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History of the Academy

The Academy of State Service under the President of Turkmenistan was founded on the basis of the Decree of the President of Turkmenistan of September 12, 2008 No. PP-5171. It was our Esteemed arkadag academician President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who personally initiated the foundation of the Academy. In “the Year of Turkmenistan - the Motherland of Peace and Trust” the Academy marks 13th anniversary of its foundation. In a very historically short time, the Academy has played a significant role in fulfilling the modern educational policy in accordance with the standards of the international experience. Further update activities in improving educational system in training highly skilled administrators and civil servants of the state government and local self-government bodies, as well as specialists for non-governmental organizations are being carried out at the Academy. In the period of mighty and prosperous state, on January 24, 2020, The President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution 1606 “On the objectives of the academy of state service under the President of Turkmenistan.” In accordance with the document, the Regulations of the Academy, the structure of the Academy and the Procedure of admission to this institution were adopted.

The Academy of state service under the President of Turkmenistan is a government institution that provides second indepth postgraduate education. The main objective of the Academy is to train and upgrade the skills of highly educated civil servants and specialists employing in various sectors of the country, to improve their skills, to train them in the master's degree program and to develop the scientific and methodological basis of public administration.

On March 2, 2009, professional development training courses for civil servants (the term of study is five months) have started.

On September 1 of the same year, retraining courses for civil servants (the term of study is two years) have begun.

In total, since its opening, the Academy of state service has upgraded and retrained about 2,500 civil servants for different branches of national economy. Thus, they becoming highly qualified civil servants are ready to make effective use of their knowledge and experience gained at the Academy and make their worthy contribution to the development of our country.

The Academy's first cooperation with its foreign counterparts began in 2012. During the business visit of the President of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Belarus in April of the same year, an agreement on cooperation was signed between the Academy of Management under the President of the Republic of Belarus and the Academy of State Service under the President of Turkmenistan. In accordance with the document, the parties have established cooperation in training, retraining and professional development of management specialists of public administration and government organizations.

Even today, the cooperation between the two academies in various fields is expanding and strengthening year by year. In recent years, the Academy has established relations with a number of foreign agencies and international organizations working in the field of public service, in particular within the framework of the UN Development Program, the Population Fund and the European Union, and their bilateral projects. new areas of cooperation are being established.

In September 2013, a scientific-practical conference was held in a solemn atmosphere on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the founding of the Academy. It was attended by professors, students of the Academy and representatives of other related institutions of Turkmenistan and got acquainted with the achievements of the Academy since its opening and its current activities.

In September 2018, a solemn scientific-practical conference was held on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Academy. It was attended by professors, listeners of the Academy, alumni and other specialists working in the ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, as well as heads of foreign counterparts.

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