BPATC
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BPATC is the Bangladesh
public administration training center,it is located in Savar
, Dhaka
.It is a training center for the government employee for being a good government officer.Its main purpose is to serve the government officers.It has a big and vibrant community.It has a school come college,any quarters for the officers to live and also it has a big mosque and a beautiful lake.it is adjacent to the saver urban area and not very far from the Savar
market.
Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), the apex training institute in the Public Sector, emerged as an autonomous organisation in 1984 under the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Ordinance 1984 by amalgamating following training institutions:
• Bangladesh Administrative Staff College (BASC);
• National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA);
• Civil Officers' Training Academy (COTA); and
• Staff Training Institute (STI).
The Centre is located in a lush natural environment and lies at a distance of 28 kilometers from the capital city Dhaka.
Since its inception on 28th April 1984, BPATC has been training the officers of government, autonomous and non-government organisations. Among the courses conducted by the Centre the Foundation Training Course is for the new entrants to the Bangladesh Civil Service while Advanced Course on Administration and Development (ACAD) is for the Deputy Secretaries and their equivalents and Senior Staff Course (SSC) for the Joint Secretaries and their equivalents. In addition to these the centre also conducts a number of short courses. Objectives of these courses among others are to make officers aware of the policies of the Government, familiarise them with the Government Rules & Regulations and apprise them of the recent changes in the field of Public Administration.
The Centre is headed by a Rector who is a senior Secretary to the Government followed by Six Members Directing Staff (MDS) of the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government and they supervise the following six divisions:
• Management and Public Administration;
• Programme and Studies and Regional Centres;
• Development Economics;
• Research and Consultancy;
• Development Projects and
• Management and Develioment.
Each division consists of a number of departments headed by a Director of the rank of Deputy Secretary. Below them are Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, Evaluation Officers and Research Officers. The Centre has four Regional Centres called Regional Public Administration Training Centres (RPATC) at four old Divisional Headquarters. Regional Centres are mainly meant for staff training and each of them is headed by a Deputy Director.
BPATC enjoys substantial autonomy in both financial and administrative matters. The twelve-member Board of Governors (BOG) chaired by a Minister provides general policy directions as and when required. The Board is composed of the following members:
• A cabinet minister nominated by the Government to act as the chairperson of the Board;
• Cabinet Secretary;
• Rector, BPATC;
• Secretary, Ministry of Establishment;
• Secretary, Finance Division;
• Secretary, Ministry of Education;
• A Vice-Chancellor of a University nominated by the Government;
• Commandant, Defence Services Command and Staff College;
• Chairman, Bangladesh Federations of Commerce and Industry;
• Chairman, Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi or Jahangirnagar by rotation in that order;
• Two elites including one woman nominated by the Government.
Vision & Mission of BPATC
Vision
By the year 2020, BPATC will establish itself as a centre of excellence and a regional hub for development of competent, innovative and morally sound public servants and a think tank of knowledge-based governance.
Mission
We commit ourselves to:
• develop human resources with competence and strong moral values through state-of-the art training;
• promote a culture of continuous learning in the public service to foster a knowledge society;
• conduct research and publications on public sector management;
• networking with reputed institutions of home and abroad to enrich training, research and consultancy; and
• extend consultancy services for enhancing organizational performance.
ACTIVITIES
Training Programmes
Training programmes are broadly classified into two categories: (i) core courses and (ii) short specialised courses. Core courses usually range from 10�16 weeks and are linked to career development while short specialised courses range from 1 to 4 weeks. Focus of the core courses is development of the conceptual and technical base while short specialised courses focus on the development of skills of specific clientele groups. Following are the major courses organised by the Centre.
The Center prepares a comprehensive annual plan for organising training courses, workshops and seminars which is revised on a year to year basis to include new courses, seminars and workshops on the basis of the needs of the clientele and of the rapidly changing environment.
Training Programme- 2010-11
Training Programme for RPATC- 2010-11
Training Achivements
Career Development Courses
Senior Staff Course (SSC)
Advanced Course on Administration and Development (ACAD)
Foundation Training Course (FTC)
Special Foundation Training Course for Election Commission Officials
• Short Courses
• Training of Trainers Course
• Project Management Course
• Course on Trade and Aid: Planning Negotiations Techniques
• Human Resource Planning Course
• Financial Management Course
• Environmental Management and Sustainable Development Course
• Modern Office Management Course
• Course on Information Technology and E-Governance
• Foundation Refresher Programme
• Course on Communicative English
• Gender and Development Course
Gist on Training Activities
Foundation courses of four months duration are organised for the new recruits of the 29 cadre services of the Bangladesh Civil Service to provide the core skills of public administration/management and to foster inter-cadre cohesion and for confirmation of their services. The Advanced Course on Administration and Development (ACAD) is organised for mid-level administrators of the rank of deputy secretary to the government and their equivalents to enrich knowledge on modern management and infuse new values of democratic institution, market economy and globalisation. The Senior Staff Course (SSC), a policy level course, is designed and organised for the senior officers of the rank of joint secretary to the government and their equivalents drawn from public enterprises, sector corporations and the armed forces. This course provides the senior government officials an opportunity to appreciate the complex and dynamic socio-cultural and politico-economic environment of Bangladesh so that they can contribute more effectively in formulating pragmatic policies of the government. Regional Centres usually organise skill-based training courses for the support staff of the government.
Human Resource Development
To upgrade the professional knowledge and skills, BPATC assigns utmost priority to Human Resource Development activities for the members of its staff, BPATC encourages its faculty members to participate in the in-house training courses such as Foundation Training, TOT, Research Methodology, Financial Management Course, Communicative English, IT and E-Governance. It also nominates its faculty members to participate in the training courses organised locally by other training institutions or NGOs.
Since its inception, BPATC has been pursuing the policy of deputing the members of the faculty for overseas training for their professional enrichment in specialised areas of Public Administration, Business Administration, Development Economics, Human Resource Management, Environment Management, Project management, Financial Management, Disaster Management, Rural Development, Management Information System, Geographic Information System, Policy Analysis etc. A good number of faculty members have done degrees and short and long -term training in the USA, the UK, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, India and Pakistan.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
public administration training center,it is located in Savar
Sävar
Sävar is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 2,672 inhabitants in 2005.It is located by E4 about 15 km north of Umeå, Sweden. Sävar is mostly known for being the last battlefield of the Finnish War....
, Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
.It is a training center for the government employee for being a good government officer.Its main purpose is to serve the government officers.It has a big and vibrant community.It has a school come college,any quarters for the officers to live and also it has a big mosque and a beautiful lake.it is adjacent to the saver urban area and not very far from the Savar
Sävar
Sävar is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 2,672 inhabitants in 2005.It is located by E4 about 15 km north of Umeå, Sweden. Sävar is mostly known for being the last battlefield of the Finnish War....
market.
Administration
Its administrative branches is big and broad. The rector is the head of the training institution.Then the MDS is the senior most.Normally the rector is the rank of a senior secretary and MDS is the rank of additional Secretary.History
It came to existence in 1984.Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), the apex training institute in the Public Sector, emerged as an autonomous organisation in 1984 under the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Ordinance 1984 by amalgamating following training institutions:
• Bangladesh Administrative Staff College (BASC);
• National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA);
• Civil Officers' Training Academy (COTA); and
• Staff Training Institute (STI).
The Centre is located in a lush natural environment and lies at a distance of 28 kilometers from the capital city Dhaka.
Since its inception on 28th April 1984, BPATC has been training the officers of government, autonomous and non-government organisations. Among the courses conducted by the Centre the Foundation Training Course is for the new entrants to the Bangladesh Civil Service while Advanced Course on Administration and Development (ACAD) is for the Deputy Secretaries and their equivalents and Senior Staff Course (SSC) for the Joint Secretaries and their equivalents. In addition to these the centre also conducts a number of short courses. Objectives of these courses among others are to make officers aware of the policies of the Government, familiarise them with the Government Rules & Regulations and apprise them of the recent changes in the field of Public Administration.
The Centre is headed by a Rector who is a senior Secretary to the Government followed by Six Members Directing Staff (MDS) of the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government and they supervise the following six divisions:
• Management and Public Administration;
• Programme and Studies and Regional Centres;
• Development Economics;
• Research and Consultancy;
• Development Projects and
• Management and Develioment.
Each division consists of a number of departments headed by a Director of the rank of Deputy Secretary. Below them are Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, Evaluation Officers and Research Officers. The Centre has four Regional Centres called Regional Public Administration Training Centres (RPATC) at four old Divisional Headquarters. Regional Centres are mainly meant for staff training and each of them is headed by a Deputy Director.
BPATC enjoys substantial autonomy in both financial and administrative matters. The twelve-member Board of Governors (BOG) chaired by a Minister provides general policy directions as and when required. The Board is composed of the following members:
• A cabinet minister nominated by the Government to act as the chairperson of the Board;
• Cabinet Secretary;
• Rector, BPATC;
• Secretary, Ministry of Establishment;
• Secretary, Finance Division;
• Secretary, Ministry of Education;
• A Vice-Chancellor of a University nominated by the Government;
• Commandant, Defence Services Command and Staff College;
• Chairman, Bangladesh Federations of Commerce and Industry;
• Chairman, Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi or Jahangirnagar by rotation in that order;
• Two elites including one woman nominated by the Government.
Vision & Mission of BPATC
Vision
By the year 2020, BPATC will establish itself as a centre of excellence and a regional hub for development of competent, innovative and morally sound public servants and a think tank of knowledge-based governance.
Mission
We commit ourselves to:
• develop human resources with competence and strong moral values through state-of-the art training;
• promote a culture of continuous learning in the public service to foster a knowledge society;
• conduct research and publications on public sector management;
• networking with reputed institutions of home and abroad to enrich training, research and consultancy; and
• extend consultancy services for enhancing organizational performance.
ACTIVITIES
Training Programmes
Training programmes are broadly classified into two categories: (i) core courses and (ii) short specialised courses. Core courses usually range from 10�16 weeks and are linked to career development while short specialised courses range from 1 to 4 weeks. Focus of the core courses is development of the conceptual and technical base while short specialised courses focus on the development of skills of specific clientele groups. Following are the major courses organised by the Centre.
The Center prepares a comprehensive annual plan for organising training courses, workshops and seminars which is revised on a year to year basis to include new courses, seminars and workshops on the basis of the needs of the clientele and of the rapidly changing environment.
Training Programme- 2010-11
Training Programme for RPATC- 2010-11
Training Achivements
Career Development Courses
Senior Staff Course (SSC)
Advanced Course on Administration and Development (ACAD)
Foundation Training Course (FTC)
Special Foundation Training Course for Election Commission Officials
• Short Courses
• Training of Trainers Course
• Project Management Course
• Course on Trade and Aid: Planning Negotiations Techniques
• Human Resource Planning Course
• Financial Management Course
• Environmental Management and Sustainable Development Course
• Modern Office Management Course
• Course on Information Technology and E-Governance
• Foundation Refresher Programme
• Course on Communicative English
• Gender and Development Course
Gist on Training Activities
Foundation courses of four months duration are organised for the new recruits of the 29 cadre services of the Bangladesh Civil Service to provide the core skills of public administration/management and to foster inter-cadre cohesion and for confirmation of their services. The Advanced Course on Administration and Development (ACAD) is organised for mid-level administrators of the rank of deputy secretary to the government and their equivalents to enrich knowledge on modern management and infuse new values of democratic institution, market economy and globalisation. The Senior Staff Course (SSC), a policy level course, is designed and organised for the senior officers of the rank of joint secretary to the government and their equivalents drawn from public enterprises, sector corporations and the armed forces. This course provides the senior government officials an opportunity to appreciate the complex and dynamic socio-cultural and politico-economic environment of Bangladesh so that they can contribute more effectively in formulating pragmatic policies of the government. Regional Centres usually organise skill-based training courses for the support staff of the government.
Human Resource Development
To upgrade the professional knowledge and skills, BPATC assigns utmost priority to Human Resource Development activities for the members of its staff, BPATC encourages its faculty members to participate in the in-house training courses such as Foundation Training, TOT, Research Methodology, Financial Management Course, Communicative English, IT and E-Governance. It also nominates its faculty members to participate in the training courses organised locally by other training institutions or NGOs.
Since its inception, BPATC has been pursuing the policy of deputing the members of the faculty for overseas training for their professional enrichment in specialised areas of Public Administration, Business Administration, Development Economics, Human Resource Management, Environment Management, Project management, Financial Management, Disaster Management, Rural Development, Management Information System, Geographic Information System, Policy Analysis etc. A good number of faculty members have done degrees and short and long -term training in the USA, the UK, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, India and Pakistan.