Social partnership as a mechanism for implementation of a national manpower policy

The paper analyses problems arising during the realization of a state manpower policy connected with a national system of professional qualifications. Institutions of social partnership and organizational and management structures are the objects of research. The methodological approach used in this study is based on the differentiation of mechanisms for realization of the national manpower policy in terms of public administration spheres. It has been shown that the national manpower policy needs mechanisms for nongovernmental sector, for example, mechanisms of social partnership. The awareness survey of employees and employers in the Sverdlovsk region was used as the data for a subjective view. The author suggests developing the certification of professional qualifications for the General Agreement of the Russian Government, Trade Unions and Unions of National Employers. The article may be interesting for researchers who specialize in labor economics and human resources management. The research results are useful for elaborating personnel recruiting systems, systems of competence and qualifications or manpower policy.