Department of Public Administration

Head of the Department –  Князев Станислав Никифорович Doctor of Law, Professor

The Department of Public Administration (in 1994 – the Department of Theory and Practice of Public Administration) was formed under the Rector’s order No. 180 of 9 June, 2019. The department carries out its educational and research activities as specified by the policy of the Academy of Public Administration. It provides training, retraining and advance training of attendees, specialists, and academic degree holders who are public sector professionals and government employees.  

Department Tasks and Main Directions of Activity

The Department of Public Administration aims to prepare highly qualified specialists in the field of public administration and state building. The department conducts training on the 1st  cycle of higher education in the Institute of Civil Service in the following specialities:

1-26 05 01 “State Building”,

1-26 01 72 “Public Administration and Local Government”, 

1-26 01 81 “Informational and Analytical Work in Public Administration”,

1-23 01 72 “International Relations.

The Department strives to provide a competence-based education aimed at developing specialists’ cognitive abilities, mastering the theoretical and practical application of public administration in the Republic of Belarus and other countries.

The training process is organised with the application of modern educational technologies putting the educational process and administrative practice together. The classical forms of training sessions are supported by the use of case studies, business games, workshops, panel discussions and thematic debates.

The education activities foresee highly qualified specialists’ training attributing to their high moral standards for public administration agencies, professional competencies development to solve the state tasks of the Republic of Belarus.  

The Department of Public Administration sees its mission in preparing qualified and upstanding specialists for state administration agencies in the Republic of Belarus.  

Department Staff

The Department is proud to have a competent and highly qualified teaching staff of 9 full-time and 24 part-time lecturers, as well as 2 assistants for academic work. 6 Doctors of Science and 16 PhD holders work with the Department of Public Administration. 

Full-time teaching staff

Князев Станислав Никифорович - Head of the Department, Doctor of Law, Professor

● Балобешко Александр Викторович, Senior Lecturer;

● Вечер Лидия Степановна, PhD (Pedagogy), Associate Professor;

● Ганчарик Леонид Павлович, PhD (Technology), Associate Professor;

● Герменчук Виктор Васильевич, PhD (History), Associate Professor;

● Клочков Валерий Павлович, PhD (Philosophy), Associate Professor;

● Семашко Надежда Константиновна, Senior Lecturer;

● Стаценко Ольга Анатольевна, Senior Lecturer;

● Храмцова Флюра Ибрагимовна, Doctor of Political Science, Professor; 

● Захарьёнок Анна Павловна, Specialist for academic work and guidance;

● Мелтонян Елена Викторовна, Specialist for academic work and guidance .

Part-time teaching staff

● Гулякевич Андрей Владимирович, PhD (Law), Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer;

● Дашкевич Елена Геннадьевна, PhD (History), Associate Professor;

● Мацель Валерий Михайлович, Doctor of Historical Science,  Associate Professor;

● Мушта Александр Александрович, PhD (Philosophy), Associate Professor;

● Новыш Борис Владимирович, Doctor of  Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor;

● Перепелица Александр Александрович, PhD (Technology), Associate Professor; 

● Реуцкая Елена Александровна, Senior Lecturer;

● Трипузова Антонина Антоновна, Senior Lecturer;

● Шибут Марина Станиславовна, PhD (Technology), Associate Professor;

● Щербович Жанна Ивановна, Senior Lecturer.

Scientific Activities

The Department of Public Administration carries out research in the spheres of  government efficiency, local government efficiency, national cadre policy; it studies the historical experience of public administration and its application in the contemporary environment. In accordance with the Academy’s directions for the scientific and innovative activities the department works on the research theme “Current issues of public administration and civil service”. Within the framework of scientific research grants of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus, the department is currently developing the topic  “Improving the activities of the state apparatus of the Republic of Belarus: historical experience and strategic prospects” under order 1.03 “The history of Belarus from the end of the XVIII century to the first quarter of the XXI century” as part of the national program of scientific research for 2021-2025“Society and humanitarian security of the Belarusian state”.

The Department of Public Administration actively cooperates with government bodies, business representatives, including the existing innovation platforms created on the basis of the Prosecutor General Office of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus.

Research Directions

The latest research findings, the advanced training, and methodological development are implemented in the educational process when lecturing, conducting tutorials and seminars, preparing analytical notes and developing proposals at the request of the Academy’s administration and government bodies.

The Belarusian representatives of business and entrepreneurship analyze foreign experience in public administration research during international internships. The staff of the Department jointly with public and private agencies participate in the republican and international scientific and practical conferences, seminars, and other scientific events in Belarus and internationally to promote the entrepreneurship initiative development, experience exchange, theoretical research evaluation and practical application opportunities. 

Research directions include

● theoretical and applied problems of public administration and state building;

● public administration methodology and technologies;

● sustainable development strategy in the Republic of Belarus; 

● national cadre policy;

● youth policy and perspective cadre reserve; 

● national security strategy;

● public administration of innovation processes; 

● scientific analysis of the processes of administration evolution at the macro and micro levels and the development of innovative solutions in the field of various complexity social and business systems administration, etc.

International cooperation of the Department is carried out in accordance with the foreign policy and economic priorities of the Republic of Belarus, intergovernmental agreements, treaties with national and foreign educational establishments and organizations, national projects and programs. The Department actively participates in the educational activities within the bilateral agreements’ framework and cooperation agreements with foreign specialized educational institutions and organizations.

Contact information:

Address:  220050, Minsk, Karl Marx str., 22

Office: 203, 306, 309, 401, 511

Phone: +375 17 229-52-91, 229-52-67