Importance In the conditions of growing geopolitical intensity, ensuring the national security becomes the most important problem of long-term development of the Russian Federation. One of directions of ensuring the national security is sustainable development of education, active participation of employers in educational process on the basis of strategic partnership. Objectives The objective of the research is to define the essence of strategic partnership of an educational institution and employers on the basis of network interactions and its role in ensuring the national security. To solve the problems arising during a strategic partnership project implementation we set the following tasks: to specify the main idea of the "strategic partnership" concept; to study the risks arising during this project implementation; to consider mechanisms of the risk minimization; to define the expected results of the project. Methods Using a comparative analysis, we considered the views of various authors on the essence of the "strategic partnership" concept presented in modern publications. On the basis of available practical experience, we studied the main content of the "strategic partnership" project, possible risks, mechanisms of their minimization, and identified the expected results. Results We have presented a definition of the "strategic partnership" concept, developed the main areas of strategic partnership project implementation, identified and classified risks arising in the course of project realization, considered the mechanisms of risk mitigation, and identified the expected results of implementing the forms of network interaction of educational institutions and employers based on strategic partnership. Conclusions and Relevance The offered definition of the "strategic partnership" concept will enable to get a better idea of the form of network interactions of employers and higher educational institutions for the purpose of joint training of highly professional experts. The requirements of the society and the State determine the competence level of the experts. This contributes to implementation of one of the main objectives, i.e. ensuring national security of the Russian Federation. The offered mechanisms of risk mitigation can serve as tools for institutions of higher education during their implementation of strategic partnership projects.
Keywords: strategic partnership, education, network interactions, risks, national security, competences
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