The article presents theoretical considerations about the need for professional development on the course „Development and Evaluation of Public Policy” for civil servants. It reflected the design and implementation elements of the shaping course model. The results of the professional development of the participants in the course largely depend on the degree of professional qualification of the trainer, the content included in the blocks of the course, and the methods, techniques and interactive tools that fully comprise the learning strategy. The principle of „Learning from experience”, integrated into the transformative didactic strategy of the course, is the guarantor of high-quality results in the learning process of participants.