National Institute of Administration
The National Institute of Administration, (Arabic: المعهد الوطني للإدارة العامة; French: Institut national d'administration) is a Syrian government school responsible for the training of civil servants in management and administration. Its main office and training center is located in At-Tal, nearby Damascus.[1]
Background
The National Institute of Administration, a Syrian graduate institute, was created in 2002 by President Bashar al-Assad to support the modernization of civil service in Syria. INA was the fruit of cooperation between France and Syria and the French Ecole national administration provided technical assistance until 2011.[2]
Missions
The founding principle of the Institute National d'Administration (INA) is to provide professional training for senior civil servants.[3] Hence, the school’s principal responsibility is to recruit and train the men and women who will make public service a living institution and enable it to adapt to ever-changing times. At the same time, the Institute must pass on the ethics of government service to its graduates, based on the values of responsibility, political neutrality and selfless service. INA provides its students with a double set of tools: expertise in all the areas of government operations, using a broad approach that cuts across ministerial or specialist lines and includes law, public finance, applied economics, Arab, regional and international issues, the administration of government policy in local regions and e-government.[4] public-sector management, including team and project management, monitoring and evaluating efforts involving multiple agencies, and human resources management, all in a constantly changing environment.
Areas of expertise
- A core curriculum for high-level civil servants
- Continuing education programmes and advanced training for Syrian civil servants through short and long training courses
- Bilateral and international relations in the areas of governance and public administration
- Offering consultancy and expertise services to public services in Syria on administrative modernization issues,
Recruitment procedure
Admission to INA is based on a competitive examination at the beginning of June,[5] which people take after completing studies at university. It is opened to civil servants and non-civil servants and proceeded by a preparation cycle of seven months. The "competition" exam is in two parts: The written part includes - an essay on public law - an essay on the economy and administration - an essay on "general knowledge". - an exam on foreign language (French or English). - an exam on the multiple choices method on the three disciplines mentioned above. The oral exam, taken only by those with the highest marks in the written exam, consists of - An oral examination on a discipline chosen by the candidate (law, economy, general knowledge). - An oral examination to test the skill of the candidate in one or tow foreign languages (French or English) .
References
- ↑ http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_National_d'Administration_(Syrie)
- ↑ "Afrique du Nord, Moyen Orient - ENA, Ecole nationale d'administration" (in French). Ena.fr. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
- ↑ http://www.pministry.gov.sy/contents/11960
- ↑ http://www.ina.edu.sy/DetailNews.aspx?NewsID=240
- ↑ "Institut National d'Administration". Ina.edu.sy. Retrieved 2015-03-05.