15 Years of Professional Training for Public Administration in Ukraine

1. National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine 15 yearsof the uniqueexperienceof professional training for public administration Warsaw- 2011 Dr. hab. MarynaBilynska Vice-President Head of Public Administration and Management Department

2. Stages of Development of NAPA • Established in 1995 by the Decree ofthe President of Ukraine; • 2010 – started modernization of NAPA

3. Is a part of thesystem of executive power bodies and provides training and in-service training of civil servants; The main higher educational institution in the system of training, retraining and in-service training of public servants and local government personnel in Ukraine The State Status of NAPA:

4. The Role of NAPA in the National System of Training, Retraining and In-service Training of Civil Servants and Local Government Personnel Regional Centers of retraining and in-service training- 27 Institutions of Higher Education of Ukraine- 20

5. Potential: • Wide-spread system (network) of Institutions of Higher Education (Universities) providing training of MPA programs in 11 specialities; • Wide-spread system (network) of in-service training of civil servants and local government personnel; • One of the MPA programs was accredited by the European Association for Public Administration (EAPAA) until 2011; NAPA has 15 faculties and 57 departments. Its teaching staff comprises more than 120 PhDs and professors, as well as 350 post-graduate fellows and lecturers. NAPA's educational MPA programs, which have a strong component of practical work, engage about 260 of the finest domestic and international specialists and highly-placed government officials.

6. Interregional Network of Distance Learning • Established in 2005; • connects 5 the biggest cities of Ukraine (Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Odesa, Kharkiv).

7. Training of Masters in Public Administration For the period 1995 to 2011 15225 MPA studentswere trained at NAPA 1995-1996 156 students 2009-2011 2700 students

8. “State Administration” “Regional Administration” “Urban Administration” “E-government” “Parliamentarianism and Parliamentary Activity “Public Administration”; “Public Administration in Health Care”; “Public Administration in Education”; “Public Administration in National Safety”; “Public Development” “Public Policy” . NAPA Provides Education in 11 Specialities

9. Training of Highly Qualified Researchers and Research Teaching Staff • NAPA trained 71 of PhD and 436 post graduate fellows; • At present about 500 of postgraduate fellows, 80 doctoral candidates study at NAPA and 4 Regional Institutes of PA.

10. In-service Training More than 15.000 of civil servants, local government personnel, public officials of local administration and manages of state enterprises, institutions and organizations are trained each year at the Institute of In-service Training for Senior Management Staff and in the Regional Centers. In the period 2005-2010 Institute of In-service Training for Senior Management Staff in Kyiv trained more than12.500of civil servants and local government personnel: • professional trainings programs − 7502fellows; • thematic short-term workshops − 4992fellows.

11. Videoconference with the Regional Institutes of NAPA Participation at the Public Debate of the Law of Ukraine “Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine”

12. NAPA cooperates with: 49 international institutional partnersfrom 24 countries, At present NAPA implements 9 international programs and projects. 18 international experts took part in the process of MPA training in 2009-2010. NAPA is a member of: the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee), the European Association of Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA), the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), European Network of Training Organisations for Local and Regional Authorities (ENTO) the International Institute of Administrative Studies (IIAS); Educational Network of Global Development (GDLN). International Cooperation

13. Perspectives National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine Institute of Public Administration and Local Government Issues Institute of In-service for Senior Management Staff Interregional information educational Network Research Center of Socio-political Reforms and expert analysis for the Institutions of Higher Education Sociological Research Center European Integration Center Parliamentarianism and Parliamentary ActivityDepartment National Center of In-service Training for the Trainers in PA DnipropetrovskRegional Institute of Public Administration Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration OdesaRegional Institute of Public Administration LvivRegional Institute of Public Administration 27 Centers of In-service Training

14. Дякую за увагу!Dziękuję za uwagę!Thank you for attention!