Project Director Larissa Bezo and Deputy Project Manager Oksana Kikot’ took part in the seminar entitled “Development and Implementation of Approach to Management Based on Competences: the European experience”, which took place on the 9-10th of June at the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) (Maastricht, The Netherlands). Due to the support of the Ukrainian Civil Service HRM Project, the list of the participants also included the representatives of the Main Department for Civil Service of Ukraine, namely – Julia Kozak, the head of the Office for maintenance of projects for staff development of the HR department of state bodies and local authorities of the MDCSU, and Catherine Hevchuk, consultant of the Department for training activities and international cooperation of the School of Senior Civil Service.