Title: PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: FOREIGN EXPERIENCE AND RUSSIAN PRACTICE
Abstract: The authors explore the implementation of project management as a result of administrative reforms realization in modern states. This approach is based on the «New Public Management» paradigm. The authors propose an explanatory model of project management in the public sector, presented in the characteristics of providing types of practices (analytical, organizational and management, communication and documentation). The cases of project management in Canada, Great Britain, Norway described in the article led to the conclusion that the successful practices of project approach cause a qualitative transformation of public administration system. The preliminary outcomes of the project management experience in Russian public sector are estimated in the worldwide context. It is proved that human capital becomes the system-forming resource that develops an ecosystem of public management (in spite of its institutional flexibility in modern states and their regions) and provides its efficiency.