Civil Service in Poland

1. Civil Service in Poland
and the mission of KSAP
Jan Pastwa, Director
Warsaw, April 4, 2016

2. 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)

3. 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.

4. The Act on the Civil Service
from 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)

5. 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.

6. • an individual employed under employment contract, in
accordance with the provisions set forth in the Act on Civil
Service.
Civil service employee
• an individual employed on the basis of appointment in
accordance with the provisions set forth in the Act on Civil
Service
Civil servant

7. National School of Public Administration
– mission and activities

8. Historical Background
4th June 1989
• First partially free election to the Parliament
12th 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

9. Prime Minister
Head of the
Civil Service
(Chancellery
of the Prime
Minister)
National
School of
Public
Administration
in Poland

10. 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.

11. Full-time Training
Continuous Training including
Innovative Projects
International Cooperation
KSAP activities

12. KSAP in numbers
KSAP
25
years
46
employees
Full-time
training
80
students per year
89
lecturers
75 practitioners
14 academics
>1200
graduates
Continuous
Training
57
trainers &
lecturers
ca 220
trainings yearly
ca 3600
participants of
the trainings
yearly
>50 000
trained
employees of the
public
administration
International
Cooperation
45
lecturers yearly
ca 200
participants of
the trainings
yearly
>1000
participants in
2011-2015

13. Full-time Training
•law and administration
•economics and public finance
•the European Union and foreign policy
•management
•attitudes and personal competences
5 training
blocks
•workshops, tutorials, conferences
•national and foreign internships in the
institutions of public administration
•study visits
•Mentor Programme
forms of its
realization

14. 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

15. Scheduled training courses
(the schedule is published
twice a year)
Tailor-made trainings
organized by the individual
requirements from the offices
Innovative projects, including
international cooperation
Foreign languages
Forms
of its realization
Continuous Training

16. Training
Offer
Trainings for
high-level
civil servants
Management
and IT
trainings
Internal
control &
audit studium
Economics
and public
finance
trainings
The European
Union
trainings
Public
administratio
n trainings
Foreign
languages
Assessment/
Development
Centre

17. 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
• Legislation
for non-laywers
• Personal data
protection
• Administrative
procedures
• Methodology
in control and audit
procedures
TRAINING FOR
EXECUTIVES
• Leadership
• Change management
• Decision-making
• Habits of highly
effective actions

18. 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

19. Study visits in KSAP
KSAP
UKRAINE
GERMANY
CHINA
CANADA
BELARUS
KAZAKHSTAN
ROMANIA
BULGARIAMYANMAR
EGYPT
TAJIKISTAN
BANGLADESH
TURKEY
AZERBAIJAN
HUNGARY

20. Questions ?

21. www.ksap.gov.pl
Thank you for your attention.
I invite you to see also the website of the
National School of Public Administration.