Formation and Development in Integral Competences of Local Council Deputies in Ukraine: Legal Aspects
Authors: Гончарук Н. Т. , Прудиус Л. В. 
Published: November 2019

The legal aspects of formation and development if integral competence of local council deputies are analyzed in the article.There has been defined the concept of "integral competence of local council deputies such as knowledge, skills, capacities, and sometimes - other important qualities, ways and methods of their implementation into the activities of the local council deputies which are necessary for the successful and responsible fulfillment of their tasks and responsibilities. It has been determined that the profile of integral (pro-active, business-like) competence of local council deputies in Ukraine includes law-making, administrative and jurisdictional (organizational, executive, administrative, coordinative), control and supervisory, informational and analytical; economic (budgetary and planning, etc.), value-oriented (moral and ethical), social and psychological with communicative and consulting competences. The profile is designed mainly for the creative type of activity. The necessity to develop knowledge, skills and capacities of local council deputies to solve urgent problems of local self-government related to decentralization reform has been substantiated.It has been proved that the local council deputy must be highly professional in his/her field, capable to control changes, develop leadership skills, take risks, meet challenges of today. It has been emphasized necessary to provide continuous professional training to local council deputies for their mobility, prompt and effective response to the challenges of society in the context of development the paradigm shift within the state administration and local self-government.It is concluded that ensuring the effective activity of a local council deputy depends directly on his level of integral competence increasing through the vocational training. Leadership is an important component of integral competence. Leadership features include open-mindness and responsibility for self-actualization. The legal bases of formation and development of integral competence of the local councils deputies. There has been investigated defined by the Constitution of Ukraine, laws of Ukraine "On local self-government in Ukraine", "On the status of the local councils deputies " - concerning the content of the profile of integrative competence of local councils deputies in Ukraine, based on the distinguishing of empowerment and competences of the local self-government body; legislation defining the strategy and main directions of the further development of life-long adult education in Ukraine by means of formal, non-formal and informal education, namely: the National Doctrine of Education Development, the National Strategy for Education Development in Ukraine until 2021, the National Qualifications Framework, the laws of Ukraine “On Professional Development of Employees”, “On Employment of the Population”, “On Higher Education”, “On Education”. It is proved that the existing system of vocational training, based on European standards of education development, plays a key role in the process of the integral competence formation for the local councils deputies, and insurance of their continuous professional training. The have been analyzed the legal foundations of the vocational training system for the local councils deputies, which are defined by the Concept of reforming the system of vocational training for civil servants, heads of local state administrations, their senior deputies and deputies, local self-government officials and of local councils deputies under the date of December 1, 2017 No. 974-p , the plan of actiors for its implementation, as well as the corresponding Regulations on the vocational training system.