Academy of Public Administration (Belarus)

The Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus (, ), Minsk, is the leading higher educational establishment in a national education system of the Republic of Belarus and head establishment of education in system of training, retraining and in-service training of the personnel in management sphere. 

The Academy of Public Administration was established in 1991 and it acquired the status of a presidential institution in 1995.

Today Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus claims to be not only a leading centre of science of the country in the field of the government, but also leading higher educational establishment in a national education system of the Republic of Belarus.

About Academy 
 History of Academy of Public Administration

The Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus carries out a complete educational course of managerial personnel training. Established in 1991, the Academy has acquired the status of a presidential institution and is considered to be the leading state higher educational establishment in the system of training, retraining and requalification of managerial personnel.

Academy teaching staff include 155 Doctors of Science and PhD holders. Ministers and heads of governmental structures, key specialists of industrial enterprises and institutions, prominent Belarusian scholars, statesmen and foreign specialists also take part in the educational process.

Each year more than 6000 students, trainees and post-graduate students attend courses at the Academy. About 4500 civil servants also take their upgrading courses here.

Every year the Academy members publish hundreds of research papers, dozens of monographs and teaching aids. The Academy pays close attention to the research work of students, young scientists. There is a Student Scientific Association and a Council of Young Scientists. The Academy has established a Council on theses defense for the Doctor of Economics degree.

The Academy of Public Administration organizes traditional international and national scientific conferences such as:

Information Resources Management, Public Administration (conference of young scientists), Theoretical, Methodological and Applied Aspects of the Public Administration in Belarus and Abroad (students' conference). The Academy of Public Administration publishes "Research Papers of the Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus", the journal Problems of Management. Both publications are on the list of the scientific periodicals of the Republic of Belarus that publish the results of thesis researches.

Structure of Academy

Rectorate 
 Rectors
 Anatoly Shrubenko, Doctor of Economics, Professor (14 September 1992 to 3 April 2000)
 Peter Brigadin, Doctor of historical sciences, Professor (21 July 2000 to 14 November 2001)
 Peter Kuharchik, Dr.Sci.Tech., Professor (14 November 2001 to 25 April 2003)
 Stanislav Knyazev, Doctor of Law, Professor (25 April 2003 to 15 November 2007)
 Anatoly Morozevich, Dr.Sci.Tech., Professor (15 November 2007 to 2014)
 Marat Zhilinsky, Cand. Hist. Sci. (since 15 December 2014)

 First Pro-rector
 Pro-rector on study
 Pro-rector on scientific work
 Pro-rector on study
 Pro-rector on the general questions
 Professor-adviser

Offices 
 Office for HR and Legal Affairs
 Accounting and Finance Office
 Educational and Methodical Office
 Organization and Analysis Office

Institutes

Managerial Personnel Institute

Civil Service Institute 

 Organizational and Methodical Office

State Administration Theory and Practice Research Institute 
 State Administration Research Center
 State Human Resources Policy Research Center
 Education Technologies Center
 Center for the Scientific Support for the Automated Data System Reserve
 Listeners and Students Research Laboratory

Centers 
 IT Center
 Press Center
 Center for International Cooperation and Educational Programs
 Center for Upbringing and Youth Initiatives
 Trade complex of the Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the Belarus President
 Publishing Center

Subdivisions 
 Postgraduate Studies Office
 Research and Innovations Planning and Organization Office
 Library
 Logistics Office
 Capital Projects Office
 Administration Office
 Hostels

International cooperation 

The Centre was formed to promote Academy's international links and mutually beneficial contacts with related national and foreign educational and research establishments on the basis of bilateral and multilateral agreements and running programmes on cooperation aimed at task solution in managerial personnel training and re-qualification. 

The Centre promotes Academy's cooperation with its partner institutions:
  – Academy of Public Administration of Armenia
  – Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  – Foundation “Slavyane”
  – China National School of Administration
  – Raul Roa Garcia Higher Institute of International Relations of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
  – College of Social and Administrative Affairs
  – Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences
 :
 Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
 Economic Research Institute
  – Academy of Management under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic
  – Lithuanian Institute of Public Administration
  – Academy of Public Administration by President's Office of the Republic of Moldova
  – Higher School of Management
 :
 Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation
 Lomonosov Moscow State University
 Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the MFA of Russia
 Volga-Vyatka Academy of Civil Service
 Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
 Moscow City Government University of Management
 Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation
 Moscow Institute of Economics, Management and Law
 Murmansk branch of North West Academy of Public Administration
 Russian Customs Academy
 North-West Academy of Public Administration
 Orlov Regional Academy of Civil Service, Astrakhan State University
  – Singapore Civil Service College
 :
 National Academy of Public Administration under the Office of the President of Ukraine
 Odessa Regional Institute of Public Administration
 Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration
 Khmelnitsky University of Management and Law
  – Academy of State and Social Construction under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
  – School of Planning of Ministry of Planning and Development of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  – Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration

37 agreements have been signed between the Academy and its partner institutions.

The Centre actively supports student and faculty exchange. 

The Centre for International Cooperation and Educational Programmes provides assistance in organizing meetings between Academy's governing body and prominent international figures, lectures by representatives of foreign missions and international organizations held both for teaching staff and students. The Academy was visited by the heads of diplomatic legations from , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  and also by UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus.

Eurasian Association of Academies of Public Administration 
Academies of Public Administration of , , , ,  and  will create the Eurasian Association of national academies and public administration and public service institutes. To sign authorized documents of Association it is planned in March, 2010 in Minsk.

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See also 
 List of universities in Belarus
 List of colleges and universities
 Minsk
 Belarus

Category:Universities in Minsk
Category:Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union
Category:Educational institutions established in 1991
Category:1991 establishments in Belarus