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Public Sector African Governance, Risk
and Compliance

28
th
May - 1
st
June 2012

Premier Hotel O R Tambo, Close to O. R. Tambo Kempton Park,
Johannesburg South Africa




































About your International Presenter:

Dr Michael Robbins
Michael has worked as a Risk Management Consultant for a number of European and South African business consulting
organisations. He is a graduate of Manchester University Law School, and has over 30 years experience across all
corporate disciplines, he has held the posts of Director and General Manger (MD) and CEO of two major UK companies.
Michael was awarded his Doctorate in International Business Management in July 2005 by HKPU. As a consultant
specialising in implementing enterprise wide risk controls utilising ISO based management standards and systems for
strategic, operational and supply chain risk management he has worked across a diverse industry base from brewing,
government institutions and mining. He has lectured for the British Standards Institute worldwide on Integrated
Management Systems Standards, Corporate Governance, Business Continuity Management, Risk Identification, and
Control via ISO Standards. He is the co-author of PD.6668: 2000, Managing Risk for Corporate Governance a BSI
publication. Michael was a BSI committee member developing and testing BS25999.
Learning Outcomes

Understanding Governance Risk and Compliance for Government
Complying with Legislation and International Standards
Setting the Organisations Objectives - Delivering the Peoples Mandate
Defining the Organisations Risk Profile
Identifying Potential Threats to the Achievement of an Organisations Objectives
Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework
Centrally Monitoring and Coordinating The Risk Management Processes And The
Outcomes Via Internal Audit (External Audit) And Corporate Risk Management
Reporting (ISO31000)
Change Management

Who Should Attend?
CEOs and Deputy CEOs
CFOs and COOs
Chief Risk Officers
Directors General and Deputy Directors General
Directors and Deputy Directors
Municipal Managers
Financial Managers and Financial Risk Managers
Operational Risk Managers
Regional Directors
Permanent Secretaries and Deputy Permanent Secretaries
Secretary Generals
General Managers
Policy Facilitators
Strategic Planners and Middle Managers In The Public Sector
Internal Auditors
Risk Managers

L Le ea ar rn ni i n ng g
O Ou ut tc co om me es s

W Wh ho o S Sh ho ou ul l d d
A At tt te en nd d? ?

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DAY ONE

Monday, 28
th
May 2012

Introduction

Understanding Governance Risk and Compliance for
Government

Ensuring the compatibility of the language to the task of
governing

Key Government Competencies

Defining governance and government
The essential nature and mandate of government in
relation to private and public sector governance -
Discussion
Spheres of government and the challenge of coherence,
synergy and integrated action in the current global arena
of tight fiscal constraint
The evolving role of government in the development of
regulatory standards

Key Elements of Good Governance

Accountability
Transparency:
Efficiency and Effectiveness
Responsiveness
Forward vision
Rule of law

Mini Workshop:

Key Elements of a Compliance Programme

Leadership

Setting the right corporate culture
Leaders must establish a strong ethical culture
Effectively communicate values to employees.

Organisational Structure

Creating measures for compliance personnel, to
have access to Government and or corporate
leadership.
Discussing the relationship between the chief
compliance officer and the corporate board
Implementing compliance review groups

Risk Assessment

Factors such as
types of customers
marketing structures
financial controls
use of third parties,
locations of the organisations activity
For government all the defined elements apply in
particular when it comes to regulatory control

Establishing Standards

International codes of conduct and organisational standards

Complying with Legislation and International Standards

Public Financial Management Act (PFMA)
Municipal Financial Management Act (MFMA)
Treasury Regulations

Internal Controls

Training and Communication

Monitoring and Auditing


Investigations and Remediation

Investigation guidelines
Internal investigations
Employment litigation

Practical Workshop with Compliance Exercise

DAY TWO

Tuesday, 29
th
May 2012

Setting the Organisations Objectives - Delivering the
Peoples Mandate

Defining the Organisations Risk Profile

Reason for being, Whole Government or agency
focus

Discussing the Potential Effects Of The Organisations Risk
On:

Capital
People
Processes

Determining the Organisation's Risk Appetite

What do we mean by: risk appetite?"
What does it look like?

Mini Workshop: Develop Risk Appetite Awareness and
Understanding

Defining Risk Levels
Organisation Risks

Financial Risk
Operational Risk
Strategic Risks

Inter-agency Risks

Risk result from joined-up government activities
where 2 or more departments or agencies work
together
Delivering government Services/ Programs
Shared services

National Government Risks

Whole-of-Government Level Risk
Workshop

Establishing an Appropriate Internal Environment

Policy and strategy development

Practical Workshop Exercise Session

Identifying Potential Threats to the Achievement of an
Organisations Objectives

People and processes
Establishing risk management accountability at all
organisational levels
KPIs , KRIs

Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Wide Risk
Management Framework

Practical exercise session, Using the Risk model
framework provided










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Assessing Strategic and Operational Risks

Potential impact and likelihood of occurring
Risk assessment framework

Developing a Departmental Living Risk Register and an
Enterprise Wide Holistic Living Risk Register

Workshop: Risk Matrix

DAY THREE

Wednesday, 30
th
May 2012

Integrated Risk Management

Aligning Specialist Risk Subjects within the Enterprise Wide
Risk Management Framework Business Continuity

Supply chain
Human Resource risk management
Reputational risk management
IT risk management
corporate resilience
Integrated management systems (ISO31000)
Social accountability AA1000
Health and Safety
Environmental management
Establishing regulatory controls i.e. for the
Insurance/Banking Sector

Workshop

Selecting and Implementing Responses to Risks
Treat
Tolerate
Terminate
Transfer

Workshop:

Undertaking Control Activity and Other Risk Response
Activities-ALARP

Communicating Information on Changing Risk Profiles
Consistently At All Levels in the Organisation

Centrally Monitoring and Coordinating the Risk Management
Processes and the Outcomes via Internal Audit (External
Audit) and Corporate Risk Management
Reporting (ISO31000)

Providing Assurance on the Effectiveness with Which Risks
Are Managed To Provide Organisational Resilience to All
Interested Stakeholders

Establishing Understanding of Risk Management Principles
a Team/Group Based Assessment Exercise

DAY FOUR

Thursday, 31
st
May 2012


Discussion on the Activation of Government's Role in
Engaging in Enterprise Risk Management

Scene set by the facilitator then open discussion

Ensuring Alignment of the Integrated Risk Management
Plan with the Budget(MTEF)

Consolidation of Annual Estimates into Estimates Medium
Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF)

Understanding the importance of
Revenue
Expenditure
Assets
Liabilities
Developing of Medium Term Expenditure Framework
(MTEF)
Highlighting the role of Intergovernmental fiscal
relations in budgeting
Revision of MTEF annually

Risk Reporting

Requirements of risk reporting
Conducting In-Year monitoring and reporting (control)
based on the operational plan
Link between in-year reporting and the cash-flow
estimates
Problems occurring when establishing performance
measures
Advantages and disadvantages of monitoring and
evaluation
Early warning system

Mini Workshop

DAY FIVE

Friday, 01
st
June 2012

Change Management

Effective GRC must bring about continuous
improvement in all aspects of public service
Change management principles
Continuous improvement

Human Resource Risk Management

Public Governance and Territorial Development on
public sector employment and management generally
supports productive managerial change and improved
personnel policies in the public service, integrating
them with risk management and other reforms to
improve the responsiveness of government and the
efficient delivery of public services

Workshop: Assessing the Understanding of Governance
Risk and Compliance

Close

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Registration is at 07:30 am on Day One, tea and coffee will be

served on arrival. The course commences at 08:30 on all five
days. Lunch is usually served at 12:30 and end of the day
conclusion is at 16:30. Morning tea and afternoon tea will be
approximately at 10:15 and 15:15. All times are estimated
due to the practical nature of the programme

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