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
• Alternatives to custody: Probation and community sentences
• Better regulation: Economic regulation of utilities
• Changing the law: Successful reform
• Consultancy for the public sector: A foundation in essential consultancy skills
• Crisis communication in government
• Doing business: Promoting private sector development and economic growth
• Film, governance and society: Funding, classification and promotion
• Government: image and communication: The UK experience
• Heritage and tourism: Policy and practice for maximising benefits
• Integrity in public life: Core values, codes of conduct and conflicts of interest
• 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
• Public-private partnerships: Focus on roads and transport
• Public service commissions: Professionalism, performance - excellence
• Putting people first: The key to improving public services
• Putting people first: Leading and managing public service change
• Righting wrongs: Ombudsmen, justice and public service
• Successful cities: Promoting economic growth and sustainable development
• Transforming criminal justice: From joined-up justice to multi-agency approaches

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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
• Gaza: Independent External Evaluation of the Food Security Programme
• Liberia: Developing a Strategic Plan for the Governance Commission
• Macedonia: Drafting the Law on Administration and other related legislation
• Rwanda: Review of Job Grading System and Career Progression Management in Civil Service
• Serbia: Support to Public Administration Reform
• South Sudan: Core Skills Training (Phase 2)
• Sudan: Technical Assistance for the International Partners Forum for Human Rights
• Vietnam: Support to the Government Visioning process
• DFID Framework Agreement - Fragile and Conflicted Affected States (FCAS)
• DFID Framework Agreement - Governance and Security (GS)
• 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 in central London in Russell Square (view map). Please contact us for further information. Our training room and board room are sometimes available for hire at very reasonable rates so if you are interested, please see our room hire leaflet for details and contact us if you would like to come and view the rooms or make a booking.