At a meeting of the student scientific circle of specialty "Public Management and Administration" of Ushynsky University, the results of the project "Organization of the Work of a Local Council Deputy (using the example of the Odesa Regional and Odesa City Councils)" were summarized.
The project was initiated in the fall of 2024, based on the scientific interests of students, the experience of completing familiarization and work practices in the structures of the Odesa Regional and City Councils, and participation in various trainings on the activities of local government bodies, in particular - in the training "Workshop of an Assistant to a City Council Deputy", which the project participants passed in the summer of 2024. The project is aimed at providing detailed familiarization of management students with the organization of the work of city and regional council deputies. The overall goal of the project is to master the necessary competencies to perform the functions of an assistant to a local council deputy. The scientific supervisor of the project is Professor of the Department of Educational Management and Public Administration Oleh Oleksandrovych Dolzhenkov.
The project activities during the academic year included familiarization with the structural units of the Odesa Regional and Odesa City Councils responsible for assisting the work of deputies; participation in meetings of standing committees; familiarization with the procedure for receiving voters by deputies; fulfillment of individual practical assignments of deputies.
Based on the results of the project activities during the 2024-25 academic year, a corresponding presentation was prepared.