BPATC―A Home of Nation Builders
A centre committed to excellence and a premier regional hub dedicated to providing effective, inclusive and self-mandated and bespoke training for civil servants, the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), is the apex public sector training institute in Bangladesh-meeting the challenges of the 21st century. The centre offers innovative training courses across subjects, from public administration and governance to leadership training, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), office management, gender and development, financial management, project management, conflict management and negotiation, e-government management, Total Quality Management (TQM), training of trainers (TOT) and personal development. It also arranges of seminars and workshops on various issues of national and global concerns. All courses can be customized to fit specific training needs.

A leader in the field of administration and development is not always an inborn talent but that can be taught, cultivated and practiced. The aim of the centre is to equip future leaders and policy makers with the background necessary for a broad understanding of varied social, economic, political, environmental, scientific and organizational aspects involved in the planning of national policies and strategies. In addition to focusing 3Es-efficiency, economy and effectiveness, the centre concentrates on embracing equity, responsiveness, inclusiveness, accountability, innovation and collaboration.

Foundation Of A Dream―BPATC is Born
With the dire necessity of fulfilling the demand for ready human resources of a newly born independent country and achieving the dream of the father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Sonar Bangla, creating a core of efficient, dynamic, competent, citizen-focused, proactive and patriotic public servants for rapid and sustained development, BPATC emerged in 1984 as an autonomous organization amalgamating four institutions:

1. Bangladesh Administrative Staff College (BASC)

2. National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA)

3. Civil Officer’s Training Academy (COTA)

4. Staff Training Institute (STI)

 Location and Landscape―A Natural Habitat
Set amidst a landscape of the velvet of lush green natural environment and aesthetic beauties blended with planned trees with abode of chirping birds, flowers, gardens, water body- a habitat of flora and fauna surrounded by a mini tea garden, a herbal garden and plants and the state of the art infrastructures, the centre lies in Savar at a surface of 54 acres land  which is 28 kms away from the maddening crowd of the capital city Dhaka. Notwithstanding the limitation imposed by its distant location, the centre prides itself as the alma mater for most laurels in the civil service domain across the country.

Vision
BPATC becomes a Centre of Excellence for developing patriotic competent and professional civil servants dedicated to the public interest.

Mission ―How We Achieve Our Dream
BPATC is committed to achieving the shared vision through-

What We Do? ― Training, Research, Consultancy, Publication, Workshop, Seminar and Collaboration.  

Since inception, the centre has turned into a trusted home of training for the officials of government, autonomous and non-government organizations. Among the courses conducted by the centre, the Foundation Training Course (FTC) is for the new entrants to the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) while Advance Course on Administrative and Development (ACAD) is for mid-career Deputy Secretaries and their equivalent, Senior Staff Course (SSC) is for the Joint Secretaries and equivalent officials from Defence Services and Police, while Policy Planning and Management Course (PPMC) is for the Additional Secretaries.

The centre also conducts a plethora of short courses to make officers aware of the policies of the government, to familiarize them with the Rules, Regulation etc. and to appraise them of the relevant reforms and changes. The centre on occasions caters bespoke training e.g. Special Foundation Training Course (SFTC) to entertain demands of the valued clients. Indeed, the centre has four arms as Regional Public Administration Training Centre (RPATC), planned to be extended up to all eight Divisions of the country soon, mandated to discharge specialized training courses for support staff and officials at regional level. Understanding rural people and dynamics of field administration through field visit and attachments, is a mandatory part of the training of BPATC. In BPATC, the medium of instruction in class room session is preferably English. The centre encourages participants to develop their oral English skills and as such, they are expected to speak English with colleagues and faculty members during staying at BPATC. The participants have to mandatorily abide by the norms, code-of conducts, dress code, table manners and standards set by the centre.

Main Theme
Building effective, inclusive and accountable public administration system.

Core values
The centre in all spheres of activities, cherishes the spirit of our great liberation war, fundamental principles of the state policy and patriotism; and strives to infuse those among the stakeholders effectively. The operating principles of the centre has built on core values of discipline, integrity, inclusiveness, professionalism, innovation, team-spirit and learning for results. Globalisation, technological  breakthrough and underpinning challenges of the era in the spectrum of governance, have made BPATC as a sin-qua-non for grooming the world class civil servants dedicated to render best services to the citizenry and humanity as well.