Performance auditing: what is it, and how does it work exactly, and in practice?
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Performance auditing: what is it, and how does it work exactly, and in practice?
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Date
28-29.03.2019
Lecturer
Various
Time
09:00 - 17:00
Language
English
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Price
€ 145
Event type
Registration till 12.03.2019
Latvia’s School of Public Administration offers a chance to participate in course, which is partly financed from public administration resources: Performance auditing: what is it, and how does it work exactly, and in practice?
Day 1 9.00-17:00
09:00 Registration, hand out of seminar material. Introduction by organisation welcoming the participants, and presentation of trainer and participants to endorse future networking
09:30 Presentation 1: Introduction to performance audit: why do we do this? what is it? How does the concept work? What is the difference with other audits?
10:30 short coffee break
10:45 Preliminary study, Programme Logic model, and risk assessment: what are they, and how does it work?
11:30 Workshop I: è YOUR TURN: What exactly should we audit? How to draw up a Programme Logic model? How to identify main risks to sound financial management and assess their likelihood and importance? Which of the 3 "Es" to choose? Three case studies to develop (High speed rail, roads and airports)
12:30 Plenary session with group presentations (5 minutes each per group)
13:00 Break
14:15 The performance audit plan: what is an audit planning memorandum? What tools can be used? What is the "Issue analysis" technique? How to design your audit: the evidence collection plan
15:30 Workshop II: How are we going to do the audit?
è YOUR TURN AGAIN: formulation of the audit questions and completion of an evidence collection plan
è YOUR TURN AGAIN: formulation of the audit questions and completion of an evidence collection plan
16:30 Plenary session with group presentations (5 minutes each per group)
17:00 End of the session
Day 2 9.00-17:00
09:00 Icebreaker
09:15 Implementation of a performance audit: part 1: presentation of real life findings for high-speed rail
10:45 short coffee break
11:00 Part 2: presentation of real life findings for ports and airports
12:30 Reporting: what are the main principles of a performance audit report? What quality checks are made in ECA? What is the "drawing conclusions" technique? How to make recommendations to improve spending quality?
13:00 Break
14:15 Workshop III: What report would you write for the findings presented?
YOUR TURN AGAIN: REPORTING
what are the main parts and headings you would use to report the findings on high speed rail and airports? In what order would you present the findings? Which recommendations would you make?
what are the main parts and headings you would use to report the findings on high speed rail and airports? In what order would you present the findings? Which recommendations would you make?
15:30 Plenary session with group presentations (5 minutes each)
16:00 What impact have performance audits? Follow-up of recommendations made: how does this work?
16:30 Final discussion: main aspects to take into account for performance auditing; any remaining questions; final presentation of the special reports on seaports and maritime transport
17:00 Closure of the seminar and feedback on/evaluation of the training
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