Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus

Academy of Public Administration was established in 1991 initially as the Academy of Public Administration under the Council of Ministers of the BSSR. In 1995 the Academy gained the status of a presidential institution. Nowadays the Academy is among the country's most prestigious educational establishments and occupies a leading position in the system of training, retraining and in-service training of managerial personnel from state authorities and organisations. Since the institution's foundation more than 85 thousand students have been educated within its walls. Among the Academy's alumni there are many people widely known all over the country: high-rank officials, deputies, heads of enterprises, organisations and institutions, those who take care of the today and the tomorrow of our country, its social and spiritual spheres, who represent Belarus in the international arena. The Academy's Institute of Civil Service and Institute of Managerial Personnel carry out training of highly qualified specialists in the sphere of public administration as well as retraining and in-service training of managerial personnel. Annually more than 9 thousand people take courses at the Academy. Educational process is provided by professional teaching staff from 17 Academy's departments among whom are prominent scholars, heads and specialists of Ministries, Constitutional and Economic Courts, public prosecutor's office, custom authorities, the State Control Committee, deputies of the National Assembly, scientists of Belarus National Academy of Sciences.