Abstract
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Public administration is concerned with the implementation of governmental policy that serves the wide population, carrying political activity and decision into actions and developing public programmes for the well-being of the society and the citizens. Public administration education and training is one of the critical areas, wherein the universities and training institutions play an important role. The standards and quality of public administration education and training have to in consonance with the pace of globalization and technological changes. Doubling the amount of information occurs on average every 10 years and the need to update and improve knowledge, the need in additional education occurs every three to five years, therefore, in order to keep up with the pace of scientific and technological progress, it is necessary to learn throughout life. Innovation resources, especially financial ones, are always limited in scope, so they need to be structured and used as efficiently as possible. At the same time, along with adequate investment, the success of the national science, technology and innovation policies, as shown by the experience of many countries, also depends on identifying the exact future challenges and opportunities (Gokhberg, L., D. Meissner, A. Sokolov, 2016).
Educational policy makers need support from researchers for the regular monitoring of the quality of education, incl. the development of monitoring tools, the analysis of results and the development of recommendations, the development of scientifically based instruments and indicators for the assessment of the quality of the learning environment. Specially supported educational studies focusing on innovation in improving teaching methodology.
The aim of this research is to study the issues of the training programmes in the context of implementation of public policy in the field of development of science, technology and innovation. The methodological basis for the article is made up of the laws, regulations, and guidelines of the Republic of Latvia and EU, as well as scientific works of foreign authors, also research carried out by the authors. Among the main competences in programmes development can indicate managing of innovation projects, methods of conceptual and critical thinking, startup suport programmes and commercialization of innovations, which can then be applied to a number of industries and professions. The research results indicate the need to implement targeted training programs that develop the above-mentioned competencies. The leading role in these issues plays universities, public administration, training organizations and the industry experts.
Keywords: education, innovation, public administration, technology
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