Development of networking cooperation for implementing advanced professional training programs

Abstract

Nowadays, Russian vocational education is overcoming a stage of profound transformations associated with the post-industrial society's peculiarities, which main characteristics are computerization and digitalization of the economy. Transformations in the digital economy determine new requirements for specialists' training, their competencies, and qualification. The rapid changes in socio-economic conditions cause the need to transform the vocational training system to meet the demands for specialists with competencies that correspond to the current technologies and methods of production. The solution to the relevant problems is facilitated by vocational education's devotion to "anticipation/advance" and "interaction" principles, which are being successfully implemented in the activities of advanced vocational training centers opened in Russia in 2019. The advanced vocational training ensures the development of new and promising professions in great demand by the regional economy. Simultaneously, the interaction principle's implementation allows ensuring interdepartmental coordination when performing the social order for vocational education made by the state, society, and individuals. The article considers forms and features of the interaction between educational organizations and partners, including social partnership, networking cooperation, public and private partnership, educational and technological clusters. The paper presents the Kemerovo region center's performance results for advanced vocational training concerning the creation of a regional network for educational organizations and enterprises involved in the joint development and implementation of advanced vocational training programs intended for specialist training.