ACCREDITATION OF THE QUALIFICATION CENTER AS A QUALITY ASSURANCE TOOL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE SPHERE OF QUALIFICATIONS

Abstract

The normative and legal framework regulating the accreditation procedure of qualification centres is considered. There was carried out a comparative analysis of the accreditation procedure of the qualification centre in accordance with the legislation with the implementation of the specified procedure in practice. It was established that the current legal acts regulating the qualification centre accreditation procedure contain conflicts and do not fully cover the practical aspects of the qualification centre accreditation procedure, which may lead to a decrease in the quality of the procedure itself and negatively affect the European integration prospects of Ukraine and the internal labour market. All stages of the accreditation procedure were analysed, such as creation and submission of documents, accreditation examination. In particular all six criteria for qualification centre accreditation were considered, as well as the formula for calculating the cost of accreditation. It is emphasized that the adoption of changes to the founding documents (statutes, provisions on a structural or separate division, etc.) makes it possible to confirm the applicant's compliance with the qualification center accreditation criteria in terms of the presence of provisions on conducting activities related to the functioning of the qualification center in the applicant's founding documents, and at the same time making such changes requires a considerable amount of material resources and time, especially at large enterprises that have an extensive network of enterprises throughout Ukraine. Attention is drawn to the fact that the second accreditation criterion requires the presence of specialists at the applicant or his separate unit, who will be engaged as evaluators on the basis of an employment or civil law contract at the rate of two evaluators per professional qualification. It was established that the list of mandatory documents required for the qualification centre accreditation procedure needs to be expanded, and the accreditation criteria themselves need to be refined and amended in order to define clear and transparent minimum requirements for ensuring compliance with the specified criteria. Practical experience was used in the formulation of proposals for amendments to the legislation, which are aimed at eliminating most of the conflicts in the regulatory and legal acts regulating the accreditation procedure of the qualification centre.