Modern statement and prospects of system of additional professional education for state civil staff in Russia

The paper is dedicated to the analysis of the evolution of training, re-training and internship educational programs (later called also as professional education) for civil and municipal servants in Russia. The system of education for students in area of public administration, that concentrated on their preparation for future job in governmental and municipal bodies, which is developed in Russia simultaneously with the educational programs for civil and municipal servants, is out of the scope at this article. Authors extracted three periods in the evolution of professional education for civil and municipal servants in Russia: from year 1991/92 when the first attempts to start the system of education for civil servants was produced by the newly established Government Agency ROSKADRY; from 1995 to 2004 when the system of education for civil and municipal servants was growed on the base of the Federal Law About the Foundations of the State Service of Russian Federation (1995), and from 2004 up to the present when new Federal legislation appears, including the Federal Law On the Civil Service of Russian Federation (2004), the Federal Law On the Municipal Service in Russian Federation (2007), the Presidential Decree On the System of Professional Re-training, Training and Internships for the Federal Civil Servants of Russian Federation (2006). Authors mostly are concentrated on the 3rd (contemporary) period in the evolution of professional education for civil and municipal servants. The trends and main features of the content of professional education, types of its duration and kinds of the programs, the distribution of the educational programs among different educational centers and regions of Russia is discussed. The statistical data up to the moment is presented. Also, authors describe the key problems and prospects for future development of education for civil servants in Russia, including establishing of relevant MPA programs. The methodology of research combined from the elements of statistical analysis of collected by the authors data, of the description of already introduced and being in preparation the legislation about civil service of Russian Federation and the evaluation of its implementation, of the content analysis of the educational programs (disciplinary orientations and groups of disciplines, elaborated professional competencies for different categories of civil servants, educational methodic and innovative programs, capacity of educational community, trends etc).