TOPICAL ISSUES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL CULTURE AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF CIVIL SERVANTS: THE PRACTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND WAYS OF IMPROVEMENT IN UKRAINE

The article aims to reveal contemporary issues and provisions on the subject of legal culture and professional competence of civil servants. Professional culture is aimed at creating a positive moral and psychological climate in a state body, which would allow a civil servant, regardless of the level of the position being replaced, to develop as a person and a professional, to reveal his creative potential, to feel his significance and involvement in solving priority tasks facing the state body. In order to provide methodological and practical assistance to the heads of state bodies and personnel services in the formation and development of professional culture, this study was carried out. The materials of the article can be used to form a professional culture common for several state bodies united by common goals and objectives, or state bodies of a subject of the country. It is also recommended to take into account the provisions of the proposed methods in the municipal service for the formation of a professional culture in local governments