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{{short description|'''Public-sector training and consultancy company; CSSF contractor'''}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Public Administration International
| type = Company registered at Companies House
| founded = 14 February 1992 (incorporated)
| location = London
| industry = Management consultancy activities other than financial management
| status = Active
}}
'''[[Public Administration International]]''' (Public Administration International Limited, Companies House number 02687571) is a contractor to the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] (FCDO) under the [[Conflict, Stability and Security Fund]] (CSSF). Companies House records the company as incorporated on 14 February 1992, with status "Active", nature of business "70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management".<ref name="CH02687571">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02687571 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (02687571)] ''Companies House'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CHO02687571">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02687571/officers PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (02687571): officers] ''Companies House'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref> It is a named supplier on Lot 1 of the CSSF Framework Agreement 2023–27.<ref name="FTS2023">Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029743-2023 Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) Framework Agreement (2023-2027): contract award notice 029743-2023] ''Find a Tender Service'', 2023.</ref> [[Contracts Finder]] lists 3 published CSSF award(s) to the organisation with a combined stated value of £424,432. FCO and FCDO payments to it over £25,000 recorded in published departmental spending data total about £656,482; these figures cover all FCO/FCDO (and, after September 2020, former [[Department for International Development]]) programmes and are not limited to the CSSF.<ref name="FCOspend">Foreign and Commonwealth Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/foreign-office-spend-over-25000 FCO departmental spending over £25,000] ''GOV.UK'', 2010–2020; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-departmental-spending-over-25000 FCDO: departmental spending over £25,000] ''GOV.UK'', 2020–2026.</ref>

== Overview ==
Public Administration International (PAI) is a London consultancy and training provider based at 56 Russell Square. It says it was "set up in 1995" and has run "more than 170 projects in 65 different countries", training "over 3,500 senior policy makers". It announced that "on 1 February 2026, PAI joined the GDSI Group", a consultancy group based in Galway, Ireland.<ref name="PAIhome">Public Administration International, [https://www.public-admin.co.uk/ Public Administration International] ''PAI'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref> PAI's 2025 training brochure lists study visits hosted by UK institutions including Parliament, the [[Cabinet Office]] and the Supreme Court.<ref name="PAIbrochure">Public Administration International, [https://www.public-admin.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PAI_training_brochure_2025.pdf Training brochure 2025] ''PAI'', 2024.</ref>

== CSSF/ISF and other UK government work ==
PAI was also among the suppliers awarded a place on Lot B of the original 2015 CSSF framework agreement.<ref name="Bidstats2015">Bidstats, [http://bidstats.uk/tenders/2015/W50/620953732 Conflict, Stability and Security Fund framework (award notice)] ''Bidstats'', December 2015.</ref>

The [[Independent Commission for Aid Impact]] (ICAI) reviewed the CSSF's aid spending in March 2018 and gave it an amber-red score, finding the fund responsive to [[National Security Council]] priorities but with weak results management and inadequate evidence of outcomes and value for money.<ref name="ICAI2018">Independent Commission for Aid Impact, [https://icai.independent.gov.uk/review/cssf/ The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund's aid spending] ''ICAI'', March 2018.</ref> ICAI published a follow-up review in 2019.<ref name="ICAI2019FU">Independent Commission for Aid Impact, [https://icai.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019-ICAI-Follow-up-CSSF.pdf ICAI follow-up of: The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund's aid spending] ''ICAI'', 2019.</ref>

=== Published CSSF contracts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ CSSF awards published on Contracts Finder
! Award date !! Contract !! Value (£) !! Supplier name as published !! Source
|-
| 2018-02-12 || CSSF Kosovo Scoping Project - Capacity of Competition Authority And State Aid Department. || 12,348 || Public Administration International (PAI) || <ref>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/64267b2e-7a97-44b1-97bd-c12bcecabe37 CSSF Kosovo Scoping Project - Capacity of Competition Authority And State Aid Department.] ''Contracts Finder'', 2018-02-12.</ref>
|-
| 2018-07-30 || CSSF Strengthening the Capacity of Kosovo Institutions || 292,600 || Public Administration International || <ref>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7694784f-c991-48f2-984c-afcee0518748 CSSF Strengthening the Capacity of Kosovo Institutions] ''Contracts Finder'', 2018-07-30.</ref>
|-
| 2019-09-25 || CSSF: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) capacity for HMG partners in Turkey || 119,484 || Public Adminitration International || <ref>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e18ad04d-0aaa-4eb5-8b10-50f3acea1059 CSSF: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) capacity for HMG partners in Turkey] ''Contracts Finder'', 2019-09-25.</ref>
|}

=== FCO/FCDO payments ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ FCO/FCDO payments over £25,000 (all programmes; calendar year of payment)
! Year !! Amount (£)
|-
| 2010 || 27,755
|-
| 2018 || 115,538
|-
| 2019 || 346,460
|-
| 2020 || 74,429
|-
| 2024 || 92,300
|-
| '''Total''' || '''656,482'''
|}
<ref name="FCOspend" />

== People ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Officers recorded at Companies House
! Name !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned
|-
| [[Claire Cameron]] (Claire Elizabeth Cameron) || Secretary || 18 June 1995 || –
|-
| [[Pauric Brophy]] || Director || 18 February 2026 || –
|-
| [[Vyacheslav Gromlyuk]] || Director || 7 September 2012 || –
|-
| [[Alan Mayfield]] (Alan John Mayfield) || Secretary || 14 February 1992 || 14 February 1993
|-
| [[Susan Papandreou]] (Susan Mary Papandreou) || Secretary || 29 August 1992 || 18 June 1995
|-
| Swift Incorporations Limited || Nominee Secretary || 14 February 1992 || 14 February 1992
|-
| [[Claire Cameron]] (Claire Elizabeth Cameron) || Director || 15 June 1995 || 18 February 2026
|-
| [[Donald McGregor]] || Director || 15 June 1995 || 7 September 2012
|-
| [[Michael Vicary]] (Michael James Vicary) || Director || 29 August 1992 || 18 June 1995
|-
| [[Eileen Wade]] || Director || 31 January 1992 || 31 December 1995
|-
| [[Peter Weston]] || Director || 14 February 1992 || 14 February 1993
|-
| Instant Companies Limited || Nominee Director || 14 February 1992 || 14 February 1992
|}
<ref name="CHO02687571" />

== See also ==
* [[Conflict, Stability and Security Fund]]
* [[:Category:CSSF Contractors]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:CSSF Contractors]]
[[Category:UK]]

Public Administration International - Revision history

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