Professional Development Training in Dublin

Public Affairs Ireland, Dublin:
Based on Mountjoy Square, in Dublin´s city centre, Public Affairs Ireland is a non-governmental body established with a view to fostering the highest standards and best practice in leadership and management of the public service in Ireland. We strive to provide cutting edge practically focused education and training programmes and publications that are tailored to meet the needs of our informal network of member organisations, including private sector organisations with an interest in this sector. Public Affairs Ireland is an accredited Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Training Centre and an Institute of Commercial Management (ICM) accredited Professional Development Training Centre providing tuition and programmes leading to the ICM’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Awards.

Public Affairs Ireland (PAI) was established in 2002. It consists of three main divisions, Education and Training, Publications and Conferences. Our purpose is to drive professional development and improvement through these different formats. We have an informal network of member organisations that in return for an annual subscription receive a number of services which are available throughout the member/subscriber organisation, including reduced prices to our education and training courses.

Mission:
Our mission is to foster, encourage and meet the need for a culture of continuous or lifelong learning in the public service in Ireland and abroad. Lifelong learning is about developing a lifelong curiosity and that curiosity can be fed in a number of ways, including formal education courses, training updates, reading, networking through attending at relevant conferences and events, developing leadership skills, etc.

We recognise the constant pressure on public servants to achieve value for money and to become ever more productive, efficient and effective in their work. We aim to inspire and promote excellence across our customer base. Transforming public services is an ongoing exercise which will yield results if accompanied by appropriate and targeted training and other support services.

Certificate in Project Management including Public Procurement and Six Sigma; Certificates in Public Law, Data Protection and Records Management such as Freedom of Information, Legislative Drafting & the Legislative Process; Certificate in Human Resource Management; Certificate in Public Sector Media Skills and Communications; Certificate in Public Financial Management.

Public Affairs Ireland operates from 25 Mountjoy Square, Dublin, one of the 42 surviving original buildings of the Mountjoy Square developed by the Gardiner Estate between 1793 and 1818. The main building retains original features such as the Portland stone floating stairs and arched recesses, as well as particularly fine plasterwork. Public Affairs Ireland is continuing the restoration work started by previous owners and is adapting the building to meet the needs of a state-of-the-art training centre. Facilities include 6 training rooms in the main building and a modern annex, breakout rooms, media rooms, cafeteria, restaurant, research facilities and library.