Department of Economic Development and Management

Head of the Department - Рутко Дина Федоровна, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor

The Department of Economic Development and Management was founded in 1991. Throughout the four stages of its development, the Department has been fulfilling the tasks within the scope of market theory and practice, foreign economic activity, entrepreneurship, economic theory, insurance business, finance, pricing, economy of the Republic of Belarus, and other issues. 

The Department of Economic Development and Management provides training specialists in the specialities "Public Administration and Economics", "Information Resources Management", and "Public Administration and Law". The specialization of the Department is reflected in the courses delivered by the faculty of the Department and includes 32 academic disciplines.

The Department of Economic Development and Management prepares specialists on the first level of higher education (cycle I) in speciality 1-26 01 03 "Public administration and economics", on the second level of level of higher education in speciality 1-26 80 04 "Management" profiling "Corporate governance", profiling "Innovation management", 1-26 80 07 "Public administration and economics", specialization "Project management of public-private partnership", "Management" profiling "Corporate Governance", profiling "Innovation Management"

The Department offers training for postgraduate students on the second level of higher education (Master's degree) in the specialities 1-26 80 04 "Public administration and economics": "Project management of public-private partnership"; "Management": "Innovation Management" and "Corporate Governance".

In the process of teaching, the Department makes extensive use of active forms of education: problem solving, business games, thematic discussions. Qualified practitioners from the Ministry of Economy, the National Bank, and the Ministry of Economy are involved in conducting thematic discussions.

Department Tasks and Main Directions of Activity

The Department of Economic Development and Management aims to

● organize and conduct of educational and scientific-methodical work;

● ensure the proper quality of the educational services;

● participe in educational and ideological work among students;

● organize and conduct of scientific research;

● prepare scientific and pedagogical workers, improve their qualifications;

● implement Mission and Policy of the Academy of Public Administration,   achieve quality assurance goals;

● organize students' research work.

Taking into account modern requirements for training and trends in the socio-economic development of the country, the Department of Economic Development and Management annually updates the curriculum. The Department also holds subject Olympiads for students of economic specialities.

Department Staff

• Рутко Дина Федоровна, Head of the Department, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor;

• Брасс Александр Анатольевич, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor;

• Вайцехович Ольга Владимировна, Master of Economics, Senior Lecturer;

• Климкович Надежда Ивановна, Master of Economics, Senior Lecturer;

• Коврей Валентина Алексеевна, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor;

• Котова Виктория Анатольевна, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor;

• Кулик Наталья Леонидовна, Senior Lecturer;

• Малыхина Светлана Игоревна, - PhD (Economics), Associate Professor;

• Маслак Дмитрий Александрович, Master, Trainee Lecturer;

• Михадюк Екатерина Александровна, Leading Specialist in the organization of the educational process;

• Семёнов Александр Юрьевич, PhD (Economics), Associate Professor;

• Соколинская Татьяна Владимировна, Master of Economics, Senior Lecturer;

• Сокорова Надежда Александровна, Master of Technical Sciences, Leading Specialist in the organization of the educational process;

• Шаркова Оксана Эдуардовна, Master of Economics, Senior Lecturer

Scientific Activities

The Department of Economic Development and Management carries out research work on the themes

● “State Regulation of Socio-Economic Systems in the Context of Innovative Development ” (2011–2015);

● "Structural and institutional transformations in the context of the transition to a new technological order" (2016-2020);

● "Economic Development and Management: Theoretical Aspects and Practical Recommendations" (2021-2025).

The results of the research work of the Department of Economic Development and Management are used in the preparation and adoption of normative legal acts regulating the processes of the formation of an innovative economy; at the State Committee for Science and Technology - in the development of models of modern innovative systems; at the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus - in the development of republican and intersectoral programs to increase the level of competitiveness of the economy of the Republic of Belarus.

The research findings are also used in the educational process of the Academy of Public Administration to organise training specialists and advanced training of managerial personnel, to prepare course works and dissertations.

The Department of Economic Development and Management can boast its own Scientific Schools that have been formed on the basis of the processes taking place in the national economy of the Republic of Belarus over the past 28 years. Over the past 10 years, the staff of the Department have published more than 700 scientific, scientific and methodological, educational and educational-methodical works.

Contact information:

Address:  220007, 17, Moskovskaya str., Minsk

Offices: 805, 810, 812

Phones: (+375 17) 229-52-35, (+375 17) 229-52-48, (+375 17) 229-52-48