Development prospects for additional vocational education in Russia

the relevance of this research is determined by the growing situation of unpredictability, uncertainty, the high speed of changes takingplace in the external environment, new challenges and tasks facing the educational system of Russia. The research purpose was to determine the long-term objectives of the development of additional vocational education (AVE) in Russia based on a strategic analysis of this area and the own diagnostic study. The research methods include analysis, synthesis, generalization and systematization, a comparative historical method, a survey, methods of strategic analysis. The author considered global political, economic, socio-cultural and technological trends that determine the development of the AVE system today and in the near future, identified the main opportunities and threats for the development of additional vocational education that arise in the external environment under the influence of these factors, based on a competitive analysis of organizations that implement AVE, the strengths and weaknesses of small and micro business organizations, which have been actively developing in recent years, are also presented in this paper. On the basis of the analyzed and systematized data, the urgent tasks for the development of AVE in Russia are formulated: the creation of strategic partnerships between participants in the AVE market, constant monitoring of ongoing changes, and special attention to the quality of programs being implemented. As promising areas for the development of AVE in Russia, the author determined co-competition of educational brands, creation and maintenance of a wide range of offered products (courses, programs), including those that would allow the target audience to better navigate in the existing variety of market offers and build meaningful individual educational trajectories, the development of over-subject competencies in the formation and implementation of educational programs, finding a balance in the use of digital and analog work tools.