The authors explore ways of developing key competencies of a civil servant with the help of STEM education as a philosophy of training and retraining throughout life. The abbreviation of the concept, its features, principles and advantages are disclosed. | Stem education as the latest philosophy of lifelong learning to develop key competencies of a civil servant International Journal of Management IJM Volume 11 Issue 2 February 2020 pp. 163 169 Article ID IJM_11_02_017 Available online at http ijm JType IJM amp VType 11 amp IType 2 Journal Impact Factor 2020 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6502 and ISSN Online 0976-6510 IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed STEM EDUCATION AS THE LATEST PHILOSOPHY OF LIFELONG LEARNING TO DEVELOP KEY COMPETENCIES OF A CIVIL SERVANT Anatolii Savkov Department of Parliamentarism and Political Management National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine Inna Suray Department of Public Administration and Public Service National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine Liudmyla Kotliar Department of Public Service National Academy for Public Administration under President of Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine Lіudmyla Polishchuk Department of Event Management and Leisure Industry Kyiv National University of Culture and Art Kyiv Ukraine Iryna Bushman Department of Education Neijiang Normal University China Nataliia Vasiuk Department of Social and Humanitarian Policy National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine ABSTRACT STEM education is a combination of theoretical science technology engineering and mathematics. Moreover these disciplines are not studied separately but in combination. Students get acquainted with new directions in the development of exact sciences and engineering and then implement what they have learned in practice. The authors explore ways of developing key competencies of a civil servant with the help of STEM education as a philosophy of training and retraining throughout life. The abbreviation of the concept its features principles and advantages are disclosed. The key competencies of civil servants are identified and how