Institute of Public Administration

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The Institute of Public Administration is Ireland's only public service development agency focused exclusively on public sector development. It delivers its service through Education and Training, building people's capability to meet challenges Direct Consultancy, solving problems, and helping plan and shape the future. Research and Publishing - understanding what needs to be done and making these findings readily available, International projects and cooperation.
We tailor our services to the particular needs of the public service and our private sector clients. Our blend of skill and experience means that we can develop and offer a service that meets our clients' needs precisely and effectively. While our services are delivered mainly to clients in the Irish Public Service, we have a strong reputation and demand for our services internationally.
The Institute of Public Administration exists to advance the understanding, standard, and practice of public administration and public policy. We offer a wide range of services to our clients. For nearly sixty years, the Institute has provided an extensive range of executive development programs, short training courses, and organizational development supports for new and experienced managers, administrators, and technical staff across the public sector in addition to opportunities for dialogue, debate, and exchange of experience and views. At a time of complex and rapid change and given the need for greater accountability, integration, and mobility across the public service, our innovative learning approaches enable public servants to build the knowledge and capabilities necessary to lead, manage and immediately apply new insights issues and challenges. Our programs and interventions are grounded in our full-time professional staff's experience, all of whom have many years of teaching, training, and consulting combined with a deep understanding of the challenges and constraints facing the public sector. The unique combination of public management research, delivery capacity, and practical approaches to the most challenging issues ensure that the IPA remains unique in its ability to support the ongoing public service reform process.
The IPA is a recognized college of UCD, which itself belongs to the National University of Ireland (NUI). UCD/NUI accredits the programs described on the pages that follow, so the qualification a Whitaker School student earns is recognized worldwide.
The IPA is a great place to study. It prides itself on helping students with busy jobs, and family lives learn new and essential things and obtain advanced qualifications in perennial value fields. Our students genuinely enjoy their time studying with us, and they make lasting friendships and contacts. We hope that some of the courses will interest you and return to education with the IPA.
The Institute is the home of Ireland's only dedicated public management research resource. We offer research services aimed at improving the understanding of the public service. We deliver evidence-based research papers and consultancy services. We work closely with clients to provide innovative and informed research solutions that make a difference.
The Institute of Public Administration is Ireland's Public Service Development Agency. Our mission is to promote and develop excellence in public management through training, consultancy, education, research, and publishing. Our headquarters and state-of-the-art training center are located at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. The Institute provides a flexible, dynamic, and challenging working environment and is an equal opportunities employer.
The IPA started to develop a series of international relationships making a significant contribution to the strengthening of public administrations in developing African economies, notably in Zambia and Tanzania. While these links have been maintained right up to the present, our contribution to public administration internationally has developed over time, and our portfolio of international projects has grown significantly. In the early 1990s, the Institute focused on assisting Eastern and Central European countries in transforming their public apparatus as part of the EU accession process. It provided numerous capacity building and technical assistance projects for public administration, civil service, and sister institutions.
Nowadays, the Institute enjoys an excellent reputation for providing technical know-how and support to public sector development and reform, thanks to the high quality of our services and the Irish public service experience. Many countries in transition and a growing number of emerging economies worldwide have been interested in exploring Ireland's experience, its successful model of public administration reform, and the economic development agenda it followed since the late 1980s. The Institute has been much in demand to act as a conduit to this unique expertise and experience.
The Institute is the professional body for public servants. It caters to those in the civil service, the local authorities, the health service, the state-sponsored bodies, the education sector, the gardaí, and the defense forces. Its services are designed to meet the professional needs of public servants at individual and corporate levels.

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