International Cooperation

International Cooperation and Academic Mobility

The Academy of Public Administration has accumulated vast experience in building international partnerships worldwide. It is through vibrant, committed and mutually beneficial collaboration among educational institutions that the groundwork is laid for improving their educational activities, promoting intellectual exchange, enhancing cross-cultural relations, creating a platform for professional discussion and opinion exchange, and nurturing creative and productive thinking of young specialists in various fields. Today the Academy of Public Administration implements bilateral agreements of cooperation with counterpart educational institutions and organisations across the globe.

The Academy develops international cooperation in line with the foreign-policy and economic priorities of the Republic of Belarus, intergovernmental treaties, agreements with national and foreign educational institutions and organisations, and international and nationwide projects and programmes.

In line with the agenda of the concluded cooperation agreements, the Academy hosts visits of delegations from partner institutions, organizes joint video-lectures, cooperates in informational area, implements publication initiatives, exchanges research and methodological literature, publishes research outcomes of partner institutions, and takes part in international conferences/seminars/roundtables and other research and educational events held at partner institutions encouraging the latter to take part in the like events on its premises. It has now become common practice for the Academy to invite delegates from partner institutions to research and educational events and collaborate through exchange of research publications.

Students and teaching staff of the Academy take an active part in international mobility programmes and international competitions.

Department for Communication and International Cooperation coordinates implementation of international educational projects and programmes. The Academy of Public Administration is a member of a number of reputable international organisations and takes an active part in public diplomacy.

The Academy regularly hosts lectures by diplomats of foreign missions accredited in the Republic of Belarus and organises joint international events, recognizing the importance of such endeavors in building international cooperation. Foreign envoys are invited to take part in research methodological seminars to exchange experience with the Academy’s staff in the sphere of executive training. Ambassadors of Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Palestine, Poland, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,  Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Tajikistan, Pakistan and other countries were on visit to the Academy in the recent years.

The Academy of Public Administration is committed to developing international research, cultural and educational cooperation across the globe; promoting efficiency of professional partnerships; furthering collaboration with foreign educational centres on implementing joint research projects; and enhancing the quality of training, retraining and professional advancement of executive personnel.