Why Does Ukrainian Training System of Senior Civil Servants Need Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis?

Nowadays the life demands to formulate new requirements to professional development and training of senior civil servants in the sphere of Public Administration in Ukraine, in particular, in strategic planning and policy analysis. Paper discussed the existing capacities for training senior civil servants in the area of policy analysis and strategic planning; role of NAPA for training capacity, implementation of modern training programs requires their integration into the European educational space (European accreditation of Academy was the research and methodological capacity of the specialization "Public Policy Analysis"); support for establishing strategic planning (provided by PAUCI Foundation and cooperation with Ministry of Economy of Ukraine). Point of recommendation is specified on teaching methodology (case-studies, distance learning, games methodologies, preparing of policy papers, strategic plans and oral presentations etc.) to ensure the needs of capacity building in the area of responsible governance. Special attention is paid to creation of international teams for public servants trainings. The proposed work should be considered as the expended and amended materials titled ”Implementation of Specialization “Public Policy Analysis ” to the Ukrainian Training Programs for Public Servants: Opportunities and Barriers”, which were presented at the 14th NISPAcee Annual Conference [1]. Followin