Good corporate governance is not just the duty of Boards, it is the responsibility of everyone in your organisation. From discussions with Chairs and Chief Executives of public bodies, we haveidentified the need for a practical and structured training programme that will increase the knowledge and skills of those charged with making governance work in public bodies.

The overall aim of the programme is to increase skills and make governance more effective in organisations. Specifically, the programme seeksto:

• ensure that organisations are appropriately constituted, structured and operate the appropriate governance processes
• support good practice financial reporting as well as a system of internal controls
• exemplify standards of behaviour as a way of enabling good governance in organisations

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This is a one day training course for audit committees, the objective of which is to raise the standard and effectiveness of their work. The training helps participants consider how the audit committee can gain an overview of the overall control environment, review the effectiveness of risk management and monitor the performance of
audit.

This one day training course will teach delegates how to function effectively as a Board, develop the capacity and capability of the Board and Board Members and set an action plan for improvement.

“Governance - the leadership, direction and control of the    organisation” This day will bring together the fundamental aspects of a coherent and comprehensive approach to good governance which achieves good management, good performance, better outcomes and good public engagement.
“Partnerships – a relationship between two or more independent parties, normally designed to secure a shared business advantage” The public sector in the UK has increasingly adopted a variety of “partnership arrangements” to secure results such as better services, better value or better outcomes for those who use public services. In addition public sector partnerships have to ensure sound financial accountability and stewardship of resources.

Risk management is now seen as a core tool for all managers but are we aware of how it can be used effectively and where it can be utilised across the organisation. Risk management is a key area of effective governance and increasingly it will inform inspection arrangements in particular BV2. This course will cover the basics of risk management and introduce a standard methodology, it will also explore the uses of risk management by managers so that it informs decision making, business and financial planning and we will discuss how it relates to partnerships and how it is used in a project and programme situation. Finally the upside of risks should be encouraged and we will discuss the latest thinking on opportunity analysis. As an introduction this course will give you a comprehensive picture of risk management best practice and how practically it can be of help to you in delivering your objectives.

This programme is written specially for those Trustees, Governors, Elected Members and Non Executive Directors that have a role in scrutinizing and holding to account where significant sums of public money are involved.  It is designed to encourage and empower Finance Committee members by highlighting the key role of these committees and their members.

Our new essential skills (formerly known as On Board) course includes emerging issues that that will be essential for Board Members of public bodies to successfully undertake their roles. The content will be relevant to Elected Members, Chairs and Non-Executive Directors (Board Members), Chief Executives and staff in sponsoring departments responsible for liaising with public bodies, whether they have undertaken training before or are new to their role.

Nobody knows the true cost of fraud. The best recent estimate for financial cost to the UK is £20billion, however this doesn’t measure the associated distress, fear and damage to reputations.

There are good reasons to direct efforts and resources to countering fraud in difficult economic times. Respected experts have identified recent increased proven fraud, fraud risks and a rise in fraud indicators.

Taking the right action saves money and avoids the human cost of fraud.

This training course will offer public sector staff and organisations guidance and best practice to prevent the risk of procurement fraud in their organisation.

This one day master class is for audit committee members and staff who support audit committees across the public and not-for-profit sector.

This course provides an introduction to the principles of internal audit and the methods used by internal audit in the public services.
 

This one day workshop allows you to focus on a coherent straightforward framework that ensures you cover all of your important accountability bases.

The day works around the Good Governance Standard for Public Services which has set the benchmark for good governance in publicly funded organisations since 2004.  Good governance is about ?the systems by which organisations are directed and controlled?

This half-day course will demonstrate how public organisations can effectively discharge their responsibility for improving services through a coherent and reinvigorated approach to governance. 

This half-day course will demonstrate how public organisations can effectively discharge their responsibility for improving services through a coherent and reinvigorated approach to scrutiny.