Professional Certificate
in Public Financial Management

6th - 9th September 2021, London, UK

Agenda

Professional Certificate in Public Financial Management

Day 1

09:15	Registration and Refreshments
09:45	Chair's Introduction and Delegate Introductions
10:15	Public Spending: planning and budgeting Key concepts and facts in public finance The budget process Strategic planning & budgeting Public Expenditure Reviews
11:15	Morning Coffee
11:30	Alternative budget approaches Incremental budgeting Zero based budgeting Performance Based Budgeting and Programme budgeting
12:45	Lunch
13:30	Case study: Performance Based Budgeting in the UK
15:00	Afternoon Tea
15:15	Fiscal openness The Pillars of Budget accountability Components of Fiscal Openness Participatory budgeting Evaluation of Fiscal Openness Case discussion: fiscal openness in the UK
16:15	Wrap Up Discussion
16:30	Close

Day 2

09:30	Refreshments
09:45	Chair's Introduction and Recap
10:00	Budgeting for uncertainty Fiscal space and fiscal risk The impact of the Global Financial Crisis on budgeting Recognising and managing risks Contingency budgeting Case discussion: appraising fiscal risk in the UK
11:15	Morning Coffee
11:30	Budget execution Budget execution cycle and controls Financial planning: debt and cash management Budget monitoring and budget adjustments Fraud and corruption Comparative institutional practices
12:45	Lunch
13:30	Procurement and partnerships Procurement: rationale for partnerships Types of partnership Commissioning and partnership management Evaluation of partnerships Case study: Carillion in the UK
15:00	Afternoon Tea
15:15	Costing and project appraisal Costing methods Project appraisal techniques Cost Benefit analysis Financial decision making
16:15	Wrap Up Discussion
16:30	Close

Day 3

09:30	Refreshments
09:45	Chair's Introduction and Recap
10:00	Purpose of financial reporting Systems of accounts Accruals v cash-based accounting Challenges to Implementing accruals accounting and how to overcome them Progress of Governments in Implementing accruals accounting Overview of public sector financial reporting
11:15	Morning Coffee
11:30	IPSAS (including the link to IFRS) Examples of public sector financial reports Providing a comprehensive account of public finances Examples of public sector financial reports
12:45	Lunch
13:30	Financial oversight and auditing Financial oversight of public funds Public sector audit The audit of financial statements
15:00	Afternoon Tea
15:15	Performance auditing Auditing regularity and propriety Auditing performance
16:15	Wrap Up Discussion
16:30	Close

Day 4

09:30	Refreshments
09:45	Chair's Introduction and Recap
10:00	Public revenue: taxation Tax basics: purposes and types Key issues in tax Fiscal policy Tax trends Case discussion: tax reform in GCC countries
11:15	Morning Coffee
11:30	Public revenue: other sources Overview of non-tax revenue sources Charging for services Resource revenues Sovereign wealth funds Revenue from donors
12:45	Lunch
13:30	Sub-national government finances Funding of sub-national government Vertical and horizontal fiscal imbalances Case discussion: local government finance in the UK
15:00	Afternoon Tea
15:15	Case study: funding government in the Falkland Islands
16:15	Wrap Up Discussion
16:30	Close

Day 5

09:30	Refreshments
09:45	Chair's Introduction and Recap
10:00	Monitoring and evaluation Aims of monitoring and evaluation Types of evaluation Programme theory
11:00	Morning Coffee
11:15	Conducting evaluations Evaluation methods Data collection and analysis Case discussion: evaluation of regeneration programmes in Scotland
12:15	Overview of Chartered Management Institute Assignments and Qualification Structuring a written piece of work for assessment: generic overview and principles Structuring these two specific pieces of work to demonstrate all the assessment criteria
12:45	Final Discussion and Certificate Presentation Group photo Evaluation forms and feedback Further training requirements
13:00	Formal Close and Lunch