The article considers the phenomenon of the local community as a self-organizing system. The author successively reveals the mechanism of self-organization, considering such system-forming factors as the result, the past of the local community, as well as the immanent properties of the social system, gives an explanation of the causes and mechanism of its new properties. The main idea of the author is that the state regulation of the life of municipalities will be effective if it does not contradict the natural course of self-organization of local communities.

The article discusses the features of positioning socially oriented non-profit organizations, ensuring their successful interaction with the government and society. The author reveals the most significant aspects of creating an image, describes the difficulties that non-profit organizations of a social orientation encounter when trying to create it. The most affordable promotion tools are identified, taking into account the lack of financial resources and other resources necessary for the purposeful formation of public opinion. The experience of working with non-profit organizations of the Novosibirsk city and the Novosibirsk region, aimed at enhancing the activities of their participants in the field of social marketing, is analyzed. Specific examples of the implementation of effective measures by non-profit organizations that increase the positive attitude towards them on the part of the population and government representatives are given.

The article examines the role and development of social capital in stabilizing autocratic regimes. The social capital in the study was operationalized as trust, since the presence of trust in society strengthens the network of relationships. Stability in this study refers to all changes in the political system, which are measured through indicators of political instability. At the same time, this paper considers cooptational and repressive management strategies, since the development of social capital in autocratic regimes directly depends on the choice of one of these strategies. The study sample lasting from 1981 to 2012 included 56 autocratic states. An empirical study revealed that the behavior of social capital in stabilizing autocratic regimes is non-linear and depends on the type of autocratic regime, as well as on the management strategy used.

The article examines the public administration system in Kyrgyzstan, which is at the stage of formation of its model. The process of carrying out administrative reforms through the adoption of reorganization strategies and the creation of new state institutions, the redistribution of functions and responsibilities is considered. The difficulties of reforming the administrative-territorial structure of the republic, associated with geographical features and a high level of corruption, duplication and overlap of government bodies, are shown. Much attention is paid to the process of creating electronic government and the prospects for its activities.

The main directions and forms of international relations of the regions were determined by such factors as economic interest, geopolitical position of the country and the region, regional structure of production, availability of personnel, experience, international, state and regional legal field, within which entities carried out their activities, etc. According to our studies, the main objectives of the representative offices of foreign firms in the analyzed years were to establish contacts with Russian enterprises and organizations, advertising and exhibition activities, development of a dealer network, training of specialists. Most of the representative offices carried out active work in these areas on the territory of the city and region, as well as the Siberian region as a whole.

The article considers the experience of the Siberian Academy of Public Administration in the development of international cooperation, its role and importance in the state and municipal employees training, the reform and development of public and municipal services. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of cooperation with foreign organizations and educational institutions in Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, France in the process of implementing international projects, holding international scientific and practical conferences on the problems of training personnel for the public administration system, combating corruption and developing leadership in the civil service. Interaction with foreign partners in the development of new directions in the work of government bodies for personnel management, social protection and housing and communal services is shown. The analysis of the accumulated experience shows that international cooperation has contributed to increasing the efficiency of the Siberian Academy of Public Administration in the training of state and municipal employees and improving the activities of authorities in the Siberian region.

The article discusses the practical issues of using offensiveness as a direction for the prosecution to exercise its discretionary powers in order to successfully overcome opposition to the investigation of criminal bribery cases; examples illustrating the possibility of effective offensive overcoming of opposition through the correct use of the discretionary powers of the prosecution are given.

The article highlights certain problems of prosecutorial supervision and investigation of crimes in places of deprivation of freedom. The role of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation and its territorial divisions in supervising the principle of legality in the criminal correction system of Russia is determined by both prisoners and officers of the Federal Penitentiary Service. The problem of a high level of latency of crimes and other violations of the legislation of Russia in places of deprivation of freedom has been raised. The conclusion is made that the main subject of counteraction to the detection of crimes in places of deprivation of freedom are the employees of correctional institutions. The main category of crimes committed by these persons is the abuse of authority, including the concealment of the fact of their commission. The authors outlined the task of improving the methods and forms of prosecutorial supervision and investigation of crimes in places of deprivation of freedom. A proposal is made to change the procedure for sending written appeals of prisoners to prosecutors, the need for personal receptions by the prosecutor of citizens held in places of deprivation of freedom on a permanent, regular and confidential basis is noted.

Within the framework of this article, one of the types of prosecutorial supervision provided for by the Federal Law ‘On the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation’ was examined, and an analysis of supervisory documents was carried out. In order to improve the legislation, the author proposes to make some changes to the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation (Code of Criminal Procedure), expanding the procedural powers of the prosecutor, giving him the right to issue a reasoned decision to institute criminal proceedings and subsequently refer the criminal case to the investigative or inquiry body to organize further investigation and make final legal and informed decision. Moreover, the author justifies the need for such changes to the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation to fully and comprehensively ensure the rights and freedoms of citizens during prosecutorial supervision of the activities of bodies conducting preliminary investigations and inquiries based on statistical data.

The article considers the issues of life insurance, its types, functions and goals, and also presents the procedure for obtaining a social tax deduction when concluding a voluntary life insurance contract for a period of at least 5 years. The essence of accumulative and investment life insurance is determined, their importance and necessity for the state as additional sources of long-term investments, and for the population as additional social protection, are noted.

A change in the paradigm of economic development has transformed ideas about the economy of the future - digitalization is the main component of effective functioning in the framework of the country's technological development. At the same time, the processes of lability, catachresis and deformation of parametric phenomena observed in the context of the development of small territories slow down the digitalization processes. In accordance with this, consideration of the identified aspects is a rather important factor from the point of view of introducing digitalization elements into the country's economy. The purpose of the scientific article is to study the issue of digitalization of the economy in the context of lability, catachresis and deformation of the parametric phenomena of small territories. During the study, methods of situational and simulation modeling, approximation and grouping of species elements of a structural object, staging and algorithmization of functional processes were used. Particular emphasis is placed on the methodological apparatus, which allows to take into account external changes within the framework of the system under consideration and draw conclusions. These methodological approaches include the entropy of scientific knowledge, aberration, and robustness.

This article is devoted to the study of trends in demand for Digital Skills and is designed to create an understanding of the need for proactive creation of a digital educational environment, caused by deep changes in the economy and society. The article presents an assessment of the demand for competencies in the digital economy, provides a forecast of the demand for Digital Skills over the next 5 years in industry sectors. The practical significance is the correct interpretation of the demand for Digital Skills in the digital economy will allow companies to devise ways to improve the quality of human capital, which will provide them with a competitive advantage.