National Institute of Public Administration (Spain) explained

Agency Name:	National Institute of Public Administration
Nativename:	Spanish; Castilian: Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública|italic=no
Agency Type:	State agency
Picture Caption:	Main headquarters in Madrid
Preceding1:	Institute for Local Government Studies (1940–1987)
Jurisdiction:	Government of Spain
Headquarters:	Atocha street, Madrid
Region Code:	ES
Employees:	175 (as of 31 December 2022)^[1]
Budget:	€118,5 million (2023)^[2]
Chief1 Name:	Consuelo Sánchez Naranjo^[3]
Chief1 Position:	Director-General
Parent Department:	Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service

The National Institute of Public Administration (INAP) is an agency of the Spanish Department of Digital Transformation and Civil Service responsible for developing and implementing the recruitment and training policies for public employees, promoting and carrying out studies, publications and research on matters related to Public Administration and maintaining relations of cooperation and collaboration with other Administrations and public employee training centres, both national and international.^[4]

History

The National Institute of Public Administration was established by order of minister-under secretary of the presidency, Luis Carrero Blanco, on 22 September 1958. In this order, the Office of the Prime Minister ratified its condition as the government department responsible for the civil service, and it created within the Technical General Secretariat the Centro de Formación y Perfeccionamiento de Funcionarios (CFPF) (English: Training and Improvement Center for Civil Servants).^[5]

In 1961 it was transformed into an autonomous agency^[6] and, in 1966, it was authorized the use of the term "National School of Public Administration" (ENAP) to refer to the agency. This name would evolve into the current National Institute of Public Administration (INAP), which was officially established in 1977.^[7]

A decade later, in 1987, the Institute for Local Government Studies, founded in 1940, was merged into the INAP.^[8]

In December 2023, a royal decree-law transformed the INAP into an State agency.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Institute of Public Administration . 2022 . Annual Report . 2 July 2024 . www.inap.es . es.
2. Web site: . 2024 . 2023 State Budget, extended to 2024 . 2 July 2024 . www.sepg.pap.hacienda.gob.es.
3. Web site: Press . Europa . 2021-03-16 . El Gobierno nombra a Consuelo Sánchez Naranjo directora del Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP) . 2024-07-02 . www.europapress.es.
4. Web site: . 16 April 2011 . Royal Decree 464/2011, of April 1, approving the Statute of the National Institute of Public Administration. . 2024-07-02 . www.boe.es . es.
5. Web site: 22 September 1958 . Ministerial Order of 22 September 1958 . 2 July 2024 . www.inap.es . es.
6. Web site: 23 December 1961 . Law 93/1961, of December 23, granting the CFPF the status of an autonomous agency. . 2 July 2024 . www.inap.es . es.
7. Web site: 27 June 1977 . Royal Decree 1464/1977, of June 17, determining the functions, organization and means of the National Institute of Public Administration. . 2024-07-02 . www.boe.es . es.
8. Web site: 26 November 1987 . Royal Decree 1437/1987, of November 25, merging the National Institute of Public Administration and the Institute for Local Government Studies. . 2 July 2024 . www.boe.es . es.
9. Web site: Royal Decree-Law 6/2023, of December 19, approving urgent measures for the implementation of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan in the areas of public justice service, civil service, local government and patronage. . 2 July 2024 . www.boe.es . es.