Civil Service in Polandand the mission of KSAP Jan Pastwa, DirectorWarsaw, April 4, 2016

Public administration in Poland

supreme organs of state administration

(ca 10.000)government

administration (ca 130.000)

/Civil Service 122.000 + polit. & techn. staff

8.000/territorial self-government

administration (ca 250.000)

Constitution of Poland on the Civil Service:Art.153.

1. Civil service corps shall operate in the organs of government administration in order to ensure a professional, diligent, impartial and politically neutral discharge of the State's obligations.

2. The Prime Minister shall be the superior of such civil service corps.

The Act on the Civil Servicefrom 21st November 2008

Civil service employees may be nominated as Civil Servants:

- by succesfully passing through the Qualification Procedure in Civil Service organised by the National School of Public Administration in Poland (KSAP)

- after graduating the National School of Public Administration in Poland (KSAP)

Civil service corps

Civil service employee Civil servant

Employees holding the following positions: senior positions in the civil service, middle-management or coordinating positions,

independent, specialist and supporting positions.

Civil service employee • an individual employed under employment contract, in

accordance with the provisions set forth in the Act on Civil Service.

Civil servant• an individual employed on the basis of appointment in

accordance with the provisions set forth in the Act on Civil Service

National School of Public Administration – mission and activities

Historical Background4th June 1989

• First partially free election to the Parliament12th September 1989

• Inauguration of the first democratic government of Tadeusz Mazowiecki

May 1990 • Government’s decision to establish the National

School of Public Administration

14th June 1991 • The Act on the National School of Public

Administration adopted by the Parliament

2nd September 1991 • The official opening of the School and launching

the training program

5th July 1996 • Act on the Civil Service adopted by the

Parliament

Prime Minister

Head of the Civil Service

(Chancellery of the

Prime Minister)

National School of

Public Administration in Poland

Mission of the School

To train, and to prepare for public service officials who are impartial, politically neutral, professional, competent, effective, and accountable for the tasks conferred upon them. To train civil servants who will take responsibility for their country’s affairs, be sensitive to what matters to citizens, act in a professional manner and be up to the task of working in an international environment. 

Full-time Training

Continuous Training including Innovative Projects

International Cooperation

KSAP activities

KSAP in numbers

KSAP25years

46employees

Full-time Training

5 training blocks

• law and administration• economics and public finance• the European Union and foreign policy• management• attitudes and personal competences

forms of its realization

• workshops, tutorials, conferences• national and foreign internships in the

institutions of public administration• study visits• Mentor Programme

Foreign administrative internships

• 6 weeks in foreign state institutions • practical experience in an international environment• methods of functioning of state institutions in other countries• new ideas and various solutions that raise the qualifications of future

civil servants

Tailor-made trainings organized by the individual requirements from the offices

Innovative projects, including international cooperation

Foreign languages

Forms of its

realization

Continuous Training

Training Offer

Trainings for high-level civil servants

Management and IT trainings

Internal control & audit studium

Economics and public finance

trainingsThe European

Union trainings

Public administration

trainings

Foreign languages

Assessment/Development

Centre

Most popular training Courses in KSAP

SOFT SKILLS

• Effective communication in public administration• Proffesional client-oriented service in the institution • Self-presentation and public speeches• Art of writing: e-mails, notes, summaries, reports

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE TOPICS

• Access to public information• Legislationfor non-laywers• Personal data•protection• Administrative procedures • Methodologyin control and audit procedures

TRAINING FOR EXECUTIVES

• Leadership• Change management• Decision-making• Habits of highly effective actions

Eastern Partnership Academy of Public Administration(within the Polish Aid)

Trainings for the civil servants from Afghanistan

(within the Polish Aid)

UE Twinning project: support for the development of the civil service in

Ukraine

UE Twinning project: Support to Albanian Civil Service Reform

International Cooperation

Study visits in KSAP

KSAP

UKRAINE

GERMANY

CHINA

CANADA

BELARUS

KAZAKHSTAN

ROMANIABULGARIA

MYANMAR

EGYPT

TAJIKISTAN

BANGLADESH

TURKEY

AZERBAIJAN

HUNGARY

Questions ?

www.ksap.gov.pl

Thank you for your attention.

I invite you to see also the website of the National School of Public Administration.