Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 20th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview Local Government Author(s) Lira Gazizova Bashkir Academy of PA & Management under the Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan Ufa Russian Federation Dorozhkin Yuriy, Frolova Irina, Title Actuality of developing municipal service HR potential in conditions of modern Russia (on the example of the Republic of Bashkortostan) File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Lira Gazizova Abstract ACTUALITY OF DEVELOPING MUNICIPAL SERVICE HR IN CONDITIONS OF MODERN RUSSIA (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN) Yuri Dorozhkin, Pro-Rector, Professor, Irina Frolova, Professor, Head of Scientific-Research Centre Bashkir Academy of Public Administration and Management under the President of RB, Ufa, Russia Political and transformation processes in Russian society have changed the conception of the nature of municipal government. Large-scale municipal reform began after the adoption in 2003 of the Federal Law “General Principles of Local Self-Government." Since the municipal authority is based on self-organization and self-government within the designated legislation, there appears a problem of "quality" of the municipal authority and power holders. Today's issue of improving the work of municipal authorities in a large region of Russia - Republic of Bashkortostan - were studied in a comprehensive survey. The research was conducted in 2010-2011 by members of the Scientific Research Center of the Bashkir Academy of Public Administration and Management under the President of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Within frames of the project implementation there was assessed professionalism of municipal authorities. The research revealed the necessity of changes in style of municipal managers, fixing them is a clear authority and responsibility to promote and encourage not only the executive but also the creativity at work. It became obvious that the necessary of HR development of the municipal service, professional growth of employees – is a complex task which is to be carried out both by municipal, regional and federal authorities. Primary care in this chain is given to improvement of HR recruitment in the system of local government. Priority qualities for an applicant are professional and organizing skills, educational background, and experience in management. Reasonable candidate choice for managerial positions in municipal institutions is also important. Municipal managerial positions are mainly selected by means of interview and competition. However, tests are hardly used and there is little promotion of candidates’ pool. The most important aspect of municipal office employees’ personnel potential development is their professional training, retraining and career enhancement. The majorities of municipal officers, according to the results of the poll, do not idealize the quality of their professional training and express a desire for professional improvement. Nowadays the next link in personnel potential development of local authorities is the provision of career development guarantees. Almost half of respondents count upon the further career development, not more than one third of recipients estimated the perspectives of professional and career development and planned to keep the current position, less than third of recipients want to fill in a higher executive position. It is clear from research that it’s likely to keep and multiply personnel potential of present-day municipal service by effective labor motivation of municipal officers. Summing up it can be noted that the staffing process in the regional municipal service in Russia are of transitional, transformational character. The problems that we encountered in our study may be of theoretical and practical interest for our colleagues from Central and Eastern Europe and CIS countries. The matter presented in this paper can also be useful in teaching the modern practice of local government from the political science comparative study point of view.
