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) as a Short Course Provider. Please see our Certificate of Accreditation. Please click here to view our advice for UK entry visa requirements.

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

• Access to civil justice: Efficiency, affordability and fairness
• Better regulation: Water, energy, transport and communications
• Changing the law: Successful reform
• Competition policy: How to level playing field
• Consultancy for the public sector: A foundation in essential consultancy skills
• Crisis communication in government
• Film, governance and society: Funding, classification and promotion
• Government: image and communication. The UK experience
• Heritage and tourism: Policy and practice for maximising benefits
• Internal audit and risk management: Achieving organisational objectives
• Managing elections: Techniques and perspectives
• Managing the performance of public sector organisations
• Pay and grading: Strategies for change
• Pension schemes: planning for the future. The UK experience
• Protecting society: Challenges in delivering effective prison services and alternatives to custody
• Public law in changing times: How do government lawyers respond?
• Public-private partnerships: The UK experience of roads and transport
• Public service commissions: Professionalism, performance - excellence
• Putting people first: The key to improving public services
• Successfull citieis: Promoting economic growth and sustainable development
• 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
• Kosovo: Support to the Office of the Prime Minister (Phase 2)
• Kosovo: Assistance with Implementation of Civil Service and Salaries Legislation
• Kosovo: Support to Co-ordination of the Rule of Law Sector
• Serbia: Support to Public Administration Reform
• Ukraine: Ukrainian-European Policy and Legal Advice Centre (UEPLAC), Phase V
• EC Framework Agreement - BENF 2009 on "Governance and Home Affairs" (Lot 7)
• EC Framework Agreement - BENF 2009 on "Education, Culture, Social and Employment" (Lot 9)
• EC Framework Agreement - COM 2011 on "Studies and Technical Assistance in all sectors" (Lot 1)
• EC Framework Agreement - COM 2011 on "Communication and Training " (Lot 2)
• SIDA Framework Agreement on "Democracy and Public Administration"

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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 listed building in central London just off Tottenham Court Road (view map with directions). Please contact us for further information