MONDAY, 5 OCTOBER 2009

Official Opening of the Conference - Mr George van Schalkwyk, IMFO President

Welcoming Address - Ms Lungile Mtshali, MMC Finance- Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Presidential Address - Mr George van Schalkwyk, IMFO President

Keynote Address:Making a bureaucracy more effective and efficient - Cllr Helen Ntombi Mekgwe, Executive Mayor, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

The State of Service Delivery:backlogs, adequacy of the equitable share- Ms Louise Muller, City of Cape Town

Opening Address - Cllr Sophie Molokoane- Machika, SALGA

Skills development and retention in local government finance - Mr Duma Nkosi, EDI Holdings

Povert Alleviation by Local Government: Are we doing enough?- Mr Krish Kumar, eThekwini Metro Municipality

N.T Competency Level Requirements and proposed changes to IMFO's qualification requirements.- Mr Danie de Lange, Cacadu District Municipaity

Funding responsibilities as per schedule 4b and 5b of the Constitution- Mr Peet du Plessis, eThekwiwni Metro Municipality

TUESDAY,06 OCTOBER 2009

Local Government Related Issues - Deputy Minister Yunus Carrim, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

BREAKAWAY 1 - Budgeting In Local Government- Assembly Room

Performance Excellence from Strategy to Execution - Mr Frank Naude, SAP

MFMA Budgeting and Reporting Regulations- Mr Conrad Barberton, National Treasury

BREAKAWAY 2 - Risk and Sustainable development- NCC Room

Critical preventive measures for municipalities to implement to address the electronic payment fraud risk- Mr Steven Powell, ENS Forensics (Pty) Ltd

Enterprise Wide Risk Management - Ms Rene Kenosi, Bridging Concepts Financial Services (Pty) Ltd

BREAKAWAY 3 -Maintaining Assets - Senate Room

Control and Maintenance of Municipal Assets- A key to service delivery- Mr Jannie Pietersen, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

What should an asset management Plan consist of (The new Asset Management Framework and how to link it to your MTEF)- Adv Sanet Botha, SAHA International

WEDNESDAY, 07 OCTOBER 2009

PLENARY SESSION in Assembly Room

Message from International Guests - GFOA

Closing Address -Mr Mayur Maganlal, SALGA

King III Principles- Mr Rob Newsome, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Conference Overview - Mr Stanley Subramoney, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Thank you for your presence-

We hope you had a safe journey home.