PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SERVANTS BY MEANS OF TRAINING TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of professional development of civil servants by means of training technologies. The definition of the term «professional development of civil servants» made by Ukrainian and foreign scientists is analyzed; generalization of this term is made, and it is noted that the professional development of civil servants is an organized systematic process of continuous training of civil servants, aimed at achieving the appropriate level of professionalism, and self-development providing effective and responsible performance of official duties as well as successful implementation of the state’s domestic and foreign policy. There has been revealed the importance of professional development of civil servants for the formation of a highly professional institution of civil service in Ukraine and its effective functioning in the state for ensuring competitiveness in the labor market, updating and increasing the level of services, improving public and community confidence.

Particular attention has been paid to the training technologies that help achieve appropriate skills and high level of professional development of civil servants. It is noted that training is a creative learning process, and its implementation depends not only on the choice of training technologies of methods, but also on the personality of the trainer, who should possess high personal moral qualities and professional skills of conducting the training. It was considered methods of training technologies such as: brainstorming method, Case Study method, role-playing method, the application of which increases the level of professional development of civil servants. The importance of using training technologies is emphasized, first of all, in improving the professional development of civil servants, as well as in the system of postgraduate education, and in the system of training, retraining and professional development of civil servants.

Key words: professional development, civil servants, training, innovative technologies, methods, choice of teaching methods.