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PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
SERIES
- Learn the new global financial and economic
landscape and it's impact on governments worldwide
- Learn what new policies and regulations need to be
put in place to increase government accountability and transparency
- Learn how to identify and mitigate corruption
through the introduction of advanced accountability tools
- Learn new revenue sourcing and cost recovery tools
and techniques
- Learn to forecast operational budgets and asset
purchases in uncertain environments
- Develop your own Public Sector Management
Action Plan for your ministry or municipal government
- Network and build relationships with experts,
policy-makers, and fellow participants involved with public sector management
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Technology and Training at IP3

At IP3, we believe there is a
tremendous opportunity to integrate information and communication technology
into education and training. In all of our Washington, D.C.-based courses, each
participant is provided a new mobile Intel® CoreDuo or AMD Turion®
laptop computer (as part of the course fees) that will be integrated into the
learning process through the following:
- Course materials provided via dedicated
intranet site
- Internet research and communication tools
via broadband wireless (Wi-Fi) access in the classroom
- Case study and simulation activities
- All Action Plans will be completed and
submitted electronically
After the course is concluded,
access to course materials and discussion boards will be available for up to
two weeks to facilitate worldwide networking and follow up with
participants. |
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| Who Should Attend |
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Government Officials
from National Ministries, State Agencies, or Municipal Governments
Officials from Budget
Offices responsible for fiscal planning and monitoring
Officials from PPP,
Privatization Units or Investment Agencies involved with decentralization
programming
Representatives of
Stakeholder and Citizen Groups
Staff of Bilateral and
Multilateral International Organizations |
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Course
Learning Objectives The past year has
seen unprecedented changes as global financial and economic upheaval has
affected every government and its citizenry worldwide. The "lessons learned"
from this change will be critical for your government planning for the next
one, five and ten year periods. In this course, participants will learn best
practices in moving forward through the global crisis and to put in practice
now new policies and regulations to ensure more accountability and transparency
and reduce corruption in government operations and financing. Participants will
be exposed to proven efficient approaches that improve the performance and
delivery of government services, create higher levels of citizen satisfaction,
end bureaucratic inefficiencies, and improve fiscal responsibility and
accountability.
Through presentations,
case studies, role-playing, simulated exercises, and on-site meetings with
Public Sector Management and Governance experts and practitioners, participants
will learn to develop their own Public Sector Management Action
Plan for programs at the national (ministerial), governorate, and
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| Course Content |
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Module I:
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Public Sector Management in
Changing Financial and Economic Environments
- Understanding how volatility impacts government
decision-making
- Developing financial data collection &
analysis networks for decision-making inputs
- Creating more effective lines of communication to
improve decision-making processes
- Linking decision-making systems to better policy
design and implementation
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Strategies to Institutionalization
the Regulation, Monitoring, and Enforcement of Government Projects and Programs
- Understanding the linkages between sound
institutions, good policies and effective government programming
- Determining the appropriate balance of government
regulation
- Developing program monitoring plans that focus on
accountability and transparency
- Devising and utilizing enforcement techniques to
ensure regulatory compliance
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Strategies to Reduce Systemic
Corrupt Practices in Government Operations
- Developing managerial accountability plans at each
level of government
- Identifying techniques to mitigate corrupt
practices
- Developing performance-based indicators to analyze
and measure results
- Improving procedures and quality in daily
transactions with customer/beneficiaries
- Involving citizen groups to help fight
corruption
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Management Accountability: Revenue
Forecasting and Expense Budgeting
- Understanding revenue requirements for on-going
operations and asset expenditures
- Setting priorities for tax policy, user fees, and
other cost recovery tools under IASB
- Using performance budgeting to set government
program priorities
- Introducing accountability throughout the
budgeting and fiscal disbursement process
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Site Visits |
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Action Planning
Prior to completing the course, IP3
requires participants to complete an Action Plan detailing how they will
apply their new knowledge and skills on-the-job. IP3 has developed a four-step
process to guide participants in developing their action plans. Our expert
faculty members conducts several action-planning sessions throughout the course
to assist each participant to develop his/her plan. On the last day of the
course, each participant will present his/her action plan to the group for peer
review and comments. |
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CEU Certification
Eligibility
Certified
Public-Private Partnership Specialist
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