ПОТЕНЦИАЛЪТ НА АКАДЕМИЧНИТЕ СТАЖОВЕ – РЕФЛЕКСИЯ ВЪРХУ ОПИТА И ПЕРСПЕКТИВИТЕ ЗА РАЗВИТИЕ
THE POTENTIAL OF ACADEMIC INTERNSHIPS – REFLECTION ON THE PAST EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT

Summary/Abstract: The paper is focused on the particular relationship between academic education and career development of graduate students in Public Administration as a transition towards a new model of public service. The results of the public sector are highly dependent not only on the regulation of this sector, but largely on the preparation of the new generation for the civil service. Preparation is understood as competence, commitment and possibility for integration within the institutional system. As the standards for the academic education in Public administration exist, the biggest challenge in this regard is the philosophy of recruitment of the new graduates in Public Administration, the transition from the academic status to the status of practitioners and the sustainable development of the established models. Quite different is the challenge for training of experienced civil servants. This issue is particularly important in regard to the standards, purposes and values which the trainer is expected to fulfill. The empirical basis of this paper is a decade experience in conducting the internships for students in Public Administration at Sofia University as well training courses on leadership for practitioners in the training programs of the Department of Public Administration. Conclusions concern the impact of the Academic internship program on the recruitment, competence, job satisfaction and sustainable career of young employees in the civil service.

• Details
• Contents