Keyword: «competence approach»

The article considers issues of professional competency of state and municipal employees. The paper discusses the approaches to the interpretation of the concepts «professional competency» and «competence». Professional competency is considered as an integrative characteristic of a specialist in the field of public and municipal administration. The content of professional competence of state and municipal employees is determined using the special components. The article emphasizes that the introduction of a competent approach in the state and municipal service requires the formation of a new culture of state and municipal administration, which involves the development and introduction of new methodological principles of culture for the implementation of basic management functions.