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The website for CIPFA members has been re-launched. The new site
features improved navigation and easier access to membership lists
which are now available in print-friendly format. The online
version of Spreadsheet magazine has also been revamped and
features photographs from the printed magazine, clearer
categorisation of articles and access to past issues online.
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These awards aim to encourage excellence in public reporting and
to identify and celebrate the best practice organisations whose
imaginative approaches help to achieve real advances in
accountability.
The deadline for entries is 28 February.
For more information and to enter online please visit the awards
website at /accountability/index.cfm.
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The CIPFA 2003 Conference & Exhibition takes place in Harrogate
from 10-12 June. This year's Conference theme - 'On the Front
Line - adding value, making it work' - aims to be topical and
to have wide appeal to all of the constituencies who share a
passionate interest in the health and success of our public
services. Many of those consituencies are also represented
in a programme of outstanding speakers:
Politicians - Charles Kennedy, Paul Boateng, Neil Kinnock
Leaders - Rod Aldridge, Lin Homer, Tim Brighouse, Nick
Montagu, Malcolm Stamp
Commentators - Robert Chote, Matthew Taylor, Polly Toynbee
Regulators - Robert Black, Andrew Foster
Practitioners - Francesca Okosi, Anna Klonowski
The 2003 conference programme is now available and can be viewed
online at http://www.cipfaconference.org.uk.
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Last Autumn CIPFA issued for consultation draft guidance on
the treatment of reserves and balances. As a result of the many
comments received, a new guidance note has been published. LAAP
bulletin 55 applies to all UK local authorities for budget processes
beginning on or after 1 April 2003. The bulletin is available
for download from the website.
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CIPFA met with the DTI at the beginning of February to discuss
its application for RQB status under the Companies Act.
This will enable CPFAs who undertake a course of theoretical
instruction and practical experience to become registered
auditors. The meeting was positive and DTI officials had a
small number of items that CIPFA needs to satisfy the DTI on
before CIPFA’s application is recommended to the Secretary
of State.
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The DTI has announced a merger between the Financial
Reporting Council (FRC) and the Accountancy Foundation to form
a single regulator for the accountancy profession. As a member
of the CCAB, CIPFA will be involved in discussions with the DTI
in the lead-in period to the establishment of the new regulator.
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The Sir Harry Page Merit Award is made annually
by the Institute for an outstanding piece of technical work focusing
on public finance. Entries for the 2003 awards are now being invited.
Further information is available at /pt/page_award.cfm.
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The Tom Sowerby Award is given annually for outstanding service
to CIPFA students. There is an open nomination process and the
winner is chosen by a panel of CIPFA members and students. Nominations
must be made on the official nomination form which is available
for download from the website.
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The CIPFA Education and Training Centre (CETC) and
Hull University Business School (HUBS) have developed an MSc in
Strategic Financial Management. The syllabus and assessment requirements
of the new MSc are closely linked to CIPFA's Professional Accountancy
Qualification (PAQ), such that both qualifications may largely
be attempted at the same time. The course will be delivered by
a mixture of college tuition and home study. It will take place
at CETC's premises in London and start in the summer.
Further details are available from:
Jon Simon, Head of Accounting & Finance, HUBS; phone 01482
465710 or J.B.Simon@hull.ac.uk
Andrea Samuels, Client Liaison Officer, CETC; phone 020
7403 4300 or andrea.samuels@cetc.org.uk
The new National Student Forum had its second meeting on 14
January. The group co-opted a member of the Association of CIPFA
Lecturers (ACIPFAL) and are hoping to achieve a high profile for
students at the June ACIPFAL conference in Cardiff. Over the next
few months, Forum members will be contributing to a number of
student events, including NHS recruitment fairs and the Career
Day at CIPFA’s Annual Conference in Harrogate.
For more information, contact jane.cuthbertson@northtyneside.gov.uk.
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The inaugural Annual General Meeting for the CIPFA
in Wales Forum is planned for 9 May at the Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod
Wells. The Institute President, Roger Tabor, and Chief Executive,
Steve Freer, will be attending. For more details please visit
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The CIPFA in Wales office is seeking suggestions
for a banner image for use on its website. A free place is being
offered to the winner at one of the headline events which will
be staged by CIPFA in Wales in the forthcoming year. The closing
date for suggestions is 28 February. View details at /wales/competition.cfm.
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The CIPFA in Scotland Annual Conference is well
established as the major forum for the discussion of financial
management issues facing the public services in Scotland. The
theme of this year's Conference is 'New horizons - working towards
a brighter future'. Speakers include:
Jack Black - Mindstore
Ed Gibson - FBI Agent
Susan Rice - Lloyds TSB
Willie Rae - Chief Constable Strathclyde Police & Chair
of Community Planning Task Force
Anna Klonowski - Director of Finance, London Borough of
Hackney
Lord Wilson of Dinton GCB - (Previously Sir Richard Wilson,
former Cabinet Secretary & Head of the Home Civil Service)
Will Hutton - Public Services Champion
Full programme details are available at /scotland/conference/programme.cfm.
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Titles from IPF's Technical Information Service
(TIS) including the 'Financial Information Service'
are now available online at http://www.tisonline.net.
TIS publications are written and maintained by practitioners and
provide wide-ranging commentary
on the functions and activities of public bodies.
Subscribers updating to online subscription before
31 March 2003 will benefit from a 10% discount!
For more information visit http://www.tisonline.net.
These events, run by the Asset Management
Planning Network, will provide a full round up of feedback from
the 2002 assessments,
information from research on the current use of corporate suitability
and sufficiency surveys and
the analysis of the national indicators.
Bring an elected member free!
For more information please visit
http://www.ipf.co.uk/AssetManagement
/AMPNetwork/Events/series8prog.htm.
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Maidstone Borough Council (BC) and IPF have developed
a successful training programme to help elected members develop
their skills in questioning techniques and to improve the way
they scrutinise cabinet budget proposals.
For more information, visit http://www.ipf.co.uk/finance/training.
This conference addresses the issues of external
grant funding.
Conference topics include:
- The importance of non-mainstream funding to local
authorities and their partners
- Working in partnership for successful environmental,
social and economic regeneration
- The accountable body perspective
- The funding body perspective
- Building partnerships
- Maximising opportunities from grant funding
Read more and register online at
http://www.ipf.co.uk/europe/externalfunding/.
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This course is aimed at Heads of Audit and Audit Managers
within local government who are responsible for the reviews
of procurement processes and who wish to examine their organisation's
responses to the Byatt and Egan Reports. It will also be
useful to any auditor who wants to broaden their horizons
and acquire an update of current thinking and developments
in this area.
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Throughout February, buy
any publication online in the CIPFA Shop and get 20%
off! You can browse the entire CIPFA publications
catalogue online. The sale is exclusive to online
purchases only and ends on 28 February 2003.
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SAVE 10% by booking this course online!
This course will cover:
- Commissioning and Prescribing Issues
- Financial Flows & 'Payment by Results'
- NHS LIFT and PCTs
- PCT NHS LIFT Case Study
- Current Financial Management & Accounting Issues
- Anti-Fraud Measures and PCT Finance
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This model set is designed to help institutions
establish financial regulations that will set out the financial
policies of the institution and in turn secure their grant
funding. The model set comes with a complementary CD-ROM
that will enable
institutions to modify the regulations to their own requirements.
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This one-day seminar is intended primarily for Directors
of Finance and others who are involved in the development
of the scrutiny process in local government. The speakers
are drawn from inside and outside local government. They
all have a perspective on and/or experience of the scrutiny
process at national or local level.
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this course
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This new guide clarifies the managerial implications of
partnership arrangements so that managers can be clear about
their responsibilities. It sets out the standards of financial
appraisal, budgeting, monitoring and reporting that should
be applied to all partnership activities in the NHS.
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This event will cover:
- Legislation for the Prudential Framework
- An Update on the Prudential Code
- The Chief Executive’s Perspective
- Treasury Management and the Prudential Code
- Auditing Issues
- Whole of Government Accounts
- The CIPFA Review of Capital Accounting
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The Guide is edited by two local government
finance experts, Rita Hale and Anna Capaldi, and provides
a sound introduction to local government finance for newly
elected members and up-to-date information on current issues
for experienced councillors. It will also serve as a handy
reference point and useful training resource for practitioners.
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Jointly managed by CIPFA’s Health and
Social Services Panels, the CIPFA Partnership Programme
is aimed at finance managers in all health and social services
organisations. Accountants from any institute can attend
and the event has been designed to appeal to staff from
all levels within organisations.
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Considerable developments have taken place
in higher education over the last decade and the impact
upon the financial governance of higher education institutions
has been profound. A detailed review of these changes and
their effect on the financing of higher education institutes
is provided in this comprehensive Guide.
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The 18th Annual Audit Conference will build
on the record of past successes achieved, the Conference
theme being 'How audit can support delivery of your services'.
New concepts and challenges to some current thinking will
be offered and delegates will have the opportunity to consider
the issues not only in the main conference but also in more
informal surroundings with colleagues from other organisations.
Book this course
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 CIPFA's
new 2003 Publications Catalogue is now available.
If you would like to review the list of published
titles, either download the pdf from the Shop
homepage, email publications@cipfa.org
or
telephone 020 7543 5604 and a copy will be posted
to you.
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