The article uses the results of the human capital research in the field of public management. They were obtained in the course of the project "Human resources in public and municipal administration: strategies and technologies of development", that was carried out within the frames of the Program "Scientific fund of the Scientific Research University, High School of Economics" in 2013, grant №13-05-0018. On the basis of these developments aimed at establishing a ratio of two approaches to the study of human resources management in the public sector – the theory of professional social filters and the theory of human capital, the paper presents an analysis of the ideas that were discussed at the 6^th conference of the trans-European dialogue (Potsdam University, 6-8 February, 2013).

The following ideas were expressed: a) the adoption of the Bologna principles in education has not led to significant improvements in education, and at the same time they are employed as methodological guidance; b) observation of various educational institutions in Europe and Eurasia has not found very different incompatible approaches, but the Bologna reform has not promoted their unity so far.

The participants were proposed the following strategic principles of education and training for public administration reform: orientation to the public services; exchange of students, including the language, the NCB); focus on routine work; innovation work plus crises; academic affiliation of disciplines (what sciences and areas they belong to).