The Certified Government Auditing Professional certification program is designed especially for auditors working in the public sector at all levels — federal/national, state/provincial, local, quasi-governmental, or crown authority — and is an excellent professional credential that prepares you for the many challenges you face in this demanding environment.
Understand and apply required standards for governmental auditing
Successfully provide a wide range of audit services in the public sector
Use current audit methodologies and techniques in public sector audits
Describe the government auditor’s evolving role in accountability and results management
This course is for anyone preparing to the Certified Government Financial Manager® exam and become a Certified Government Auditing Professional®.
The Institute of Internal Auditors, International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)
Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) (the Yellow Book)
International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions (ISSAI)
International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) standard
Governance in the Public Sector
Role of internal audit within the governance structure
Committee on Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) Internal Control Framework
Management of the audit function
Types of audit services (financial, performance, compliance, and internal control audits)
Other audit services and consulting roles
Processes for the delivery of audit services
Performing and managing individual projects
Management concepts and techniques
Performance measurement
Program evaluation
Quantitative and Qualitative methods
Methods for identification and investigation of integrity violations
Analytical skills
Performance management
Financial management
Implications of various service delivery methods
Implications of delivering services to citizens
Unique characteristics of human resource management in the public sector
Unique purchasing and procurement requirements in the public sector
Because supervisory levels are the link between the executive and senior management levels, achieving the organization's objectives, increasing productivity and overall performance of the organization, affects the effectiveness and efficiency of supervisors' performance.
And because of the skills of supervisors in any organization in need of continuous development, and to acquire advanced tools and methods that reflect on the deepening of these skills and activate their role in motivating individuals working, and push them to commit to the goals of the organization.
You need this conference to learn about supervisory skills and advanced methods, to be able to play an effective and supervisory role in your organization.
In every organization, care is taken to manage risks, by seeking to eliminate those that can be removed, and reducing and managing the remainder. Part of this process involves developing robust contracts which apportion risk equitably and include a structure of indemnities with contractors, supported by a comprehensive insurance regime. In addition, it is important that contract personnel understand contractual risks and what insurance can (and cannot) do to remove the financial consequences of such risk; always remembering that insurance only mitigates the effect of risk, it does not make the risk itself go away.
A truth about life is our interdependence. Everything we accomplish within an organization is through the efforts of people working together. In spite of our technological advances, our competitive advantage lies in our ability to work effectively with other people.
This course is designed to provide leaders and professionals with a set of transformational tools and techniques to help them maximize their own and their team’s creative potential in a strategic context. Its starting-point is self-discovery: participants will work on the inside first and then focus outwards to impact on the world of business.
A company plan gives the entire organization a vision and a course to follow. All employees inside a corporation must have distinct objectives and adhere to the organization's direction or mission. This vision can be provided by a strategy, which also keeps people from losing sight of the objectives of their organization.
Inspirational leadership is a highly creative and intrinsically interpersonal activity to which people positively respond. As a leadership style, it demands that leaders employ their strengths with effect, where behaviors and values are paramount and where trust is established. This structured program seeks to explore the personal traits that make leaders inspirational in the context of their organization's strategy and culture. It offers a learning experience in which tools and techniques are employed to build leadership capability and a strategic response to the challenges of the role.