about PAI

Public Administration International (PAI) was launched in 1995 to provide advice and support to public sector organisations and other bodies involved in the delivery of public services, and to facilitate the exchange of ideas and experiences. We specialise in management consultancy and development services for organisations in and associated with the public sector worldwide. We offer expert advice to governments that are undergoing political, constitutional, economic and structural change. The promotion of good governance and best practice in delivering public services are our key objectives. We are committed to high standards of ethical conduct. View our Statement of Business Ethics.

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our study programmes

We design and deliver study programmes in the United Kingdom and other countries, providing policy makers and senior managers with an opportunity to update their knowledge of public service structures and systems in the UK and elsewhere. Our direct access to senior managers in the civil service and local government, to academics, politicians and civil society organisations enables visiting delegates to make important contacts with specialists in their particular field of interest. Our study programmes provide an excellent forum for international networking and sharing ideas about best practice.

We are accredited by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education (BAC). Please see our Certificate of Accreditation.

At present we are inviting applications for our following study programmes:

• Access to criminal justice and human rights: Police, courts and prisons
• Access to civil justice: Efficiency, affordability and fairness
• Better regulation: Water, energy, transport and communications
• Changing the law: Successful reform
• Crisis communication in government
• Film, governance and society: Red tape and celluloid
• Freedom of information: Achieving open and transparent government
• Government: image and information. The UK experience
• Heritage and culture: Challenge and innovation in policy and practice
• Integrated climate management: The challenge for government
• Internal audit and performance management: UK and international perspectives
• Lawyers and government: Responding to change
• Managing elections: Techniques and perspectives
• Migration policy and practice for the next decade: On the move
• Pension schemes: Security, diversity and choice. The UK experience
• Policy and the public: Involving citizens and civil society in policy-making
• Protecting society: Challenges in delivering effective prison services
• Public-private partnerships: The UK experience of roads and transport
• Public sector consultancy: A foundation in essential consultancy skills
• Public service commissions: Professionalism, performance - excellence
• Putting people first: The key to improving public services
• Rewarding work: The strategic approach to pay and grading
• Trust in government: Promoting ethics, integrity and professional standards in public services
• When citizens complain: The role of the Ombudsman in improving public services

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our consultancy services

We provide consultancy for governments worldwide and practical advice based on sound experience for governments and organisations implementing major public service reform, good governance and poverty reduction programmes, and we can draw on substantial international experience in designing, implementing and monitoring these programmes.

Currently we are involved in the following consultancy projects:

• Africa: Leadership and Mentoring Scheme for Ethiopia, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Zambia
• Afghanistan: Support in Implementing the Government's New Pay and Grade Policy
• Kosovo: Support to the Office of the Prime Minister (Phase 2)
• Kosovo: Support to Public Administration Reform Legislation
• Kosovo: Advice on Developing Civic Participation in Policy-making
• Rwanda: Evaluation Review of the Human Resources Development Project
• Ukraine: Ukrainian-European Policy and Legal Advice Centre (UEPLAC), Phase V
• Yemen: Evaluation of Outgoing and Identification of Incoming Support to Public Administration Modernisation
• Worldwide: EC Framework Contract - "Governance and Home Affairs" (Lot 7) and "Education, culture, social and employment" (Lot 9)

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consultancy opportunities

If you are interested in working with PAI on our consultancy projects and study programmes, please complete and send us by email the Key Information Form together with your CV. For a list of current project opportunities please visit the list of vacancies.

our office

Our office is located in a Grade II listed building in central London just off Tottenham Court Road (view map with directions). Our premises include two training rooms (ground floor) and a boardroom (lower ground floor) which are available for hire (view further information). If you are interested in hiring any of our rooms, please complete the online booking form. To view our facilities please contact us.