North-West Academy of Public Administration is a state higher educational institution situated in the center of St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Academy carries out training, retraining and improvement of professional skills of the public employees in St. Petersburg and Northwest region of Russian Federation. The Academy is one of the most authoritative and prestigious educational institutions of St. Petersburg. The Academy was founded in 1991.
The educational process is divided with 6 schools and 21 departments. Courses of instruction include full-time, part-time and correspondence programs.
- 22,000 students attend full-time courses.
- Annually 2,500 persons study on short-term advanced courses and seminars, conferences, round tables and meetings.
- 4,000 employees of the executive authority attend retraining courses in management and administration fields.
Today the Academy comprises:
- School of State and Municipal Management
- School of Public Administrators Training and Retraining
- School of Law
- School of International Relations
- School of Economics and Finance
- School of Social Technologies
- Postgraduates studies in the fields of Political science, History, Law, Economics and Social studies
- Wide network of 13 branches in North-West region of Russia
Famous quotes containing the words academy and/or public:
“I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike—and I don’t think there really is a distinction between the two—are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his own, is not going to be liked.”
—Harold Bloom (b. 1930)
“In a Kelton church, when a heated argument once began at morning services, a devout old deacon arose from his seat in the ‘amen corner’ and announced he was going to do for the church what the devil had never done—leave it.”
—Administration in the State of Sout, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)