The civil service excellence trends from the Astana Civil Service Regional Hub participating countries were discussed by the special panel under the 25^th NISPAcee Annual Conference Innovation Governance in the Public Sector. The international conference has taken place in Kazan Federal University with the participation of more 150 participants from Central and Eastern Europe, USA, France and SAR, including delegates of UN, International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale (CNFPT), American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), rectors of a dozen universities of Central and Eastern Europe.