The goal - efficiency, the criterion - the high appreciation of people

Abstract

The article gives an overview of several events of the Gaidar forum, in which the problems of state and municipal governance were discussed: the ‘open dialogue' on January 16, ‘Efficiency of budget expenditures as a mirror of effective public administration', expert discussion ‘Year of implementation of project management in government: first results and lessons learned', expert discussion ‘Human Capital in the State and Municipal Service: Values and Development' and ‘Open Dialogue' ‘Modern Challenges of the State Governance' on January 17. The author took in-depth interviews with domestic and foreign experts of the forum, who supplemented and developed the topic of improving the administrative apparatus and personnel policy. During the forum, government experts shared their experiences, told about what they managed to do during 2017. However, the general mood was critical: despite the measures taken and the positive results achieved, in general, state and municipal government in Russia are far from ideal, there are still many problems that need to be worked on. The speakers, including members of the Government of the Russian Federation, heads of ministries and authorities, regions of the Federation and major universities, agreed that it was necessary to continue reforming the system of administrative power in the country. The plans of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation for further steps in this direction were presented.