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theme of this year's conference, '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 constituencies are
also represented in a programme of outstanding speakers:
Politicians - Charles Kennedy, 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
Bookings are still being taken for 2003. View the programme and register
online at http://www.cipfaconference.org.uk.
The theme of this year's PMPA Conference is 'Delivery: a time
to Judge? A Debate on the extent to which the Government’s
Delivery Agenda is Succeeding'. The conference will be chaired
by Sir Michael Bichard with speakers from across the public
services. Read more online at:
/conference/programme_pmpa.cfm.
Various CIPFA Regions have kindly sponsored some student
places at this year's Career Conference.
The conference offers a wide range of sessions, including 'mind mapping
techniques' and 'taking charge of your career'. The day starts with
a glass of Bucks Fizz to launch the National Student Forum –
giving you the opportunity to share your views and opinions on student
issues. For more information on the programme of events, visit /conference/programme_career.cfm.
Sponsored places will be allocated on a 'first come, first served'
basis, so if you are interested, contact Andrew Ross on the ETIS line
as soon as possible on 020 7543 5678 or email
etis@cipfa.org.
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CIPFA Council, the Institute's governing body, has
agreed to recommend mandatory CPD for all working CIPFA members. The
recommendation will be the subject of a full postal ballot of all
members culminating in a decision at the Annual General Meeting in
Harrogate on 12 June. Papers were posted on 7 May and the closing
date for receipt of votes is 4 June. Alternatively, you may vote at
the AGM on 12 June in Harrogate.
Read more about the Council's recommendations online at /cpd.
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Twenty one of the forty seats on the Institute
Council are subject to annual election, and the 2003/2004
results are now available. The new Council will take office
following the Annual General Meeting on 12 June. View the
results online at
/council/election03_04.cfm.
Members should by now have received a copy of the member survey
which was sent out with this year's AGM voting papers and
the Annual Report and Accounts. The survey is designed to
garner views from members on the Insititute's Development
Strategy and the whole range of services provided by CIPFA,
IPF and CIPFA's Regions. Please take this opportunity to help
shape the future of services on offer from CIPFA. The closing
date for receipt of entries is 12 June. All named surveys
will be entered into a prize draw, the winner of which will
receive a case of champagne.
Any member who did not receive the survey may request a copy
by emailing julie.coates@cipfa.org.
Leaders in Finance is a new residential development
programme for Directors of Finance and senior finance staff
in the public services. Jointly developed by CIPFA and the
Warwick Institute of Governance and Public Management, its
distinctive themes are Leadership and Excellence with a special
emphasis on Delivery. The programme is carefully tailored
to help senior finance staff to rise to the modernisation
challenge.
Speakers include:
Nick Macpherson - Managing Director, Public
Services, HM Treasury
Richard Douglas - Director of Finance, NHS
Sarah Wood - Director of Finance and Performance,
Birmingham City Council
Andrew Hind - Chief Operating Officer, BBC
World Service
Mal Singh - Head of Development of Accounting
Resource, HM Treasury
Bill Connell - Chair of the Financial Management
Committee of the International Federation of Accountants
Professor Nick Crafts - London School of
Economics
David Cowans - Chief Executive, Places for
People
Jules Pipe - Mayor and Anna Klonowski
- Director of Finance, London Borough of Hackney
James Strachan - Chair, Audit Commission
Programme details are now available in the online CIPFA
Shop.
A new website aimed at CIPFA volunteers has
been launched. The site features information about the different
types of volunteering opportunities available, the benefits
of volunteering and current vacancies. A password-protected
area for P3 examiners provides information on panel centres
as well as important event papers to download.
/volunteers
 CIPFA's
financial results for 2002 continue to be strong and firmly
in surplus. Student registrations have increased again, for
the fourth consecutive year, and are now at their highest
level for more than a decade. Read more about the Institute's
financial results and achievements during 2002 in the Annual
Report and Accounts, which is available for download from
the website at /annual_report02.cfm.
CIPFA has appointed Maureen Wellen
as Assistant Director - Local Government Finance and Policy.
Maureen has worked for CIPFA since 1995 as Technical Manager,
Capital and Treasury and has recently been responsible for
the development of CIPFA's Prudential Code for Capital Finance
in local government.
Read the press release in full at: /press_show.cfm?news_id=16299.
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Christine Golden, a tax payment and filing initiative
coordinator, has been named as this year's Outstanding
Public Servant of the Year. Christine also received the
Award for Innovation for her dynamic and resourceful
approach to setting up new systems to encourage
electronic and prompt tax payment.
Other winners commended for their individual successes
and contributions include a headteacher, a special needs
co-ordinator, a senior cleaning supervisor and a prison
learning partnership coordinator.
Read more about this year's winners at http://www.publicservants.org.uk/winners2003.html.
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These awards seek 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. Finalists of the 2003 Awards have now been announced.
For further details, please visit:
/accountability/2003finalists.cfm.
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After 25 years as a P3 Project examiner, Graham Harris has
decided to step down as Project Assessor and Chairman of the
Senior Project Examiners Panel. To thank Graham for his
exceptional commitment, the Education & Training Directorate
arranged a gift presentation and a special dinner in his
honour on 9 April.
Graham will continue to remain involved with CIPFA
in other areas, and his replacement as Chairman of the
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The annual Prizewinners Lunch took place on 11 April,
honouring CIPFA’s top students from 2002. President Roger
Tabor welcomed the prizewinners and congratulated them on
their success.
The winner of the First Prize for the highest overall
grades at P3 was Ian Clarke of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The student event will focus on career planning, examination technique
and project planning. On 26 June, there will be an Education & Training
Event attended by key CIPFA decision makers. This session will include
updates on current issues and an open forum for debate.
Further details are available at /eandt/current/acipfal.cfm.
To book a place, please email christina.curtin@cipfa.org.
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The May series of workshops will focus upon Integrating
Medium-Term Service and Financial Planning. Building upon the
success of the March 2002 events, these workshops will provide
a highly relevant and practical foundation to support the summer
process of further enhancing medium term service and financial
plans.
http://www.ipf.co.uk/bestvalue/BVQ/
FAN/Events/may03.htm
Some of the biggest names working in the local
government IT field, including Anite Public Sector, Cable and
Wireless, Northgate, Oracle and SAP will be offering their thoughts
on what can be practically done to move local authorities forward.
http://www.ipf.co.uk/bestvalue/
BVQ/IT/Events/series203prog.htm
Following the success of the 2002 workshops, which
looked at the emerging criminal justice agenda and its effects
on local agencies, details are now available of the next series
of workshops on local Criminal Justice Boards. The event will
consider how local boards can meet government expectations and
how they can support individual criminal justice agencies at
local level.
http://www.ipf.co.uk/bestvalue/BVQ/
CJ/criminaljustice.htm
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Successful human resource management is the key
to real improvement in the modern public sector. The keynote
address of this first National Conference will be delivered
by the Cabinet Office and will focus on the government's perspective
of HR issues. Speakers have been drawn from across the public
and private sectors to highlight the innovative approaches being
applied which could have a wider application in all sectors.
The conference will be chaired by Mary Mallett, President of
SOCPO.
http://www.ipf.co.uk/humanresources/
events/conference.htm
These IQN events will outline the need for performance
management skills and examine with the help of case studies
from Surrey County Council and the Learning & Skills Council,
which new tools and techniques might assist with the improvement
agenda.
http://www.ipf.co.uk/bestvalue/cqf/events.asp
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This course will feature::
- Health and Social Services Finance
Issues in Wales
- The Relationship Between Trusts
and Local Health Boards
- Delayed Discharges
- Long-Term Care
- Audit Commission Issues
- Performance Management and
Improvement Issues
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Publication of this major revision to the
consolidated guidance notes represents a major step forward
for the practitioner. In a single, convenient source you
will find all the help you are likely to need to ensure
your authority complies with the capital accounting requirements
of the
2002 and the (forthcoming) 2003 editions of the SORP.
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This conference 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
To book a place in London, please click
here.
To book a place in Birmingham, please click
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Providing good, reliable information in a manner which
captures and engages the public interest is fundamental
to a healthy relationship with public sector stakeholders.
The guide is able to draw on interesting and informative
examples from the 2002 CIPFA/PricewaterhouseCoopers Public
Reporting and Accountability Award. CIPFA hopes this guide
will encourage public services to try new reporting methods,
and to seek out their audiences in new ways.
Sneak Preview! Read the foreword, contents
and acknowledgment of this Guide here.
English Local Authority purchasers will receive a free
companion
guide outlining the reporting demands of English Local
Authorities.
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This two-day seminar will cover:
- Security Risks - the Challenges Facing
Organisations
- Risk Management - How to Comply
- Project Management - getting things right
from the beginning
- Project Auditing - What the Text Books
don't Teach You!
- A Private Sector View of PFI IT Contracting
- Business Assurance
- IT Audit - Reality or Myth?
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This publication seeks to encourage all those involved
in procurement to look outside their specific work areas
by considering the wider picture within their authorities.
It attempts to facilitate close working relationships
between procurement officers and their auditors, with
a view to
removing the perceived obstacles to change.
Buy
this title online and SAVE 10%!
Sneak preview!
Read the authors' forewords, introduction and list of
contents on the Audit Panel website: /panels/audit/
publications.cfm
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Topics covered by this conference include:
- Development work in CIPFA and elsewhere
- Findings from CPA
- Delivering improvements through resource
- Data needs and target setting
- Service plans
- Performance appraisal
- Asset management plans
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If you are responsible for preparing or
auditing local authority accounts to ensure that the requirements
of the SORP are met, this newly formatted checklist is
sure to provide all the authoritative guidance you are
looking for.
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Book
this course online and SAVE 10%!
This course will feature:
- Early Accounts Closure
- Early Accounts Closure - 'User' Perspective
- The Revised 'Green Book'
- e-government services
- Resource Accounting
- Corporate Governance
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These new Guidance Notes offer constructive
advice to practitioners on the interpretation and implementation
of the SORP. They will bring you up to speed with all
the requirements of the 2002 SORP.
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more
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This course provides an overview of the traditional
method of administering major building and engineering
contracts across the public services and examines methods
of controlling such contracts. It identifies the principal
areas in which public service organisations are most at
risk of loss due to fraud, error or inefficiency, and
it outlines an audit approach to assist the organisation
in mitigating these risks.
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CIPFA's courses, conferences and publications
service will soon be launching a free quarterly
e-newsletter promoting recently published
titles, together with forthcoming titles and events.
If you would like to receive this information direct
to your PC, please subscribe by simply completing
and submitting the online
form.
Please take the opportunity to subscribe to this
free briefing service from CIPFA.
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| The President addressed the CIPFA in the Midlands
AGM in Wolverhampton on 22 May.
He will also be speaking at the North East AGM and Weekend School
on 30 & 31 May in Newcastle.
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If you are looking to hold a board meeting or a
week's training course, one of the four committee rooms at CIPFA
is sure to accommodate your needs. There are flexible layouts
for each committee room to suit most occasions for a maximum
of forty people.
If you would like to view our rooms or discuss possible dates,
please email us.
Information is also available on the conference
centre web pages.
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