Keyword: «lifelong education»

The paper deals with the features of networking for implementation of educational programs in modern conditions. The author gives the forms and models to implement networking of educational organizations with business, science and other non-educational institutions.

This paper deals with the role of small and medium-sized business for the economy of Tula region. The author justifies the need for their support, particularly in the field of vocational training of their staff. The analysis of vocational training programs and business seminars for small and medium-sized business at Tula Branch of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics is carried out. The problems of life-long education, which universities face today, are described and the ways to solve them are offered.

The paper deals with a topical issue at the present stage of national education development. Lifelong education is a key component of an effective human development, both in professional life and in economic and social life. Additional vocational training in the context of lifelong education allows to improve the obtained academic knowledge, to adjust to the requirements of the innovative development of science, technology and society. The authors study the basic elements of additional vocational training structure and the ways to improve it.