Preparation of Public Assignment in the Education Sector in Astrakhan Oblast

Client: Ministry of Education and Science of Astrakhan Oblast

Project Manager: Natalia Barbashova

Project Duration: November – December 2009

The purpose of the project is to improve the current and develop a new regulatory and methodological framework for Astrakhan Oblast pertaining to the preparation of public assignment in the education sector as well as the implementation of the developed methodology in the course of formulation of model public assignments for individual education institutions.

The assignments under the project include the following:

• prepare a list of public services rendered by state education institutions of Astrakhan Oblast,


• develop a list of quality standards for public services rendered by education institutions contained in federal and Oblast regulatory legal acts;


• provide methodological assistance to the Astrakhan Oblast Ministry of Education regarding the development of a public assignment for rendering public services by pilot education institutions of Astrakhan Oblast.