Help Us To Advance Public Financial Management Globally At Our Free International Seminar

CIPFA’s International Seminar
17 June 2008, The Hilton Brighton Metropole,
1.30 – 3.30pm


PFM experts - we are inviting you to Brighton this June to participate in our special International Seminar – an important event for anyone with an involvement or interest in developing public finance internationally.

At what is a crucial time in this field, our seminar is highly relevant to addressing the key implementation issues and challenges in international public financial management that are critical to global development, including poverty reduction.

During the seminar we will showcase CIPFA’s International Strategy and bring together top speakers from the World Bank and DFID, international colleagues and strategic partners to explore current approaches to designing and implementing successful reforms.

We are delighted to announce our confirmed speakers include:

  • Tony Hegarty, Chief Financial Management Officer, World Bank
  • Mark Lowcock, Director General, Country Programmes, Department for International Development
  • Monica Rubiolo, Deputy Head, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO
  • Zdenka Vidovic, Center of Excellence in Finance, Slovenia
  • Caroline Rickatson, International Director, CIPFA

This seminar is free of charge and includes the celebration of a number of important announcements – why not join us for tapas at 12.30?

Please come along to this important event and contribute your valuable experience to the debate. With a growing number of people signing up to attend, there will also be a good opportunity for networking.

To secure your seat, just email your details to margot.gallie@cipfa.org

Participants can then stay on for the AGM and to hear former deputy Prime Minister John Prescott talk politics, parliament, Blair and Brown at the fringe lecture at 16.45.

Kindly forward this announcement to your colleagues or associates who may be interested.

For details of the entire CIPFA 2008 Public Finance Conference and Exhibition programme of events click here

THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE OF CIPFA

International Seminar 17th JuneThe Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) is the only professional accountancy body in the world to specialise in the public services and to be a member of the International Federation of Accountants.

We are proud to be at the forefront of contributing to and influencing international public management policy and practice and we work in the UK and abroad with public service officials from across the globe.