Training of municipal employees of the Republic of Buryatia in project management

The reality of contemporary times forces local authorities to create special conditions for the development of project competencies among municipal employees. Currently, there is a set of methodological recommendations for the implementation of project management, the procedure and functional structure for organizing project activities have been established. The material presented in this article is the result of the joint activities of the authorities and the teaching staff of Economics and Management Institute of D. Banzarov Buryat State University on the use of project-based education technologies in the context of project developments for municipalities of the republic. The analyzed training program is aimed at increasing the efficiency of professional service activities among municipal employees through studying the basics of project management, methods of project activities and gaining practical skills in project implementation. We have emphasized that the strengthening of the project orientation vector in training of municipal employees is associated with the need of the economy for specialists who are able to systematize a large amount of various information, to organize team activities, and analyze the fundamental technical solutions and technologies proposed for the implementation of projects.