are considered that opens new interaction directions among member countries of the organization. The analysis of the «Economic belt of the silk road» concept suggests its comprehensive nature for the States in the region. The author considers the interaction of the SCO, the Eurasian economic Union and «Economic belt of the silk road» and asserts that in the implementation of the trade and economic initiatives within the Eurasian economic Union and the concept of «Economic belt of the silk road» the SCO with its clearly designed organizational structure can play the role of politico-ideological basis representing the interests of the non-Western world.

The key directions and current trends in urban agglomeration development are considered in the article. The undoubted competitive advantages of cities, convenient for self-realization, for the creative process of developing and implementing of the new products, processes, institutions and structures, are noted by the author. It is stressed that there is a new important indicator of the competitiveness of cities - the level of development of the "creative class” in the creation of the subject of competition between cities for key locations in the chain in the adoption and diffusion of innovation. It is shown that the inclusion of modern features in the creation of urban agglomerations in countries of the SCO is a prerequisite for ensuring their global competitiveness.

The usage issues of the institutional mechanisms of the SCO for the implementation of the accessibility and effectiveness of justice for the citizens of the countries-participants of the organization are considered in the article. Kazakhstan''s experience of the reforming and introducing of the innovations in the judicial system was important and was discussed in the meeting of chairmen of the Supreme courts of countries-participants of the SCO held in Bishkek. Main directions of modernization of judicial system of Kazakhstan allow to increase the efficiency, accessibility and transparency of the court operation; to establish the system of free and equitable use of judicial information; to ensure the uniformity of judicial practice.

The possible prospects of the development of the Shanghai cooperation organization (SCO) in the sphere of trade-economic and investment cooperation are considered in the article. The relationship between China and Russia - two key states, that largely determine the future development path of the organization, are the basis for dealing with the issues in this area. However, the issue of creating a Development Fund and the SCO development Bank should also be considered in a broader context connected with the development of integration processes in Eurasia and the Asia-Pacific region.

The importance and, as it can be seen from the experience, the effective mechanism of ensuring the regional peace and global stability is the participation of he countries in the framework of the SCO. At the Ufa summit the leaders of the countries adopted a joint statement in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory over fascism in the World War II stating the adherence to the fundamental purposes and principles of the UN Charter, generally recognized principles and norms of international law, the establishment of an equitable and democratic international order, strengthening of the security and stability in the world which calls to build up the efforts fighting the challenges and threats towards the political settlement of the existing and preventing of the possible conflicts. «The SCO development Strategy until 2025», which became a defining document of the activities within the SCO for the next 10 years, combating challenges and threats for the security of States parties is defined as one of the priority objectives.

The article shows that the significance of the Shanghai cooperation organization (SCO) at the regional and global levels tends to increase. This is proved by the dynamics of trade between member countries, dialogue partners and observers of this organization. The problem of migration becomes urgent and is based on the unemployment, the high level of income differentiation, distrust of the significant part of the population in the future employment opportunities in their historical homeland. The development of the SCO in the future will contribute to the development of the new migration policies mechanisms and to the problem of the population poverty.

The stages of modernization of the public administration system of the Republic of Kazakhstan are considered in the article, in particular, the issues of forming a new infrastructure of civil servants training, a key element of which is the Academy of public administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The principles of a new model of public service of Kazakhstan are formulated, the normative-legal base of the reform is analyzed.

The article is a review and analysis of the current situation in the area of cooperation of Kyrgyzstan in the sphere of education with the member countries of the SCO. The author covers such problems as the unstable trend of the number of students in the SCO University, a limited range of the education programs, the need for enhancing the languages of education to the needs of neighboring countries. The issues of potential development of the SCO University, the need to create a research structure in the SCO University, expansion of the network of universities that train specialists for the SCO in the regions are also considered. Based on the above-mentioned, the author comes to a conclusion of the need for multilateral educational programs for professions that are in demand in the SCO area, as well as the creation of the appropriate methodology at the inter-state level.

The prospects for scientific and educational integration between the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries are discussed in the article. The idea of the Eurasian Higher Education Area draws its origins in the theory of the knowledge-based socio-economic development and on the practice of the European Bologna process. It aims to improve the regional academic mobility, to boost mutual understanding between the SCO countries, and to use the potential of interpersonal contacts for regional development. Its practical implementation is in fact already underway. This paper in tends to contribute to its conceptualization.

The article is devoted to the impact of explicit and tacit knowledge on the efficiency of the modern enterprise, the characteristics of tacit knowledge in modern management, the ways of managing them. It is proved that implicit knowledge in management began to play a more significant role, it has increasingly become a source of competitive advantage. The authors analyze the peculiarities of knowledge management, including implicit ones. The mechanisms of this control have not been studied sufficiently, though successful companies show them in practice.

The author tries to find an answer to the following question: ''How do the religious way of life, values and doctrines work in the formation of power and the social structure?'' Serious attention has been paid to the correlation of religious traditions and the formation of a rigidly hierarchical domination model of government. The author makes an especially thorough analysis of influence of the Orthodox Christianity on the development of social realities.

The conditions of formation of the Russian legislation on privatization are analyzed by the author, an overview and brief analysis of the legal acts of the 90-s of the last century on privatization of public property are given. The global nature of privatization and its importance for economic development is emphasized, the inadmissibility of the contradictions and conflicts of legal norms in this sphere and the need for the strict observance of the procedure of alienation of state and municipal property are indicated.

The main components of the corporate culture in the state civil service system are analyzed in the article, their prevalence and the degree of their significance for the effective work of state servants, including the dynamics in 2012-2015are estimated. Corporate culture of the state civil servants is considered as a system of interrelated components and groups of components capable of exerting influence and impact on activity of employees.

The analysis of the labor potential of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous district is carried out by the author in terms of the requirements of the investment projects implemented in the region. The factors influencing the formation of this potential are considered in the article, the main ways of improving its quality are identified.

The article addresses the issue of international cooperation in the northern regions which serves the aim of improving the standard of living among indigenous peoples of the Arctic. The authors give a short history of development of such cooperation. They illustrate international cooperation in the Arctic describing the Russian-Canadian project NORDEP.

The methodological aspects of the risk factors management of the regional economy development, solving the management purposes in the context of uncertainty, risk assessment criteria in the management practice, methodological principles of risk management are considered in the article