Short Courses

Course Title: Private Equity Venture and Capital Financing

Justification

Private equity and venture capital play a critical role in the financing of small and medium scale businesses (SME's). As Sub-Saharan African economies widen and deepen their money and capital markets, these instruments will play an increasingly important role in the financing of SME's. The development of competencies in this field of finance is thus imperative.

Objectives

On completion of this course participants will have competencies in the following.

• Access alternative source of private equity and venture capital
• Manage risk associated with each source
• Development and management of private equity products
• Take advantage of international, regional and national private equity and venture capital products available in the market

Contents

The role of private equity and venture capital in economic development

• Private equity and venture capital market and instruments
• Private equity and venture capital fund raising
• Appraising private equity and venture capital sources
• Valuation of private equity and venture capital products
• Process of an initial public offer (IPO)
• Institutional sources of private equity & venture capital
• Structure of venture capital partnership

Target Group

• Entrepreneurs
• Chief Executives Officers of SME’s
• Legal and investment promotion officers
• Fund Managers
• Management consultants
• Local authorities investment committee members

Course No:  2014-05-05-3-9-60

Course Title: Financing Real Estate

Objectives

On completion of this course participants will have competencies in the following.

• Understand the role of real estate finance, investments and capital market trading in real estate instruments.
• Finance, manage and monitor residential income properties
• Appraise the risks in construction and land development projects
• Participate in the global real estate capital markets and securities
• Undertake real estate investment performance and portfolio appraisals

Contents

• The interest and legal factor in real estate finance
• Management of fixed and variable interest payment mortgages
• Underwriting and financing of residential properties
• Residential financial analysis
• The global commercial property market
• Valuation of income properties
• Investment and risk analysis
• Financial leverage and debt structure
• Loan syndication
• Appraisal of construction and land development projects
• Global real estate capital markets and securities

Target Group

• CEO’s and investment officers of pension funds and social security funds
• Senior executives of capital and stock market authorities
• Investment officers of housing and insurance companies
• Managers of special funds and real estate investment trusts
• Management consultants
• Managers of large construction companies

Course No:  2014-03-31-3-9-61

Course Title: Advanced Accounting

Objectives

This programme is designed to advance participants' post-qualifying professional education and development. It aims to enable participants to critically examine the orthodox programatic historical cost accounting model generally in use today with a view to:

• assessing its strength and weakness in the crucial process of income measurement and assets valuation
• identifying possible improvements on current professional practice through judicious adaptations of some findings of accounting research

At the end of the programme, participants will be expected to:

• have mastered the essentials of accounting theory
• be well-acquainted with the leading issues of the day in accounting research and the process of setting accounting standards
• be able to competently deal with problems related to such unorthodox issues as accounting for changing price levels, foreign exchange transactions and accounting for divisionalised corporate enterprises.

Contents

The programme will centre on critical evaluation of the so-called "generally accepted accounting principles", the concepts of value and income and their measurement in accounting under stable and changing price levels, the analysis of financial condition and changes therein, the special problem of branch and consolidation accounting as well as accounting for transactions involving foreign exchange.

Target Group

The programme is designed for senior accountants in private and public enterprises, accountancy tutors in management training.

Course No:  2014-09-29-3-9-62

Course Title: Advanced Auditing

The programme is designed to provide participants with the requisite knowledge and skills to enable them establish and sustain an audit department. Unless the audit department as an entity is effectively directed it is unrealistic to expect the function to relate effectively as an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity.

Contents

The programme contents include;

• Establishment of audit department;
• Selection and development of audit staff;
• Development of audit manual;
• Dealing with people;
• Developing policy guidelines for the internal audit department;
• Developing vision, mission statement, goals and objectives for the department;
• Servicing the Board of directors Audit Committee.

Target Group

Internal Auditors, External Auditors, Accountants, Investigators and Oversight bodies.

Course No:  2015-06-08-3-9-63

Course Title: Advanced Debt and Credit Management Course

Justification

Debt management is the process of establishing and executing a strategy for managing a governments' debt in order to raise the required amount of funding, achieve its risk and cost objectives and to meet any other debt management goals that a government Instutions or an organization may have set, such as developing and maintaining an efficient market for government securities. This course provides an overview of debt and credit management by explaining concepts in a user-friendly language, avoiding mathematics and using simple illustrations and country examples.

Objectives

At the end of the course, the participants should be able to:

• State in simple terms the meaning of debt and debt Management;
• Describe the aspects of domestic and external debt;
• Explain the basic and advanced concepts in debt and credit management; and
• Determine the implications of risk management.

Contents

• Introduction to debt management
• Debt Collection strategies and Methods
• Debt Collection Agents
• Bad debts recovery strategies
• Designing of credit Management Policy
• Lending Risks Analysis
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Loans
• Governance and Management of loans
• Team work in debt and credit management
• Accounting and documentation of debts and credit

Target Group

Participants of this course should represent a wide range of personnel in the organization who are in the following capacities.

• Loan/Credit Offices/
• General Managers
• Risk Managers
• Financial Managers

Course No:  2014-07-21-3-9-64

Course Title: Advanced Financial Management

• This programme aims at enhancing capacity in Financial Resources Management at corporate level by providing practitioners with a deeper and broader understanding of the complex issues that are emerging in the finance arena for corporate value creation;
• At the individual level, the programme delivers an added value competence on the existing financial management knowledge and skills for the participant to fully understand the principles underlying a sound financial decision in a modern corporation;
• The programme also serves the role of a forum for knowledge and experience sharing among African Finance managers and is a fertile ground for networking.

Contents

• Macroeconomic environment and its impact on the finance function;
• Financial policy;
• Working capital management;
• International financial management issues;
• Corporate governance and the finance function;
• Financial derivatives and the management of financial risk;
• The changing role of financial institutions;
• The nature of financing markets.

Target Group

Senior Finance Executives in both the public and private sectors.

Course No:  2015-12-07-3-9-65

Course Title: Advanced Programme on Asset Management

Objectives

This course aims at equipping participants with the necessary skills and knowledge for effective management of assets leading to optimization of return on investments.
Specific objectives are to enable learners:

• Acquire knowledge and skills for strategic and proactive asset management
• Develop framework for streamlining asset management operations
• Develop a criteria for asset management, disposal, renewal and replacement
• Learn advanced asset management strategies for value optimization and risk exposure minimization
• Develop comparative asset management decision models
• Measure the costs of the assets over their lifetime.

Contents

• Overview of asset management
• Asset management lifecycle
• Strategic and tactical asset allocation
• Asset pricing and allocation
• Asset management strategy
• Time value of assets
• Life-cost planning and budgeting
• Multi-criteria decision analysis
• Maintenance and conditional audit
• Portfolio management
• Accounting for assets
• Accounting for leases
• Asset risk management

Target Group

The programme is designed for property managers, officers, accountants, stock officers, financial analysts and other staff whose work is closely related to asset management.

Course No:  2014-12-01-3-9-68

Course Title: Auditing for Internal Auditors

The objective of the programme is to inculcate the requisite knowledge, skills and experience for the performance of internal auditing in accordance with international standards for the professional practice of internal auditing.

Thus, at the end of the programme, the participants will be able to:

• Establish risk based plans to determine the priorities of internal audit activity consistent with the organization's goals;
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the organisation's risk management system;
• Evaluate risk exposure relating to the organisation governance, operation and information system;
• Develop work programmes that achieve the engagement objective;
• Record relevant information to support the conclusions and engagement;
• Communicate engagement results promptly.

Contents

The programme shall cover in respect of internal audit:

• Purpose, authority and Responsibility of internal audit;
• Independence and objectivity;
• Proficiency and due professional care;
• Quality Assurance and Improvement programme;
• Managing the internal audit activity;
• Nature of work;
• Communication Skills.

Target Group

The programme is pertinent for Internal Auditors, External Auditors, Accounting Staff, Investigators and Managers.

Course No:  2015-02-09-3-9-72

Course Title: Audit of Computer Based Systems

Objectives

To introduce the modern methods and techniques of computer auditing in order to enable the participants to improve the quality of their skills in analysing and auditing computerised financial accounting systems.
More specifically the programme is intended to:

• provide participants with the techniques necessary for a systematic and effective review of the controls in computer systems
• assist participants design and implement their own computerised financial audit systems relevant for their organisations/activities

Contents

This seminar will cover most aspects concerning the EDP and the financial environment, as well as modules relating to computer security controls and fraud detection.

Target Group

The seminar is mainly designed for internal auditors and accountants in organisations where the accounting systems have been, or are being computerised; as well as practising accountants and lecturers in auditing in institutions of higher learning who would like to improve and update their skills in computer Auditing. Prior exposure in information technology is essential.

Course No:  2014-08-04-3-9-73

Course Title: Best Practices in Public Expenditure Management

Objectives

• To facilitate for an efficient, effective and economic management of public resources through capacity building in modern techniques in public expenditure management in the governments of the region.
• To provide public sector finance practitioners with the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to help modernize public expenditure management in their own governments.

Contents

1. Macroeconomic analysis:
   basis for medium term financial framework.
2. Macroeconomic reforms.
3. Budgetary reform programmes in Africa for poverty reduction.
4. Strategic Management in the context of MTEF.
5. Integrated financial Management Systems in the public sector.
6. Best Practices in Public expenditure reforms in Africa and country reports.

Target Group

Policy makers, Planners, Budget Officers, Economists, Finance Officers/Managers in Public sector.

Course No:  2013-05-06-3-9-74

Course Title: Cash and Treasury Management

• To develop capacity at organizational level in managing financial resources;
• To help participating managers acquire skills, knowledge and the right attitudes in managing treasury functions;
• To provide a forum for treasury managers from all over Africa to come together and share experiences and knowledge.

Contents

To achieve its objectives, the programme will address the following issues among others:

• The determination of the organizational revenues and formulation of strategies to collect it;
• Maintenance of appropriate liquidity levels to meet the organization's day-to-day operational requirements;
• Return maximization on excess funds;
• Safeguarding of the organizations assets by minimizing incidents of fraud, errors and pilferage;
• Negotiating best terms for the organization's finances;
• Communicating effectively on the finances of the organization within and outside the organization.

Target Group

Treasury managers, Finance Managers/ Controllers, Credit managers and Investment managers.

Course No:  2015-08-10-3-9-75

Course Title: Credit Risk Management

• At the client's institutional level, this programme is intended to develop capacity in the formulation and implementation of credit policies and systems aimed at protecting an organization's assets in order to facilitate the achievements of its objectives;
• At the learning level, the participants will attain exposure to modern approaches

to credit risk management and control;

• At the job behavior level, the participants are expected to exhibit high levels of knowledge, skills and the right attitudes necessary to minimize the organization's losses through debts.

Contents

• Credit policy formulation;
• Approaches to credit risk analysis;
• Collecting money owed.
• Dealing with bad and delionent loans;
• Legal issues in credit;
• Negotiation Skills;
• Cashflow management and control;
• Communication skills.

Target Group

Senior and Middle Level Managers responsible for lending and credit control in banks, public corporations and rural NGOs.

Course No:  2015-11-16-3-9-77

Course Title: Economic Crime and Forensic Auditing

More than ever before organizations are now finding themselves faced with increased economic crime leading to huge but unavoidable losses. In situations where auditors are ill prepared, recovery is a challenge. Moreover the criminals appear to be a step ahead of the auditors.

With managers who are well equipped and who have a nose for detecting and preventing the crimes the losses can be avoided if not minimized. This coupled with auditors who are equipped with the relevant knowledge and skills will go along in the minimization of the crimes.

Objectives

Specific objectives are to:

• Equip participants with skills and knowledge of general economic crimes;
• Equip participants with necessary skills for carrying out forensic auditing;
• Provide a forum to discuss the emerging issues in the prevention and detection of economic crimes;
• Discuss latest developments in the field of forensic auditing.

Contents

• Overview of economic crimes;
• Legislative and regulatory approaches towards economic crimes;
• Forensic accounting;
• Investigation and detection of corporate fraud;
• Creative accounting techniques;
• Computer related crime;
• Prevention and detection of corrupt activities;
• Identifying suspect transactions;
• Introduction to forensic auditing;
• Forensic investigation;
• Risk based auditing;
• Forensic skills.

Target Group

The programme is designed for Accountants, Risk Managers, Internal and External Auditors, Finance Officers and Managers.

Course No:  2015-08-31-3-9-78

Course Title: Enterprise Risk Management

As we globalise and liberalise our economies more and more, we become vulnerable to external vagaries. This brings in a myriad of hazards that the organisation has to contend with. It presents a host of risks that are likely to impact negatively on the performance of the organisation. Enterprise Risk management (ERM) is meant to develop a risk management framework that will facilitate for timely identification and management of the dangerous risks that the organisation is likely to face. It looks at both the strategic and operational risks of the organisation. The approach emphasizes on the adoption of risk management principles throughout the organisation. This programme is intended to enable organisations to acquire capacity to address both the strategic and operational risks they face.

Objectives

• To develop capacity in
• To develop skills and competencies in the identification, assessment, quantification, mitigation and monitoring of the various risks the organisation faces.

Contents

• An overview of ERM;
• Financial risks management;
• ICT risks management;
• Operational risks management;
• Strategic risks management;
• Corporate governance and risk management.

Target Group

Risk managers, credit controllers and loans officers, CEOs and operations managers.

Course No:  2015-11-02-3-9-79

Course Title: Enterprise Valuation

This programme comes in the wake of difficulties experienced in this area, particularly when a business is about to be bought or merged with others. Valuation then becomes imperative, for the buyer and seller or members to the merger to feel that they are getting into a value-for-money deal.

Objectives

The main objective of the programme is to enable senior managers of an organisation, to participate more effectively and more professionally in the business of valuing an on-going business, for purposes of merging or acquisition or some other business negotiation.

Specifically, at the conclusion of this two week programme, participating managers will be able to:

• Identify the many techniques used for enterprise valuation;
• Determine the strengths and weaknesses of each technique and decide accordingly in using them;
• Determine value of their own enterprises as going concerns;
• Avoid presenting financial and other data in a way that invites un-necessary take-over bids from hostile competitors;
• Negotiate more effectively in merger and or acquisition deals.

Contents

To achieve these objectives the programme shall cover the following topics:

• Market capitalisation measures & approach to valuation;
• Preference shares in enterprise valuation;
• Long term debt valuation in a takeover bid;
• Cash and cash equivalents in enterprise valuation;
• Business earnings stream approach to valuation;
• Liquidation approach to enterprise valuation;
• Stock market variables for enterprise valuation.

Target Group

The programme is targeted for senior members of Management Teams of Independent Authorities, Parastatals, Private Enterprises and Local Authority Enterprises.

Course No:  2015-11-09-3-9-80

Course Title: Expenditure Tracking for Donor Funded Projects in Health Sector

Introduction

This programme comes in the wake of difficulties experienced in this area, particularly when a business is about to be bought or merged with others. Valuation then becomes imperative, for the buyer and seller or members to the merger to feel that they are getting into a value-for-money deal.

Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to track expenditures in the health sector and develop strategies that enhance economy, efficiency, effectiveness, allocation and absorption of public resources in the health sector. Issues related to access, equity, sustainability and health systems design will be discussed. Cross-country cases will be discussed with a view to determining where we are, how we got here, what we have learnt and what we have to do differently.

• Identify the many techniques used for enterprise valuation
• Determine the strengths and weaknesses of each technique and decide accordingly in using them
• Determine value of their own enterprises as going concerns
• Avoid presenting financial and other data in a way that invites un-necessary take-over bids from hostile competitors
• Negotiate more effectively in merger and or acquisition deals

Contents

• Public expenditure tracking concepts
• Mapping the actors in the health sector
• Health sector systems design
• Linkages and leakages
• Expenditure tracking approaches in the Health Sector
• Analysing expenditure tracking data
• Developing interventions to seal the leakage(s)
• Strategies for enhancing efficiency, economy and effectiveness

Target Group

This course is ideal for health personnel in the Ministries of health, Senior Finance officers in the Ministry of Finance and those from the civil society organizations with an interest in public policy. Those involved in Health Sector Working Groups (HSWGs) and planning health sector interventions at national, regional, county and district levels will also find this course relevant.

Course No:  2013-12-02-3-9-81

Course Title: Finance and Audit Management Skills for Donor Funded Projects

Objectives

Managers and offices working with Donor funded projects are faced with competing projects demands such as the management of projects within budget, quality and time. The development partners expect prudent financial reports submitted within the timeframes stipulated in the project document. Target beneficiaries also expect to get value for money through an array of benefits that trickle down to them. Dilemmas that characterize the finance and audit processes for project managers within donor-funded project settings can be daunting if the project team is ill-equipped in the finance and audit functions. This is particularly so because the final accountability for project financial and human resources lies with the project managers.
This course is designed to equip managers with hands-on skills on finance and audit management for donor funded projects and programmes.

Specific objectives are:

• To upgrade knowledge and skills of managers on managing donor funded projects
• To deepen the participants understanding on the importance of internal auditing for the success of donor fundedprojects.
• To equip managers with hands on skills on financial management for donor funded projects and programmes.
• To appreciate the importance of monitoring and evaluation in project management.

Contents

• Overview of Financial Management
• Objectives of Internal Audit
• Nature of Donor Funded Projects
• Stakeholder Mapping
• Internal Audit Functions
• Project Financing

Target Group

The programme is designed for Managers and officers whose work is closely related Donor funded projects and community based project. Participants may be drawn from the public sector, NGO's or Private Sector Organizations engaged in Projects that entail Public - Private Partnership.

Course No:  2014-10-06-3-9-82

Course Title: Financial Management for Donor Funded Projects

The programme objective is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency in the acquisition and utilisation of donor funds to finance development projects through the applied accounting and finance principles and techniques.

At the end of the programme participants will be able to:

• Evaluate donor requirements relating to foreign assisted projects, and relate them to;
• Design and implement financial management systems for effective control of donor assisted projects;
• Monitor the environmental impact of development projects and assess their financial implications.

Contents

• Project Challenges, frame work and Project strategic thinking;
• Capital budgeting, Financial control and Financial analysis;
• Negotiation in project finance, Project sequencing and sourcing of finance;
• Project risk management;
• Sovereign debt and projects;
• Conflict, time and stress management in projects;
• NEPAD, MDGs and Poverty Management;
• Best Practice Project finance Management.

Target Group

This programme is specifically suited to Senior Officers in Government and especially Ministries of Finance and/or Planning, and Department/Regional/Project Accountants, etc. who are directly or otherwise concerned with how externally acquired financial and other resources are put to use to optimise intended development objectives. Other organisations that are major recipients of donor funds will also benefit from attending this programme.

Course No:  2015-08-17-3-9-83

Course Title: Financial Resource Mobilization and International Project Management

Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:-

• Successfully carry out international project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Engage in international project feasibility studies more proactively
• Understand the complex nature of international projects
• Assess the risks associated with international projects and know how to mitigate them
• Develop a financial resource mobilization strategy and implement that strategy in their settings.
• Identify sources of finance and package proposals to mobilize financial resources from those sources.

Contents

• The nature and complexity of International Project Management
• International Project Planning and Selection techniques
• Feasibility Studies and Analyses
• International Project Implementation Issues
• Stakeholders Management
• Developing Project Monitoring Systems
• Project Evaluation
• Financial Resource Mobilization Techniques
• Mobilizing Resources from Multilateral and Bilateral Development Partners
• Negotiating for funding

Target Group

This course will be beneficial to senior and middle level managers in Government Ministries involved in, or likely to be involved in international project management. In particular, economists, planners and project managers will find the course useful. Other officers responsible for planning, implementing and monitoring and evaluating international development projects will equally benefit. In addition, those who serve in the capacity of donor liaison and resource mobilization positions will find the course relevant.

Course No:  2013-08-05-3-9-85

Course Title: Financial Risk Management

• To develop capacity in the design and management of financial risk management systems for the organization;
• To provide the participants with skills and knowledge in risk assessment and exposure minimization for improved resource management;
• Expose the participant to the modern tools available for controlling and managing financial risk.

Contents

In order to achieve its objectives, the programme has been designed to cover the following areas, among others

• Introduction to financial markets and instruments;
• Analysis and measurement of financial risk exposure;
• Risk hedging tools and techniques;
• Financial derivatives and theirrole in exposure management.

Target Group

Finance Managers, Treasurers and Accountants in charge of financial

resource management.

Course No:  2015-08-17-3-9-86

Course Title: Macroeconomic Strategies for National Competitiveness

Introduction

The quest for national competitiveness has been on for more than two decades now. Countries have realized that to attain economic prosperity they must develop and implement economic strategies that will enhance their national competitiveness in the global arena. National competitiveness is what distinguishes fast growing and emerging economies from those that are stagnating. It is what differentiates a “Singapore” from an average Sub-Saharan African country. Africa needs sound macroeconomic strategies that will promote innovation and productivity growth for prosperity. It must provide an enabling environment for both local and foreign firms to invest on the continent and produce products that can compete effectively on the global market place.
This program is intended to look at the current national competitiveness models and provide a forum to discuss how they can be applied to and implemented in Africa to make the continent’s countries competitive in the global market place.

Objectives

• The overall objective is to provide an opportunity for the participants to learn about the existing national competitiveness models in order to acquire the skills relevant to apply and implement them in Africa.
• At the end of the training program, the participants will be able to:
  • Conceive pragmatic macroeconomic strategies.
  • Implement the macroeconomic strategies.
  • Evaluate the implemented macroeconomic strategies.

Contents

• The challenges of globalization.
• National Competitiveness models.
• Economic foundations for national competitiveness Regional economic integration.
• Partnerships

Target Group

Economic planners, budget directors, finance directors and administrators and managers in the public sector.

Course No:  2013-09-16-3-9-87

Course Title: Managing the Internal Audit Function

Contents

The major contents for this programme are:

• The standards for the Professional practice of Auditing;
• Management Principles relevant to the Auditing profession;
• Audit charters, statements of Authority and Responsibilities;
• Relationships with various stakeholders;
• Ethical issues relating to the practice of Auditors;
• Governance and the Auditor.

Target Group

Senior Auditors who already have an understanding of the principles of auditing. It is specifically designed for senior auditors both in government and parastatal organizations as well as those in private enterprises.

Course No:  2015-11-16-3-9-89

Course Title: Performance Budgeting

The public sector in Africa is currently facing a number of challenges related to the provision of services and meeting growth objectives. The persistent global economic crises have led to declining resource inflows coming from donor aid, loans and remittances. Domestic resource bases have been strained due to stagnating global commodity prices. All this is happening in the face of growing demands from an increasingly informed and growing stakeholder groups. This calls for governance reforms to ensure efficiency and value for money in resource management in the public sector. Performance budgeting will make it possible to link resource allocation with specific public outputs and outcomes. With this, we hope to see greater accountability for results and better delivery of services. This programme is meant to support the movement towards performance orientation in the public sector through capacity building in terms of the skills and knowledge required to link inputs.

Objectives

Overall, the programme is intended to promote efficiency and effectiveness in public sector financial management.

Specifically, at the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Design and implement performance budgeting systems;
• Incorporate performance measures in the budget process;
• Measure results of performance;
• Generate and report performance reports.

Contents

To achieve the above stated objectives, the programme will, inter alia, cover the following topics:

• Strategic leadership in change;
• Balanced scorecard;
• Programme budgeting in the public sector;
• High performing institutions;
• Performance measurement and management in the public sector;
• Monitoring and evaluation of projects in the public sector;
• Managing budget risk.

Target Group

Finance Officers, Accountants, Economists, Planners and Budget Officers in the public sector.

Course No:  2015-09-07-3-9-91

Course Title: Prevention, Analysis and Detection of Corporate Fraud

Objectives

At the general and organisational level, the programme aims at enhancing the capacity for deterring and detecting corporate fraud and related activities cost effectively. At the conclusion of this programme the participants will be able to:

• identify potential fraud perpetrators in an organisation;
• monitor and identify personal pressures of employees which lead to higher propensity to commit faud;
• set up preventive and control systems to minimize the incidence of fraud and fraudulent activities and
• investigate more competently fraud and fraud related activities of their organisation, should the preventive systems fail to deter its occurrence.

Contents

This programme intends to focus on a few but critical areas that will highlight the significance of the problem and the quest for institutionalised solutions to the problem.

Target Group

This programme is suitable for Corporate Accounts, Treasurers, Internal Auditors, Investigators, Lawyers, Corporate Security Staff and other professionals who have to deal with corporate/management fraud from the standpoint of prevention, investigations and detection in organisations.

Course No:  2014-05-26-3-9-92

Course Title: Property and Asset Management

Property management is among the most important aspects of an organization ranking second to human resource management. The course broad objective is to improve skills and knowledge of participants in optimal management of property and assets by acquainting officers with tools for planning, evaluation and approaches for property management.

Specific objectives are:

• To upgrade knowledge and skills of officials on property management so that they can appreciate the relationship between property and value and thus place the importance of property management procedures within the organization;
• To understand the process and purpose of property and asset evaluation and analysis;
• To develop an understanding on safety, health, environmental and risk in the management of property;
• To appreciate the variables affecting the life cycle costs of property and how to optimize the cost.

Contents

• Overview of property including their relationship with the value of the organization, understanding property and property user characteristics;
• Property management processes and tools;
• Property performance evaluation and projection;
• Marketing and property analysis;
• Financial appraisal and evaluation;
• Risk appraisal and evaluation
• Maintenance and other property management decisions;
• Health, safety and environment concerns of property management;
• Managing leases;
• Managing partnerships;
• Building a property management plan.

Target Group

The programme is designed for property Managers, Officers, Accountants, Stock officers and other staff whose work is closely related to property and asset management.

Course No:  2015-08-17-3-9-93

Course Title: Public Sector Financial Management

At the conclusion of this programme the participants will be able to:

• Determine the basis for their organizations financial requirements and their control;
• Evaluate the extent to which domestic financial markets can contribute to domestic resource mobilization;
• Determine the extent to which macro-economic and political reforms impact national economic and financial budgets;
• Negotiate successfully for external finance for National programmes and projects;
• Evaluate the extent to which MTEF contributed to the management & control of National financial resources for human development;
• Evaluate the ability of the Business Excellence Model to contribute to the Good Governance and desired economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the Public Sector service provision.

Contents

The course covers a number of topics of relevance to Public Sector Finance and is organised in four modules, namely:

• Macro-economic Framework ofPublic Sector Financial Management: covering Financial Markets and Economic Reforms;
• Public Sector Budgeting and Financial Controls: covering Strategy Formulation and National Budgets, Budgetary Planning and Control framework;
• Negotiating for and Management of External Finance: covering Negotiation Skills, and Foreign Finance Negotiations, Donor Funds Management;
• Public Sector Management & Good Governance: covering Financial Innovations for the Public Sector and Good Governance & the Business Excellence Models in practice.

Target Group

Senior level executives in the Public Sector and NGO's who are concerned with the formulation and implementation of financial policy (Financial Managers, Controllers, Accountants and economists).

Course No:  2015-09-14-3-9-94

Course Title: Risk Based Auditing

Objectives

Faced with growing challenges in the management of organizations, the field of auditing has changed over time. Many risks characterize the conduct of business today, and some of these threaten business survival. Organizations from all sectors have to respond to the many challenges on a timely basis. While public sector managers are expected to reaffirm their organization's financial commitment, dedication to growth, success and focus to meet the national development goals, those in the private and non-governmental realm have to constantly assess the risks associated with changes taking place in the public and legislative regimes and frameworks. This calls for sound financial systems amongst all organizations.
This course responds to the challenges of ensuring sound financial systems though a functioning audit function and adequate risk assessment tools and techniques.
Specific objectives are:

• To appreciate audit issues that affect management in the day-to-day running of organizations
• To understand how to identify, mitigate and control risks
• Appreciate the benefits of proactive risk management
• Develop and implement an audit plan for risky areas of the organization.
• To appreciate modern auditing echniques that add value to the organization.

Contents

• Role of Internal Audit
  Risk Management
• Control and Risk Frameworks
• Importance and Functions of Risk Based Auditing
• Planning a Risk Based Audit
• Tools and Techniques for Undertaking Risk Based Auditing
• Audit Reporting
• Corporate Governance

Target Group

The programme is designed for Finance Managers, Internal Auditors, Accountants, Risk Managers and Officers interested in hand-on skills in such areas as risk based auditing.

Course No:  2014-02-03-3-9-95

Course Title:  Financial Management for Small to Medium Enterprises (SME'S)

Justification

SMEs can only compete on the strength of quality financial strategy in the globalised market place.

Objectives

Owners and Managers of SMEs will be empowered to develop and take control of the strategic financial plans for their enterprises

Contents

• Controlling firm's finances
• Interpreting financial data
• Appraise investments
• Sustainable financial sources Working capital Management

Target Group

• Entrepreneurs
• Managers of SMEs
• Lawyers, Bankers, Accountants, Consultant

Course No:  2014-11-17-3-9-96

Course Title: International Tax Issues in Transfer Pricing

Objectives

In an increasingly globalized scenario, taxation managers need to have an up-to-date knowledge of international tax regulation issues.
The course is intended to:

• Enable participants identify, discuss and understand transfer pricing practices and policies across different group companies, industries and geographies
• Expose participants to current transfer pricing practices in various jurisdictions and industries
• Learn from experience sharing of experts and peers how specific international payments/ transfer pricing grey areas are addressed / interpreted.

Contents

Topics will include:

• The principle of Arms' Length Price (ALP)
• Transfer pricing adjustment methods
• Experience sharing of practices adopted by TP officers in determining ALP prices
• Some specific TP related issues (intangibles, cost distribution arrangements, data collection for ALP justification, residence, withholding taxes and double taxation)

Target Group

Revenue Authorities, Tax Managers and Trainers, Financial Controllers/Managers and Tax Consultants.

Course No:  2014-05-26-3-9-97

Course Title: Governance, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Reforms

This programme has been designed in the wake of the growing recognition of the need to systematically combat corruption and enhance integrity and values in public service as part of the strategy for better or good governance.

The programme is designed to help participants to:

• Understand and appreciate the complexity of corruption and its causes;
• Design and implement workable strategies for detecting, investigating and preventing corruption in public, private, and voluntary sectors;
• Understand the relationship between anti-corruption reforms, ethics, and governance;
• Design codes of conduct and strategies for improving the infrastructure for managing ethics in the sectors.

Contents

• A review of the meanings, causes and consequences of corruption;
• Pressures on public service ethics and conduct;
• Governance, ethics and corruption – what are the linkages?
• Strategies for combating corruption;
• Trends in anti-corruption policies and reforms;
• Initiatives in ethics management;
• Improving the role of and capacity of ethics infrastructure-leadership, audit institutions, ombudsmen, media and legislation;
• Approaches to accountability and transparency;
• Codes of conduct and standards in public life;
• Structured visits to pertinent organizations.

Target Group

• Policy makers;
• Middle and Senior level staff in: Audit Institutions, Anti-corruption Bureaus, Ombudsmen Offices, Integrity and ethics, Offices of Inspector General and Law

enforcement Institutions.

Course No:  2015-10-05-3-9-114

Course Title: Activity Based Budgeting in Public Sector

Justification

In order to respond effectively to today’s competition managers need correct cost information in order to set the correct priorities.

Objectives

The participants will be able to avoid cost distortions caused by conventional costing and budgeting systems.

Contents

• The ABC Model - Developing and implementing Activity-based budgets.

Target Group

All functional Managers in Government, Local authorities and industry.

Course No:  2014-02-24-3-9-1058

Course Title: Advanced Accounting

Objectives

This programme is designed to advance participants’ post-qualifying professional education and development. It aims to enable participants to critically examine the orthodox programatic historical cost accounting model generally in use today with a view to:

• Assessing its strength and weakness in the crucial process of income measurement and assets valuation
• Identifying possible improvements on current professional practice through judicious adaptations of some findings of accounting research

At the end of the programme, participants will be expected to:

• Have mastered the essentials of accounting theory
• Be well-acquainted with the leading issues of the day in account-ing research and the process of setting accounting standards
• Be able to competently deal with problems related to such unorthodox issues as accounting for changing price levels, foreign exchange transactions and accounting for divisionalised corporate enterprises.

Contents

The programme will centre on critical evaluation of the so-called “generally accepted accounting principles”, the concepts of value and income and their measurement in accounting under stable and changing price levels, the analysis of financial condition and changes therein, the special problem of branch and consolidation accounting as well as accounting for transactions involving foreign exchange.

Target Group

The programme is designed for Senior Accountants in private and public enterprises, Accountancy Tutors, Lectures etc.

Course No:  2014-09-29-3-9-1059

Course Title: Advanced Auditing

Objectives

The programme is designed to provide participants with the requisite knowledge and skills to enable them establish and sustain an audit department. Unless the audit department as an entity is effectively directed it is unrealistic to expect the function to relate effectively as an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity.

Contents

The programme contents include;

• Establishment of audit department
• Selection and development of audit staff
• Development of audit manual
• Dealing with people
• Developing policy guidelines for the internal audit department
• Developing vision, mission statement, goals and objectives for the department
• Servicing the Board of directors Audit Committee

Target Group

Internal Auditors, External Auditors, Accountants,Investigators and Oversight Bodies.

Course No:  2014-08-25-3-9-1060

Course Title: Advanced Course on Debt and Credit Management

Objectives

At the end of the course, the participants should be able to:

• State in simple terms the meaning of debt and debt Management;
• Describe the aspects of domestic and external debt;
• Explain the basic and advanced concepts in debt and credit management; and
• Determine the implications of risk management.

Contents

• * Introduction to debt management
• Debt Collection strategies and Methods
• Debt Collection Agents
• Bad debts recovery strategies
• Designing of credit Management Policy
• Lending Risks Analysis
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Loans
• Governance and Management of loans
• Team work in debt and credit management
• Accounting and documentation of debts and credit

Target Group

Participants of this course should represent a wide range of personnel in the organization who are in the following capacities.

• Loan/Credit Offices/
• General Managers
• Risk Managers
• Financial Managers
• Internal Auditors
• External Auditors
• Government Auditors
• Accountants

Course No:  2014-07-21-3-9-1061

Course Title: Advanced Financial Management

Objectives

• This programme aims at enhancing capacity in Financial Resources Management at corporate level by providing practitioners with a deeper nd broader understanding of the complex issues that are emerging in the finance arena for corporate value creation.
• At the individual level, the programme delivers an added value competence on the existing financial management knowledge and skills for the participant to fully understand the principles underlying a sound financial decision in a modern corporation.
• The programme also serves the role of a forum for knowledge and experience sharing among African Finance managers and is a fertile ground for networking.

Contents

• Macroeconomic environment and its impact on the finance function.
• Financial Policy
• Working capital management
• International financial management issues.
• Corporate governance and the finance function.
• Financial derivatives and the management of financial risk.
• The changing role of financial institutions.
• The nature of financing markets.

Target Group

Senior Finance Executives in both the public and private sectors.

Course No:  2014-10-06-3-9-1062

Course Title: Advanced Fraud Examiners Course

The corporate world is now challenged with increased level of fraud practices which has negative impact on the operational and financial performance. This course is intended to provide delegates with an in-depth knowledge of the consequences of fraud and how to combat it. It will provide a stepping-stone, which the delegate can use to better manage the problem at the workplace. It is very practical, participative and based on years of hands-on experience.

Objectives

Participants will learn how to:

• Identify fraud in the early stages;
• Get to recognize early warning signs on corrupt practices;
• React appropriately to suspend corrupt practices;
• Limit your exposure;
• Be proactive in preventing fraud;
• Recognize fronting practices.

Contents

• Understanding the risk of frauds;
• High Risks areas procurement fraud for public sector.
• Corruption and mitigation strategies;
• Procurement fraud risk assessment;
• Fraud and ethics;
• Fraud investigation strategies;
• Forensic Investigations and Report writing skills.

Target Group

Participants of this course should represent a wide range of personnel in the organization who are in the following capacities.

• Chief Executives;
• Managing Directors;
• General Managers;
• Risk managers;
• Financial Directors;
• Internal & External Auditors;
• Government Auditors;
• Forensic Specialists and Investigators;
• Heads of Security
• HR Managers/ Training Managers.

Course No:  2015-11-23-3-9-1063

Course Title: Advanced Programme on Asset Management

Objectives

This course aims at equipping participants with the necessary skills and knowledge for effective management of assets leading to optimization of return on investments.

• Acquire knowledge and skills for strategic and proactive asset management
• Develop framework for streamlining asset management operations
• Develop a criteria for asset management, disposal, renewal and replacement
• Learn advanced asset management strategies for value optimization and risk exposure minimization
• Develop comparative asset management decision models
• Measure the costs of the assets over their lifetime.

Contents

• Overview of asset management
• Asset management lifecycle
• Strategic and tactical asset allocation
• Asset pricing and allocation
• Asset management strategy
• Time value of assets
• Life-cost planning and budgeting
• Multi-criteria decision analysis
• Maintenance and conditional audit
• Portfolio management
• Accounting for assets
• Accounting for leases
• Asset risk management

Target Group

The programme is designed for property managers, officers, accountants, stock officers, financial analysts and other staff whose work is closely related to asset management.

Course No:  2014-12-01-3-9-1064

Course Title: Advanced Programme on Detection, Analysis and Prevention of Corporate Fraud

At organizational level, this programme is aimed at sensitizing organizations on the global concern against the causes and consequences of corruption, and the relevance of and conformance with the United Nations declarations against corruption.

Specifically at the end of the programme participants will be able to:

• Review and evaluate organizational environment (mission, goals, strategies, statutes, policies, rules and regulations, values, styles);
• Access Economic, efficient and effective pursuit and attainment of organizational goals;
• Investigate potential and actual instances of corruption;
• Evaluate effectiveness of watchdog institutions;
• Evaluate compliance with national statutes and with United Nations or World Bank guidelines;
• Recommend cost effective strategic reforms.

Contents

The programme will cover:

• Definition, merits and demerits of corruption;
• Causes and consequences of corruption;
• The role of watchdog institutions;
• The United Nations Lima Declaration against Corruption and World Bank guidelines (accounting);
• Cost effectiveness strategic reforms.

Target Group

Corporate managers, Leaders, Accountants, Treasurers, Auditors, Investigators, Lawyers, Corporate security staff, Bankers, who have attended the basic programme on Prevention, Analysis and Detection of Corporate Fraud.

Course No:  2015-05-25-3-9-1065

Course Title: Advanced Public Sector Financial Management

The course offers a special opportunity to Senior Managers and senior Finance Officers in ministries and public sector institutions to acquire specific knowledge and skills for strategic policy designs and coordination, relating to public financial procurement & management. It is especially designed for those who previously attended the regular "Public Sector Financial Management" course that is offered by ESAMI.

Objectives

• Evaluate alternative Public Finance Policies for efficient public sector infrastructure and service delivery;
• Analyse alternative mechanisms for the finance of public sector programmes,

including Private - Public Partnerships;

• Internalize globalisation concepts as they impact public sector finance alternatives;
• Evaluate alternative methodologies for "out-sourcing" for efficiency and effectiveness in public sector service provision;
• Carry out economic and financial evaluation of alternative external financial resources for public sector service provision;
• Impact of e-government and best practice concepts on fiscal policies.

Contents

• Public sector financial management framework;
• MTEF and public sector budgets;
• Globalization, public sector reforms and public finance;
• Private sector initiatives in the provision of public services;
• Contract management, public sector budgets and Procurement;
• Out-sourcing for local and central government effectiveness;
• Public finance and e-Government: Best practices
• External financial procurement: Synthesis, analysis and decision - making;
• Frontiers in public sector finance & administration.

Target Group

Senior Finance Managers/Officers; Senior Procurement Managers in all Government Ministries.

Course No:  2015-04-13-3-9-1066

Course Title: Auditing for Internal Auditors

Objectives

The objective of the programme is to inculcate the requisite knowledge, skills and experience for the performance of internal auditing in accordance with international standards for the professional practice of internal auditing. Thus, at the end of the programme, the participants will be able to:

• Establish risk based plans to determine the priorities of internal audit activity consistent with the organization’s goals.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the organisation’s risk management system
• Evaluate risk exposure relating to the organisation governance, operation and information system
• Develop work programmes that achieve the engagement objective
• Record relevant information to support the conclusions and engagement
• Communicate engagement results promptly.

Contents

The programme shall cover in respect of internal audit:

• Purpose, authority and Responsibility of Internal audit
• Independence and Objectivity
• Proficiency and Due Professional care
• Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme
• Managing the internal audit activity
• Nature of work
•  Communication Skills

Target Group

The programme is pertinent for Internal Auditors, External Auditors, Accounting Staff, Investigators and Managers.

Course No:  2015-02-09-3-9-1067

Course Title: Auditing for Internal Auditors

The objective of the programme is to inculcate the requisite knowledge, skills and experience for the performance of internal auditing in accordance with international standards for the professional practice of internal auditing. Thus, at the end of the programme, the participants will be able to:

• Establish risk based plans to determine the priorities of internal audit activity consistent with the organization's goals;
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the organisation's risk management system;
• Evaluate risk exposure relating to the organisation governance, operation and information system;
• Develop work programmes that achieve the engagement objective;
• Record relevant information to support the conclusions and engagement;
• Communicate engagement results promptly.

Contents

The programme shall cover in respect of internal audit:

• Purpose, authority and Responsibility of Internal audit;
• Independence and objectivity;
• Proficiency and due professional care;
• Quality assurance and improvement programme;
• Managing the internal audit activity;
• Nature of work;
• Communication skills.

Target Group

The programme is pertinent for Internal Auditors, External Auditors, Accounting Staff, Investigators and Managers.

Course No:  2015-06-29-3-9-1068

Course Title: Audit of Computer Based Systems

Objectives

To introduce the modern methods and techniques of computer auditing in order to enable the participants to improve the quality of their skills in analysing and auditing computerised financial accounting systems.

More specifically the programme is intended to:

• Provide participants with the techniques necessary for a systematic and effective review of the controls in computer systems
• Assist participants design and implement their own computerised financial audit systems relevant for their organisations/activities

Content

This seminar will cover Amost aspects concerning the Electronic Data Processing (EDP) and the financial environment, as well as modules relating to computer security controls and fraud detection.

Target Group

The seminar is mainly designed for internal auditors and accountants in organisations where the accounting systems have been, or are being computerised; as well as practising accountants and lecturers in auditing in institutions of higher learning who would like to improve and update their skills in computer Auditing. Prior exposure in information technology is essential.

Course No:  2014-08-04-3-9-1069

Course Title: Budget Policy and Planning

This programme is meant to develop capacity in the formulation and implementation of budget policy in the public sector. It will help improve the quality of budgets in the public sector as tools for both resource allocation and macroeconomic management.

Objectives

Overall, this programme is intended to improve efficiency and effectiveness in resource allocation and management in the public sector. Specifically, at the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Perform public expenditure reviews for their ministries and departments;
• Apply PETS technique to ascertain budget effectiveness;
• Apply macroeconomic analysis and forecasting tools for budget development;
• Manage fiscal risks.

Contents

To achieve the above stated objectives the programme will, inter alia, cover the following topics:

• Macroeconomic analysis and forecasting;
• Revenue forecasting;
• Expenditure forecasting;
• PER;
• PETS;
• Public sector borrowing;
• Aid management;
• Managing fiscal risks.

Target Group

Budget officers, accountants, finance officers and economists in the public sector.

Course No:  2015-02-23-3-9-1070

Course Title: Cash and Treasury Management

Objectives

• To develop capacity at organizational level in managing financial resources
• To help participating managers acquire skills, knowledge and the right attitudes in managing treasury functions.
• To provide a forum for treasury managers from all over Africa to come together and share experiences and knowledge.

Contents

To achieve its objectives, the programme will address the following issues among others:

• The determination of the organizational revenues and formulation of strategies to collect it.
• Maintenance of appropriate liquidity levels to meet the organization’s day-to-day operational requirements
• Return maximization on excess funds
• Safeguarding of the organizations assets by minimising incidents of fraud, errors and pilferage
• Negotiating best terms for the organization’s finances
• Communicating effectively on the finances of the organization within and outside the organization.

Target Group

Treasury managers, Finance Managers/Controllers, Credit managers and Investment managers.

Course No:  2014-08-11-3-9-1071

Course Title: Combating Money Laundering

Money laundering subverts rule of law and undermines both economic and social development worldwide. The international, regional, and national blocs are initiating strategies to prevent and combat money laundering in all its forms. Through the Lima Declaration which ensued from the 8th International Conference against Corruption (IACC) hosted in Lima, Peru, in 1997 the participants including heads of state, recommended the institution of strategies including legal framework to combat money laundering. Later at Maputo, Mozambique, in July 2003, African Union member states adopted the African Union Convention against Corruption to prevent corruption with specific reference to money laundering.

Objectives

Overall Objective

The overall objective of the programme is to focus on money laundering as a phenomenon which should be curbed at local, national and international level given its detrimental effects. It retards development worldwide. The participants should contemplate on preventive strategies.

Specific Objectives

• Definition of money laundering;
• The perverseness and insidiousness of money laundering;
• Ascertainment of organizational environment;
• Establishment sources of information;
• The role of oversight institutions;
• Planning investigation;
• Recommend improvement in institutional structure and systems.

Contents

• Nature and impact of money laundering;
• Reviews of international, regional, and national strategies, legal frameworks put in place;
• Effects of the strategies;
• Cause for the success or failure of the controls;
• Recommend economic, efficient and effective strategies to prevent occurrence or recurrence.

Target Group

Auditors, Accountants, Investigators, Bankers, Law Enforcement Officers, Security Staff, Anti-Corruption Bureau Officers.

Course No:  2015-03-09-3-9-1072

Course Title: Contemporary Issues in Internal Audit Management

The responsibility for control and protection of organization's assets lies with those with governance powers. ESAMI has been training Auditors and other line Managers on best practices in the areas of Control, Internal Audit, Corporate fraud to mention but a few. It has been felt that those with governance responsibilities (top management and the Board) need some appreciation of these concepts from a policy viewpoint.

This course is aimed at sensitizing top-level managers with the contents shown below.

At the end of the programme participants should be able to:

Guide their Organization policy on:

• Controls;
• Internal audit;
• Fraud and irregularities and
• Governance issues.

Content

The workshop will cover the following:

• Internal and management controls;
• Policy issues in internal auditing;
• Policy issues on corporate fraud and other irregularities;
• Governance, ethics and accountability.

Target Group

• Senior and top management;
• Board members;
• Members of audit committees;
• Members of Parliamentarian oversight Committees.

Course No:  2015-07-27-3-9-1073

Course Title: Contemporary Issues in Taxation

Taxation is fluid and dynamic as its statutes keep changing over time. Changes in the global and local business industry requires that tax officers continue learning to acquire the most up-to-date knowledge that can help them to perform their work in a most efficient way. This course is designed specifically for tax officers in order to enable them grasp recent development in taxation.

Objectives

• To equip tax officers with knowledge skills and techniques on taxation;
• Equip Participants with recent development in taxation that affects their country taxation.

Contents

• Overview of taxation;
• Overview of taxation policies in developing countries;
• International taxation and multinational organization;
• Tax reforms;
• Tax avoidance and tax evasions;
• Tax planning issues;
• Tax investigation and tax audits;
• Double taxation treaties;
• Regional tax harmonization;
• Business taxation;
• Employment taxation;
• Widening the tax base;
• Tax incentives in developing countries.

Target Group

The programme is designed for Senior Tax Officers in the Ministries of Finance and Government Revenue Authorities to Include Commissioners, Directors, Tax Assessors, Investigator and other tax Officers.

Course No:  2015-05-04-3-9-1074

Course Title: Corruption Control in Public Sector Procurement

Objectives

Corruption in Public Procurement, which affects countries across the globe, has enormous negative consequences. It diverts Public funds into unnecessary, unsuitable and uneconomic projects. There are many cases where the Public Procurement Processes have been ignored and the possibilities for ineffective or incompetent practices in Public procurement have also been created and provided a multitude of opportunities for corruption.

The overall Objectives of this program are to provide high caliber participants with in depth understanding of the techniques on how to control Corruption in Public Procurement. On completion of the program, participants will be equipped with state-of-the-art concepts, methods techniques and tools that will allow them to control Corruption in Public Procurement in their Organizations.

Contents

To achieve the above objectives the program will cover the following topics

• Definition of Corruption in relation to Public Procurement
• Consequences of corruption in Public Procurement
• The procurement Process and Phases where corruption activities are abound
• Strategies for combating Corruption in Public Procurement
• Ethics and Professional Standards in Public Procurement

Target Group

Senior and Middle level officers in Government, Parastatal and Private Sector responsible for Procurement, Auditing, oversight bodies, Accountants, Tender Board Members and Administrators.

Course No:  2014-07-21-3-9-1075

Course Title: Credit Risk Management

Objectives

• At the client’s institutional level, this programme is intended to develop capacity in the formulation and implementation of credit policies and systems aimed at protecting an organization’s assets in order to facilitate the achievements of its objectives.
• At the learning level, the participants will attain exposure to modern approaches to credit risk management and control.
• At the job behavior level, the participants are expected to exhibit high levels of knowledge, skills and the right attitudes necessary tACo minimize the organization’s losses through debts.

Contents

• Credit policy formulation
• Aproaches to credit risk analysis
• Collecting money owed.
• Dealing with bad and delionent loans
• Legal issues in credit
• Negotiation Skills.
• Cashflow management and control
• Communication Skills

Target Group

Senior and Middle Level Managers responsible for lending and credit control in banks, public corporations and rural NGOs.

Course No:  2014-11-17-3-9-1076

Course Title: Enterprise Valuation

Introduction

This programme comes in the wake of difficulties experienced in this area, particularly when a business is about to be bought or merged with others. Valuation then becomes imperative, for the buyer and seller or members to the merger to feel that they are getting into a value-for-money deal.

Objectives

The main objective of the programme is to enable senior managers of an organisation, to participate more effectively and more professionally in the business of valuing an on-going business, for purposes of merging or acquisition or some other business negotiation.

Specifically, at the cAonclusion of this two week programme, participating managers will be able to:

• Identify the many techniques used for enterprise valuation
• Determine the strengths and weaknesses of each technique and decide accordingly in using them
• Determine value of their own enterprises as going concerns
• Avoid presenting financial and other data in a way that invites un-necessary take-over bids from hostile competitors
• Negotiate more effectively in merger and or acquisition deals

Contents

To achieve these objectives the programme shall cover the following topics:

• Market Capitalisation Measures & Approach to Valuation
• Preference Shares in Enterprise Valuation
• Long Term Debt valuation in a takeover bid
• Cash and Cash Equivalents in Enterprise Valuation
• Business Earnings Stream Approach to Valuation
• Liquidation Approach to Enterprise Valuation
• Stock Market Variables for Enterprise Valuation

Target Group

The programme is targeted for Senior members of Management Teams of Independent Authorities, Parastatals, Private Enterprises and Local Authority Enterprises.

Course No:  2014-11-10-3-9-1077

Course Title: Finance and Audit Management Skills for Donor Funded Projects

Objectives

Managers and offices working with Donor funded projects are faced with competing projects demands such as the management of projects within budget, quality and time. The development partners expect prudent financial reports submitted within the timeframes stipulated in the project document. Target beneficiaries also expect to get value for money through an array of benefits that trickle down to them. Dilemmas that characterize the finance and audit processes for Project Managers within donor-funded project settings can be daunting if the project team is ill-equipped in the finance and audit functions. This is particularly so because the final accountability for project financial and human resources lies with the project managers.

This course is designed to equip managers with hands-on skills on finance and audit management for donor funded projects and programmes.

Specific objectives are:

• To upgrade knowledge and skills of managers on managing donor funded projects
• To deepen the participants understanding on the importance of internal auditing for the success of donor funded projects.
• To equip managers with hands on skills on financial management for donor funded projects and programmes.
• To appreciate the importance of monitoring and evaluation in project management.

Contents

• Overview of Financial Management
• Project Sustainability Factors
• Objectives of Internal Audit * Review of business and Project
• Nature of Donor Funded Projects Policies, Procedures and Systems
• Stakeholder Mapping * Project Financial Management Systems
• Internal Audit Functions * Risk Assessment Tools
• Project Financing * Communication Skills
• Monitoring and Evaluation

Target Group

The programme is designed for Managers and officers whose work is closely related to Donor funded projects and community based project. Participants may be drawn from the public sector, NGO’s or Private Sector Organizations engaged in Projects that entail Public – Private Partnership.

Course No:  2014-10-06-3-9-1078

Course Title: Financial Management for Donor Funded Projects

Objectives

The programme objective is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency in the acquisition and utilisation of donor funds to finance development projects through the applied accounting and finance principles and techniques.

At the end of the programme participants will be able to:

• Evaluate donor requirements relating to foreign assisted projects, and relate them to their development projects
• Design and implement financial management systems for effective control of donor assisted projects
• Monitor the environmental impact of development projects and assess their financial implications

Contents

• Project Challenges, frame work and Project strategic thinking.
• Capital budgeting, Financial control and Financial analysis
• Negotiation in project finance, Project sequencing and sourcing of finance
• Project risk management
• Sovereign debt and projects
• Conflict, time and stress management in projects
• NEPAD, MDGs and Poverty Management
• Best Practice Project finance Management

Target Group

This programme is specifically suited to Senior Officers in Government and especially Ministries of Finance and/or Planning, and Department/Regional/Project Accountants, etc. who are directly or otherwise concerned with how externally acquired financial and other resources are put to use to optimise intended development objectives. Other organisations that are major recipients of donor funds will also benefit from attending this programme.

Course No:  2014-08-18-3-9-1079

Course Title: Financial Management Programme

Rationale

As the global environment continues to change, new challenges and opportunities arise. The global interconnectedness has made it possible for organisations and managers to access new markets and products. However, it has also made the organisations suffer the effects of crises and shocks emanating from elsewhere. Financial globalisation has come to be the new frontier in the march towards global integration. We are now seeing global linkages in financial markets. ICT innovations have made it possible for players in virtually every financial place in the world to be linked to the rest on a 24 hour basis. New financial products are being churned out continuously.

Today’s finance manager therefore, needs special skills and knowhow in order to effectively and efficiently perform in this increasingly complex environment. This programme is intended to supply some of the competences required.

Objectives

• To equip the finance manager with the skills and knowledge required to manage in a complex and globalised environment.
• To orient the manager towards ICT-based financial management tools.
• To provide the manager with the skills and knowhow needed to manage and minimise financial risks.

Contents

• Financial globalisation.
• Principles of financial management.
• E-finance strategies and instruments for private and public sector.
• Managing financial risks.
• International finance and financial markets.

Target Group

Finance Managers and Accountants in the private and public sectors.

Course No:  2014-06-09-3-9-1080

Course Title: Financial Markets, Innovations and Opportunities

African countries are now keen on the importance of financial markets development as key factor for economic growth. Financial Markets play a major role such that countries with deeper financial markets are much better than countries with shallow financial markets. Capacity building of leaders and policy makers in these areas become a paramount issue to address. This course will help participants to get to know what is really happening in African countries as far as financial and capital markets are concerned and help to understand how each country can benefit from lessons from other countries.

Objectives

The program intends to equip participants with knowledge on financial markets and how they induce their countries to put more effort on developing the existing financial markets and how countries can benefit with innovations of new financial instruments. It will also provide a networking opportunity for participants. Participants with similar interest will mingle with the policy makers and industry leaders in the banking, financial, insurance and other related sectors from the regions.

Contents

• Overview of financial markets;
• Foundation of financial and capital markets;
• Stock exchange participation;
• Investment in financial and capital markets;
• Developing financial markets;
• Money markets;
• Foreign exchange markets;
• Regional integration and financial markets;
• Opportunities and challenges in investing in financial markets.

Target Group

The program is designed for Bankers, Auditors, Accountants and Policy Makers at National or Devolved Governments.

Course No:  2015-08-10-3-9-1081

Course Title: Financial Planning and Modelling

Objectives

Overall, this programme is intended to improve efficiency and effectiveness in resource allocation and management in the public sector.

Specifically, at the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Develop and apply financial planning and forecasting models for decision making.
• Apply macroeconomic analysis and forecasting tools for budget development.
• Identify and quantify the risks involved in managing public sector finances
• Plan for and manage change in the organization.

Contents

To achieve the above stated objectives the programme will, inter alia, cover the following topics:

• Macroeconomic analysis and forecasting.
• Revenue forecasting.
• Expenditure forecasting.
• Cash flow forecasting.
• Financial planning models
• Capital budgeting in the public sector.
• Change management.
• Public sector budgeting and financial management.

Target Group

Senior Finance Officers, Accountants, Procurement Officers and Economists in the public sector.

Course No:  2014-03-10-3-9-1082

Course Title: Financial Risk Management

Objectives

• To develop capacity in the design and management of financial risk management systems for the organization
• To provide the participants with skills and knowledge in risk assessment and exposure minimization for improved resource management
• Expose the participant to the modern tools available for controlling and managing financial risk.

Contents

In order to achieve its objectives, the programme has been designed to cover the following areas, among others

• Introduction to financial markets and instruments
• Analysis and measurement of financial risk exposure
• Risk hedging tools and techniques
• Financial derivatives and their role in exposure management

Target Group

Finance Managers, Treasurers and Accountants in charge of financial resource management.

Course No:  2014-08-18-3-9-1083

Course Title: Governance, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Reforms

Objectives

This programme has been designed in the wake of the growing recognition of the need to systematically combat corruption and enhance integrity and values in public service as part of the strategy for better or good governance.

The programme is designed to help participants to:

• Understand and appreciate the complexity of corruption and its causes
• Design and implement workable strategies for detecting, investigating and preventing corruption in public, private, and voluntary sectors.
• Understand the relationship between anti-corruption reforms, ethics, and governance.
• Design codes of conduct and strategies for improving the infrastructure for managing ethics in the sectors.

Contents

• A review of the meanings, causes and consequences of corruption
• Pressures on public service ethics and conduct
• Governance, ethics and corruption – what are the linkages?
• Strategies for combating corruption
• Trends in anti-corruption policies and reforms
• Initiatives in ethics management
• Improving the role of and capacity of ethics infrastructure-lead ership, audit institutions, ombudsmen, media and legislation
• Approaches to accountability and transparency
• Codes of conduct and standards in public life
• Structured visits to pertinent organizations

Target Group

• Policy makers
• Middle and Senior level staff in : Audit Institutions,Anti-corruption Bureaus, Ombudsmen Offices, Integrity and ethics, Offices of Inspector General and Law Enforcement Institutions.

Course No:  2014-08-11-3-9-1084

Course Title: International Tax Issues in Transfer Pricing

Objectives

In an increasingly globalized scenario, taxation managers need to have an up-to-date knowledge of international tax regulation issues.

The course is intended to:

• Enable participants identify, discuss and understand transfer pricing practices and policies across different group companies, industries and geographies
• Expose participants to current transfer pricing practices in various jurisdictions and industries
• Learn from experience sharing of experts and peers how specific international payments/ transfer pricing grey areas are addressed / interpreted.

Contents

Topics wll include:

• The principle of Arms’ Length Price (ALP)
• Transfer pricing adjustment methods
• Experience sharing of practices adopted by TP officers in determining ALP prices
• Some specific TP related issues (intangibles, cost distribution arrangements, data collection for ALP justification, residence, withholding taxes and double taxation)

Target Group

Revenue Authorities, Tax Managers and Trainers, Financial Controllers/Managers and Tax Consultants.

Course No:  2014-05-26-3-9-1085

Course Title: Investment Management for Pension and Superannuation Funds

Africa's population is ageing and it is evident that there is a build-up of money set aside for retirement benefits. This money needs to be kept safe and its value must grow in order to guarantee a good quality of life for the retiring. This is why we must ensure that those to whom the management of the associated funds is entrusted are adequately skilled and competent in order to manage well. This programme is geared towards this objective.

Objectives

• To build capacity in the management of retirement benefits schemes;
• To provide managers of retirement benefits funds with modern skills and knowledge in investment making and portfolio selection;
• To expose the participants to new skills for analysing and monitoring the market policies.

Contents

• The challenges of managing retirement benefits schemes;
• The structure and operations of the financial markets;
• Economic forecasting techniques;
• Company valuation;
• Due diligence and financialanalysis;
• Investment portfolio management.

Target Group

Finance Managers, Treasures, Managers of retirement benefits schemes and managers in the regulators of retirement benefits schemes.

Course No:  2015-04-20-3-9-1086

Course Title: Managing the Internal Audit Function

Objectives

This programme is designed to assist Senior Auditors (Team leaders, Supervisors and Chiefs) to manage the audit process in a scientific manner. It aims at enabling practicing Auditors share experiences on how the professional standards for the practice of Audit is undertaken.

Contents

The major contents for this programme are:

• The standards for the Professional practice of Auditing;
• Management Principles relevant to the Auditing profession;
• Audit charters, statements of Authority and Responsibilities;
• Relationships with various stakeholders;
• Ethical issues relating to the practice of Auditors.
• Governance and the Auditor

Target Group

Senior Auditors who already have an understanding of the principles of auditing. It is specifically designed for senior auditors both in government and parastatal organizations as well as those in private enterprises.

Course No:  2014-11-17-3-9-1087

Course Title: Micro-Finance Management

Objectives

The overall objective of this course is to contribute towards the improvement of the performance of Micro Finance Institutions in providing services to the members and clients. After completion of this programme, participants shall be able to:

• Diagnose problems and design solutions to address management deficiencies;
• Retain staff and clients;
• Develop strategies for successful micro-lending
• Develop and apply good savings and credit policies
• Analyze documentation of micro credit activities
• Proactively shape the institutional culture;
• Reduce the organization’s vulnerability to risks;
• Identify the potential demand for microfinance products;
• Design and market microfinance products;

Contents

The final content of the training programme will depend on participants’ profile, needs and interests. However, it is likely to include the following:

• Basic principles of microfinance and community development
• Human resource management: hiring, training and motivating for success;
• Creating and propagating an effective institutional culture;
• An overview of a comprehensive toolkit for an effective MFI
• Conceptual of model of microfinance delivery process
• Regulatory framework for Micro-Finance Institutions
• Managing risks, including credit risk, fraud and security risk;
• Reaching and serving the poorest;
• Market research, product development and marketing;
• Analysis of borrowers plans and financial records
• Developing savings and credit procedures: savings and credit policies, planning operations
• Documentation of microfinance credit activities
• Features of a good credit management system
• Delinquency management
• Best practices in MFIs: case studies from other countries
• The role of non-financial services.

Target Group

The training program is designed for managers, accountants, and senior staff responsible for managing, establishing, operating, monitoring and supervising MFIs, such as: Banks with microfinance window, Microfinance providers Microfinance NGOs Credit Unions, Saving and Credit Cooperative Societies Development projects and other micro enterprise credit organizations

Course No:  2014-05-05-3-9-1088

Course Title: Business Statistics for Decision Making

Specific objectives are to enable learners:

• Apply statistical techniques in decision making;
• Increase the usage of statistics in planning and management.
• Acquire knowledge and skills on decision making models.
• Develop and implement a statistical model for the desired future;
• Apply and use modern planning and decision making tools that add value to the

organization.

Contents

• Introduction to statistics;
• Decision making scenarios;
• Role of statistics in management;
• Statistical planning tools;
• Measures of central tendency;
• Measures of dispersion;
• Forecasting;
• Modeling;
• Simulation;
• Incorporating statistics in planning;
• Building organizational and personal success through statistics.

Target Group

The programme is designed for Managers and Officers with an appreciation for statistics.

Course No:  2015-06-15-3-9-1097

Course Title: Customs and Immigration Management

This programme will show and illustrate how all this can be achieved using international best practice and pragmatic action points which can be readily implemented.

What you will learn:

• The key issues necessary to deliver a world class border management programme;
• The benefits and challenges of multi-agency working;
• How to develop enhanced, accurate intelligence to support revenue raising and crime reduction;
• Effective resource deployment;
• Leadership and management techniques to improve and enhance border controls.

At the end of the two week programme participants will be able to:

• Develop a border strategy, based on known and potential threats and risks and identify, develop and coordinate effective partnerships to help deliver the strategy;
• Understand the key elements in establishing an offshore border,by acting upstream and screening pre-arrival and explain the key components of a strategy to tackle border tax fraud, smuggling and immigration crime
• Know how to minimize opportunities for corruption – particularly among border officials, and others in trusted positions such as airline workers.

Contents

In order to meet the above objectives the following shall be covered inter alia:

• How to develop and effectively use threat assessments;
• Effective, legal and appropriate methods of increasing revenue;
• How serious crime can be detected and disrupted;
• What assistance technology can provide;
• How borders can be used to prevent terrorism and associated concerns.

Target Group

Tax Administrators, Custom Officers, Immigration Officers and Businessmen/women.

Course No:  2015-08-10-3-9-1104

Course Title: Fostering Innovation in Entrepreneurship

By the end of the course, participants should be able to:-

• Identify the stages of innovation and examine potential areas of innovation in their business ventures;
• Understand the various types of innovation and how they apply in different contexts;
• Understand the new product development processes, areasof service innovation, process innovation and marketing innovation;
• Exhibit higher levels of creativity and an open mind in embracing innovation.

Contents

• The concept of innovation in entrepreneurship;
• The innovation process;
• Product, process, organizational and service innovation;
• Marketing innovation;
• New product development;
• Prototypes and commercialization of innovation;
• Intellectual property rights and copyrights;
• Business incubation and innovation hubs;
• How to innovate as an entrepreneur;
• Establishing venture labs to innovate;
• Amoeba management.

Target Group

This course is aimed at business owners and employees from the private and public sector who have a passion for excelling in their businesses and who are keen in redefining the competitive landscape in their organizations. Those involved in marketing, new product development and operational processes will find the course particularly useful.

Course No:  2015-10-12-3-9-1112

Course Title: Macroeconomic Strategies for Competitiveness

At the end of the workshop participants will have acquired knowledge of, and skills in, the following specific areas of competitiveness:

• Strategies and policies for national competitiveness;
• Corporate social responsibility (CSR);
• Drivers of national economic development agenda, as well as the relevant industrialization policies;
• Value chain upgrading strategies.

Contents

• Basic concepts on competitiveness;
• Basic concepts on sustainable development;
• Competitive advantage of nations;
• Competitive advantage of enterprises;
• Analysis of forces driving industry competitiveness;
• Addressing situation of those at the 'Bottom of the Pyramid'
• Strategies for business competitiveness;
• Value chain analysis;
• Key issues in corporate social responsibility.

Target Group

The course is useful for officials from the national and local government, civil society, NGO, academia and the private sector; including senior managers, policy analysts and planners.

Course No:  2015-09-21-3-9-1123

Course Title: Computer Assisted Financial Management

The programme is intended to enable financial managers and controllers to spend more productive time and resources in planning for their operations and implementation, more strategically, than on routine record-keeping and procedural compliance.

At the conclusion of this programme, participants will be able to:

• use computers to perform financial forecasting activities faster and more effectively;
• use computers to assist them with financial modelling and planning so as to facilitate timely decision-making;
• use and apply relevant computer based financial management packagesapplicable at their workplace cost effectively.

Contents

• Scope and environment of financial management;
• Computer Assisted Financial Analysis, Modeling, Budgeting, Cash Flow Analysis, Asset Valuation and Capital Investment;
• Planning and Developing Financial Information systems;
• Survey of Financial Software Packages;
• Applications of Computer;
• Database Systems and e-Commerce Applications.

Target Group

The programme is targeted at middle-level managers, financial accountants, controllers and internal auditors of business organisations. Prior exposure to Information Technology is necessary.

Course No:  2015-03-30-3-9-1170

Course Title: Enterprise Risk Management

Background
As we globalise and liberalise our economies more and more, we become vulnerable to external vagaries. This brings in a myriad of hazards that the organisation has to contend with. It presents a host of risks that are likely to impact negatively on the performance of the organisation. Enterprise Risk management (ERM) is meant to develop a risk management framework that will facilitate for timely identification and management of the dangerous risks that the organisation is likely to face. It looks at both the strategic and operational risks of the organisation. The approach emphasizes on the adoption of risk management principles throughout the organisation. This programme is intended to enable organisations to acquire capacity to address both the strategic and operational risks they face.

Objectives

• To develop capacity in corporate governance and value maximisation through the way resources are deployed and managed.
• To develop skills and competencies in the identification, assessment, quantification, mitigation and monitoring of the various risks the organisation faces.

Contents

• An overview of ERM.
• Financial risks management.
• ICT risks management.
• Operational risks management.
• Strategic risks management.
• Corporate governance and risk management.

Target Group
Risk Managers, Credit Controllers and Loans Officers, CEOs and Operations Managers.

Course No:  2014-11-03-3-9-1180

Course Title: Economic Crime and Forensic Auditing

Rationale
More than ever before organizations are now finding themselves faced with increased economic crime leading to huge but unavoidable losses. In situations where auditors are ill prepared, recovery is a challenge. Moreover the criminals appear to be a step ahead of the auditors.
With Managers who are well equipped and who have a nose for detecting and preventing the crimes the losses can be avoided if not minimized. This coupled with auditors who are equipped with the relevant knowledge and skills will go along in the minimization of the crimes.

Objectives
Specific objectives are to:

• Equip participants with skills and knowledge of general economic crimes
• Equip participants with necessary skills for carrying out forensic auditing
• Provide a forum to discuss the emerging issues in the prevention and detection of economic crimes
• Discuss latest developments in the field of forensic auditing

Contents

• Overview of economic crimes
• Legislative and regulatory approaches towards economic crimes
• Forensic accounting
• Investigation and detection of corporate fraud
• Creative accounting techniques
• Computer related crime
• Prevention and detection of corrupt activities
• Identifying suspect transactions
• Introduction to forensic auditing
• Forensic investigation
• Risk Based auditing
• Forensic skills

Target Group
The programme is designed for Accountants, Risk Managers, Internal and External Auditors, Finance Officers and Managers.

Course No:  2014-09-01-3-9-1181

Course Title: Detection, Analysis and Prevention of Corporate Fraud

At the general and organisational level, the programme aims at enhancing the capacity for deterring and detecting corporate fraud and related activities cost effectively.

At the conclusion of this programme the participants will be able to:

• Identify potential fraud perpetrators in an organisation;
• Monitor and identify personal pressures of employees which lead to higher

propensity to commit fraud;

• Set up preventive and control systems to minimize the incidence of fraud and fraudulent activities and
• Investigate more competently fraud and fraud related activities of their organisation, should the preventive systems fail to deter its occurrence.

Contents

• Auditing standards;
• Elements of control;
• Fraud prevention;
• Fraud investigation;
• Information of 212 cases of fraud;
• Error, fraud and the auditor;
• Risk management;
• Ethics & ethical codes.

Target Group

This programme is suitable for Corporate Accounts, Treasurers, Internal Auditors, Investigators, Lawyers, Corporate Security Staff and other professionals who have to deal with corporate/management fraud from the standpoint of prevention, investigations and detection in organisations.

Course No:  2015-09-14-3-9-1182

Course Title: Cyber - Crime Control in Mobile Money

Objectives
General
This programme is aimed at enabling both providers and users of the mobile money transactions to become more  not only aware of their rights and responsibilities as they transact, but also the potential threat posed by criminals and fraudsters who are ready to make use of the weak links in the mobile money platform. This will be implemented with the ultimate goal of monitoring and controlling of such criminal actions for the benefit of both parties.

Specifically at the conclusion of the course participants will be able to

• Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the mobile money transactions
• Clearly understand the technological environment of mobile money
• Recognize transaction trends through analytics, of suspicious payments and transfer requests
• Apply authentication requirements correctly
• Recognize limits placed on transaction values and magnitudes and reasons behind all that
• Detect fraudulent e-mails, e-payments, enquiries, e-transfer receipts, entries etc;

Contents
In order to meet the above general and specific objectives the programme shall cover the following, inter alia:

• Security Layers of e-defense
• How and why money may be moved via mobile phones
• M-payments and the Money Laundering Threat
• Fraud detection and monitoring – this includes monitoring and blocking of the actual payment transaction.
• Authentication – multi-factor authentication can use a variety of tokens and out of-band verification.
• Internet protocol and device analysis - the ability to analyze specific online behavior, geographic location, and whether the IP address, smart phone or tablet has been
• associated with a prior fraud event.
• Transaction limits and controls – systemic limits on the number, type or value of transactions permitted for that customer.
• Customer awareness and education – continuous education to inform clients of threats, best practices and anti-virus protection.
• Enterprise Financial crime strategy – tools and techniques

Target Group
The programme is designed for IT staff of Banks and other financial institutions, financial managers, Accountants, Financial Analysts with significant responsibilities in mobile money transactions.

Course No:  2014-03-31-3-9-1183

Course Title: Advanced Government Accounting

The course is intended to help government officers to achieve sound knowledge for accountability.

At the end of the course participants will be able to follow proper accounting procedures and financial regulations in maintaining government accounting records.

Content

• Introduction to Government Accounting;
• Parliamentary control of finances;
• Accounting for Government revenue and expenditure;
• Accounting for imprest
• Bank reconciliations
• Accounting for the consolidated fund;
• Local Government Accounting.

Target Group

Accounting Officers in central and local Government ministries, departments and authorities.

Course No:  2015-06-01-3-9-1184

Course Title: Finance for Non-Finance Managers

The non-finance Executives need to understand the flow and control of corporate financial resources

Objectives

The participants will understand how corporate financial goals are set, and to monitor and control corporate cash flow gaps.

Contents

• Setting Corporate and divisional financial goals;
• Forecasting and evaluating financial performance;
• Understanding capital Markets;
• Monitoring profitability, value gaps, and cash flow.

Target Group

Senior Managers without extensive financial management experience. These will include:

• Chief Executives Officers (CCOs) Functional Managers of Operations, Marketing, Production, Human Resources and R & D.

Course No:  2015-04-27-3-9-1185

Course Title: Financial Management for Devolved Governments

The devolution of governments has brought challenges on how funds of these governments have to be managed. Devolved governments in Africa do experience a lot of challenges and problems in mobilization of financial resources as well as in managing the resources. There are number of problems in issues ranging from finances accountability, reporting, and efficiency and finance mobilization. This course aims at bridging the gap by addressing these critical problems.

Objectives

Overall objectives of the program is to equip leaders and managers of devolved government with necessary skills that can help to plan and manage the financial resources hence improve efficiency and effectiveness in the management of public sector funds.

Contents

• Structure of devolved governments;
• Devolved funds;
• Devolved government finance budgeting;
• Financial reporting
• Accountability and Transparency in devolved government systems;
• Financial planning and forecasting;
• Costing Reductions and control
• Budgeting and budgetary control;
• Programme and performance based budgeting;
• Internal controls;
• Performance auditing; concepts and principles;
• Procurement and Contract Management.

Target Group

The program is designed for Senior Officers in the Ministries of devolved governments at National level, regional and district levels.

Course No:  2015-02-02-3-9-1186

Course Title: Financing Real Estate

Objectives
On completion of this course participants will have competencies in the following:

• Understand the role of real estate finance, investments and capital market trading in real estate instruments.
• Finance, manage and monitor residential income properties
• Appraise the risks in construction and land development projects
• Participate in the global real estate capital markets and securities
• Undertake real estate investment performance and portfolio appraisals

Contents

• The interest and legal factor in real estate finance
• Management of fixed and variable interest payment mortgages
• Underwriting and financing of residential properties
• Residential financial analysis
• The global commercial property market
• Valuation of income properties
• Investment and risk analysis
• Financial leverage and debt structure
• Loan syndication
• Appraisal of construction and land development projects
• Global real estate capital markets and securities

Target Group

• CEO’s and investment officers of pension funds and social security funds
• Senior executives of capital and stock market authorities
• Investment officers of housing and insurance companies
• Managers of special funds and real estate investment trusts
• Management consultants
• Managers of large construction companies

Course No:  2014-03-31-3-9-1187

Course Title: Managing Tax and Taxation

This course responds to the challenges of ensuring sound tax management practices that will lead to realization of organizational goals and success.

Specific objectives are to enable learners:

• Equip participants with general knowledge to handle and manage tax matters;
• Enhance skills and knowledge for proactive tax planning and management;
• Allow participants to appreciate the changes in the business environment that impact on taxation;
• Appreciate the various types of taxes and their application and management;
• Equip participants with skills on how to proactively and legally minimize their tax obligations.

Contents

• Overview of business environment;
• Introduction to taxation;
• Tax trend and finance;
• Managing the tax requirements of your stakeholders;
• The tax structure;
• Aligning your tax strategy to business strategy;
• Recent amendments (examples);
• Review of various form of taxes (e.g. Corporate tax, VAT, PAYE, Capital gain, Capital allowances);
• Sale and leaseback transactions
• Transfer pricing;
• Tax avoidance and specific anti-avoidance issues;
• Accounting for tax;
• Corporate responsibility;
• Aligning your tax functions.

Target Group

The programme is designed for Managers, accountants and other officers with an appreciation for tax.

Course No:  2015-02-16-3-9-1188

Course Title: Performance Auditing (2)

Objectives
Modern Management is now emphasizing results, outputs and outcomes as opposed to the INPUT oriented traditional management. Hence individuals in advisory positions or oversight positions need to be able to plan for, institute and audit or evaluate performance in all aspects of the organization. This course will address issues of Auditing Performance with the following objectives:

• Advising Management on establishment  of appropriate vision, mission, goals and objectives;
• Assisting subunits to establish goals congruent with the      organizational  goals.
• Assess whether goals and objectives are efficiently and  effectively achieved.
• Assess the measurement processes and validity of information reported to senior  management.

Contents
This seminar will cover:

• Introduction and definition of Performance Auditing;
• Developing vision, mission and  objectives statements;
• Economy and efficiency Audits;
• Establishment and Monitoring Performance;
• Review Performance Audit guidelines;
• Contemporary issues in performance audits and performance management

Target Group

• Internal Auditors, Project  Managers
• Accountants, Managers  responsible for performance of  others
• Academicians and  External Auditors.

Course No:  2014-06-23-3-9-1189

Course Title: Performance Auditing (1)

Objectives
Modern Management is now emphasizing results, outputs and outcomes as opposed to the INPUT oriented traditional management. Hence individuals in advisory positions or oversight positions need to be able to plan for, institute and audit or evaluate performance in all aspects of the organization. This course will address issues of Auditing Performance with the following objectives:

• Advising Management on establishment  of appropriate vision, mission, goals and objectives;
• Assisting subunits to establish goals congruent with the      organizational  goals.
• Assess whether goals and objectives are efficiently and  effectively achieved.
• Assess the measurement processes and validity of information reported to senior  management.

Contents
This seminar will cover:

• Introduction and definition of Performance Auditing;
• Developing vision, mission and  objectives statements;
• Economy and efficiency Audits;
• Establishment and Monitoring Performance;
• Review Performance Audit guidelines;
• Contemporary issues in performance audits and performance management

Target Group

• Internal Auditors, Project  Managers
• Accountants, Managers  responsible for performance of  others
• Academicians and  External Auditors.

Course No:  2014-05-26-3-9-1190

Course Title: Public Sector Budgeting and Budget Reforms (1)

Objectives

• To deliver the programme, the following are the guiding objectives.
• Overall, the objective of the programme will be to develop budget management capacity in Africa by building the skills and competences necessary to effectively
• manage budgeting and finances in a “public sector context”.
• Specifically, at the conclusion of this programme the participants will, among other things, be able to:
• Define the linkages between the government budget and the economy.
• Apply analytical tools and techniques such as cost benefit analysis, revenue forecasting and outcome oriented budgeting for decision making.
• Apply alternative conceptual approaches to resource allocation and budget formulation.
• Analyse budget performance and develop a budget reform agenda for the public sector

Contents
To achieve the above stated objectives, the programme will cover the following topics among others:

• Financial reforms in the public sector.
• Public sector budgetary reforms.
• Accountability in the public sector.
• The public sector budget process.
• Fiscal decentralization models.
• Outcome oriented budgeting models.
• Public sector borrowing

Target Group
Senior Finance Officers, Economists and Administrators in the public sector.

Course No:  2014-05-12-3-9-1191

Course Title: Public Sector Budgeting and Budget Reforms (2)

Objectives

• To deliver the programme, the following are the guiding objectives.
• Overall, the objective of the programme will be to develop budget management capacity in Africa by building the skills and competences necessary to effectively
• manage budgeting and finances in a “public sector context”.
• Specifically, at the conclusion of this programme the participants will, among other things, be able to:
• Define the linkages between the government budget and the economy.
• Apply analytical tools and techniques such as cost benefit analysis, revenue forecasting and outcome oriented budgeting for decision making.
• Apply alternative conceptual approaches to resource allocation and budget formulation.
• Analyse budget performance and develop a budget reform agenda for the public sector

Contents
To achieve the above stated objectives, the programme will cover the following topics among others:

• Financial reforms in the public sector.
• Public sector budgetary reforms.
• Accountability in the public sector.
• The public sector budget process.
• Fiscal decentralization models.
• Outcome oriented budgeting models.
• Public sector borrowing

Target Group
Senior Finance Officers, Economists and Administrators in the public sector.

Course No:  2014-07-14-3-9-1192

Course Title: Property and Asset Management

Objectives
Property management is among the most important aspects of an organization ranking second to human resource management.  The course broad objective is to improve skills and knowledge of participants in optimal management of property and assets by acquainting officers with tools for planning, evaluation and approaches for property management.

Specific objectives are:

• To upgrade knowledge and skills of officials on property management so that they can appreciate the relationship between property and value and thus place the mportance of property management procedures within the organization.
• To understand the process and purpose of property and asset evaluation and analysis.
• To develop an understanding on safety, health, environmental and risk in the management of property.
• To appreciate the variables affecting the life cycle costs of property and how to optimize the cost.

Contents

• Overview of property including their relationship with the value of the organization, understanding property and property user characteristics.
• Property management processes and tools
• Property performance evaluation and projection
• Marketing and property analysis
• Financial appraisal and evaluation
• Risk appraisal and evaluation
• Maintenance and other property management decisions
• Health, safety and environment concerns of  property management
• Managing leases
• Managing partnerships
• Building a property management plan

Target Group
The programme is designed for property Managers, Officers, Accountants, Stock officers and other staff whose work is closely related to property and asset management.

Course No:  2014-08-04-3-9-1193

Course Title: Private Equity Venture and Capital Financing

Justification
Private equity and venture capital play a critical role in the financing of small and medium scale businesses (SME’s). As Sub-Saharan African economies widen and deepen their money and capital markets, these instruments will play an increasingly important role in the financing of SME’s. The development of competencies in this field of finance is thus imperative.

Objectives

On completion of this course participants will have competencies in the following:

• Access alternative source of private equity and venture capital
• Manage risk associated with each source
• Development and management of private equity products
• Take advantage of international, regional and national private equity and venture capital products available in the market

Contents

• The role of private equity and venture capital in economic development
• Private equity and venture capital market and instruments
• Private equity and venture capital fund raising
• Appraising private equity and venture capital sources
• Valuation of private equity and venture capital products
• Process of an initial public offer (IPO)
• Institutional sources of private equity & venture capital
• Structure of venture capital partnership

Target Group

• Entrepreneurs
• Chief Executives Officers of SME’s
• Legal and investment promotion officers
• Fund Managers
• Management consultants
• Local authorities investment committee members

Course No:  2014-05-05-3-9-1194

Course Title: Preparation and Interpretation of Financial Statements

This programme is designed to equip participants with the knowledge of how to prepare quality financial statements including the statement of financial position, statement of comprehensive income and the cash flow statement challenges of preparing sound financial statements in line with IFRS, together with their accompanying notes and to make useful interpretation of the statements.

Specific objectives are:

• To improve skills on how to prepare the financial statements;
• Appreciate the benefits of quality financial statements;
• To appreciate the concerns and needs of users of financial statements;
• Appreciate the fundamental considerations necessary forthe preparation of financial statements;
• To have an appreciation and an understanding of the main;
• To appreciate the modern accounting and implication on the firm survival.

Contents

• The accounting conventions;
• The needs and concerns of users of financial statements;
• Overview of IAS/IFRS relevant for the preparation and presentation of thefinancial statements;
• The main financial statements;
• Practical issues in the presentation of the main financial statements;
• The diversity of formats for the presentation of financial statements;
• Financial statements analysis and the appraisal of company's performance;
• Recent trends and future changes in financial reporting.

Target Group

The programme is designed for Finance Managers and Accountants.

Course No:  2015-06-29-3-9-1195

Course Title: Performance Budgeting

Rationale
The public sector in Africa is currently facing a number of challenges related to the provision of services and meeting growth objectives. The persistent global economic crises have led to declining resource inflows coming from donor aid, loans and remittances. Domestic resource bases have been strained due to stagnating global commodity prices. All this is happening in the face of growing demands from an increasingly informed and growing stakeholder groups. This calls for governance reforms to ensure efficiency and value for money in resource management in the public sector. Performance budgeting will make it possible to link resource allocation with specific public outputs and outcomes. With this, we hope to see greater accountability for results and better delivery of services. This programme is meant to support the movement towards performance orientation in the public sector through capacity building in terms of the skills and knowledge required to link inputs

Objectives
Overall, the programme is intended to promote effIciency and effectiveness in public sector financial management.

Specifically, at the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Design and implement performance budgeting systems.
• Incorporate performance measures in the budget process,
• Measure results of performance.
• Generate and report performance reports.

Contents
To achieve the above stated objectives, the programme will, inter alia, cover the following topics:

• Performance budgeting methods.
• Strategic leadership in change..
• Balanced scorecard.
• Programme budgeting in the public sector.
• High performing institutions.
• Performance measurement and management in the public sector.
• Monitoring and evaluation of projects in the public sector.
• Managing budget risk.

Target Group
Finance Officers, Accountants, Economists, Planners and Budget Officers in the public sector.

Course No:  2014-09-08-3-9-1196

Course Title: Public Sector Financial Management

Objectives
At the conclusion of this programme the participants will be able to:

• Determine the basis for their organizations financial requirements and their control
• Evaluate the extent to which domestic financial markets can contribute to domestic resource mobilization
• Determine the extent to which macro-economic and political reforms impact national economic and financial budgets
• Negotiate successfully for external finance for National programmes and projects
• Evaluate the extent to which MTEF contributed  to the management & control of  National financial resources for  human development
• Evaluate the ability of the Business Excellence Model to contribute to the Good  Governance  and desired economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the Public Sector service provision.

Contents

The course covers a number of topics of relevance to Public Sector Finance and is organised in four modules, namely:

• Macro-economic Framework of Public Sector Financial Management: covering Financial Markets and Economic Reforms.
• Public Sector Budgeting and Financial Controls: covering Strategy Formulation and National Budgets, Budgetary Planning and Control framework.
• Negotiating for and Management of External  Finance: covering Negotiation Skills, and Foreign Finance Negotiations,Donor Funds Management
• Public Sector Management & Good Governance: covering Financial Innovations for the Public Sector and Good Governance  & the Business Excellence Models in practice.

Target Group
Senior level executives in the Public Sector  and NGO’s who are concerned with the formulation and implementation of financial policy (Financial Managers, Controllers, Accountants and economists).

Course No:  2014-09-15-3-9-1197

Course Title: Public Sector Governance and Budgetary Reforms

The management of public resources has become more challenging today than ever before. Globalisation which has led to more integration of world markets brings with it competition for the scarce resources available. It has also made us more vulnerable to external shocks. More still, globalisation has created growing, informed and increasingly sophisticated stakeholder groups that are putting pressure on the governments on how they manage resources. They are not only demanding for accountability and transparency in the utilisation of scarce resources, but also better and a wider range of services.

This therefore calls for a continuous search for better ways to manage public resources. It requires more reforms on the ways we manage. This is the focus of this programme.

Objectives

• The programme is intended to help in building capacity in the management of public resources in the region;
• It will examine and discuss current best practices in public sector financial management reforms;

Contents

• Macroeconomic reforms;
• Institutional reform best practices;
• Budgeting and budgetary reforms in the public sector;
• Corporate governance;
• Anti-corruption strategies.

Target Group

Senior Officers and Managers from the public sector and the civil society.

Course No:  2015-12-07-3-9-1198

Course Title: Retirement and Pension Planning

The course aims to help those approaching retirement explore opportunities for an enjoyable retirement.

Specific objectives are:

• To help participants plan for their life after retirement;
• To raise awareness of changes expected after retirement and help participants cope with such changes;
• To help participants appreciate their pension provision;
• To explore and utilise opportunities in retirement;
• To assist retirees integrate and assume new roles in the community.

Contents

• Retirement: opportunities, challenges and implications;
• Retirement planning strategies;
• Managing retirement challenges;
• Managing change;
• Matching opportunities to individual needs;
• Personal financial planning and management;
• Entrepreneurship;
• Investment planning and management;
• Business management and development;
• Mentoring and coaching for retirees;
• Maintaining your health;
• Networking and negotiations;
• Retiree-community Relations.

Target Group

The programme is designed for all cadres of employees who are about to retire either voluntary, non-voluntary or by age. Other employees are also encouraged to participate as a way of planning their retirement early.

Course No:  2015-05-25-3-9-1199

Course Title: Risk Based Auditing

Faced with growing challenges in the management of organizations, the field of auditing has changed over time. Many risks characterize the conduct of business today, and some of these threaten business survival. Organizations from all sectors have to respond to the many challenges on a timely basis. While public sector managers are expected to re-affirm their organization's financial commitment, dedication to growth, success and focus to meet the national development goals, those in the private and non-governmental realm have to constantly assess the risks associated with changes taking place in the public and legislative regimes and frameworks. This calls for sound financial systems amongst all organizations.

This course responds to the challenges of ensuring sound financial systems through a functioning audit function and adequate risk assessment tools and techniques.

Specific objectives are:

• To appreciate audit issues that affect management in the day-to-day running of organizations;
• To understand how to identify, mitigate and control risks;
• Appreciate the benefits of pro-active risk management;
• Develop and implement an audit plan for risky areas of the organization;
• To appreciate modern auditing techniques that add value to the organization.

Contents

• Role of internal audit;
• Risk management;
• Control and risk frameworks;
• Importance and functions of risk based auditing;
• Planning a risk based audit;
• Tools and techniques for undertaking risk based auditing;
• Audit reporting;
• Corporate governance.

Target Group

The programme is designed for Finance Managers, Internal Auditors, Accountants, Risk Managers and Officers interested in hand-on skills in such areas as Risk Based Auditing.

Course No:  2015-11-02-3-9-1200

Course Title: Tools and Techniques for Participatory Budgeting and Public Expenditure Tracking

Objectives
The concepts of deconcentration and decentralization are deepening the world over. For Governments, this means that national planning and budgeting processes need to become more people-centred. The former calls for greater engagement in the public policy discourse. The latter implies that budgets and priority setting on the allocation and utilization of public resources has to be made more transparent. It also means that citizens have to take greater interest on how governments allocate and use public resources than has hitherto been the case. This cannot be achieved without first demystifying the budget cycle, linking the budget process to medium term and long term planning as well as building the capacity of the public sector and non-state actors to effectively engage in the budgetary process. In equal breath, parliamentarians have to be more meaningfully engaged in the budget making processes.

This programme is aimed at equipping participants with knowledge and skills of the budgetary process, linking national and local level planning to medium and long term priorities as well as development and application of tools for public expenditure tracking. Approaches that are suitable for diverse local contexts will be discussed.

Contents

• Principles of participatory budgeting
• Approaches to participatory budgeting
• National and local level planning
• Public policy analysis
• The budget cycle
• Budget formulation and analysis
• The budget and medium term expenditure framework
• Budget implementation
• Expenditure monitoring and tracking
• The role of parliament in the budget cycle
• Public expenditure tracking systems
• Citizen Report Cards
• Monitoring of public service delivery
• Citizen engagement in the budget cycle
• IFMIS

Target Group
Accountants, Economists, Planning Officers, Directors, Deputy Secretaries and Members of Parliament. Representatives from the NGO sector and those from the private sector interested in influencing policy would also benefit from this course.

Course No:  2014-09-15-3-9-1201

Course Title: Value Driven Entrepreneurship

The main goal of this programme is to re-emphasize to those attending on the fact that the entrepreneur's customers buy "solutions" to solve their perceived challenges and problems. They don't just buy products and or services.

Specific Objectives

At the conclusion of this programme, those attending will be able to:

• Distinguish between products and solutions;
• Consolidating their understanding of "values driven" and "purpose driven" entrepreneurship;
• How to develop and refine their organization's mission and associated statements;
• Keep focused on the key results areas of their business without paralysis;
• Develop value adding networks in their sector interests for sustaining wealth creation;
• Create and grow wealth by integrating in a purposeful way, activities in the following domains: organizational learning, strategic leadership and governance, networks, managed growth and innovation.

Contents

The programme shall be delivered by seasoned professional experts practicing entrepreneurial activities, and shall cover the following content among others:

• The significance of market search and research;
• The marketing of Products and or services as solutions to society's perceived challenges;
• Being unique in producing and offering value adding solutions to society;
• Understanding "value" from your customer's perspective;
• Managing Liquidity and other resources for your business venture;
• Measuring and managing value creation processes;
• Creativity and innovation for the entrepreneur;
• Monitoring the operating environment;
• Leading strategically.

Target Group

Start-up Entrepreneurs, established entrepreneurs, business managers, and all those who would like to expand their arsenal knowledge bases for managing their own business enterprises creatively and innovatively.

Course No:  2015-07-27-3-9-1260

Course Title: Accessing and Managing Real Estate Finance and Investment