WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS

• Finance for Non-Financial Managers
• Municipal Systems Act
• Credit Control
• Municipal Finance Bill
• Budget Reforms
• In-Year Financial
• Overview of the Property Rating Act
• Preparing Financial Statements
• Financial and Business & Long-term planning
• GAMAP/GRAP Refresher
• Introduction to GAMAP/GRAP
• GAMAP/GRAP - Understanding local government financial statements
• GAMAP/GRAP - Property, plant and equipment
• GAMAP/GRAP - Accounting for assets
• GAMAP/GRAP - Revenue, inventories and fund and reserves
• GAMAP/GRAP - Provisions and employee benefits
• GAMAP/GRAP - Controlled entities, investments in associates and joint ventures
• GAMAP/GRAP - Annual Financial Statements and Fair Presentation
• Risk management
• Management of debtors
• Cash management
• Supply chain management
• Introduction to Gamap for Non-Financial Managers (co-presented by Ernst and Young)
• Overview of changes to the VAT act
• Due to constant changes to GAMAP/GRAP statements these seminars will be presented again this year.
• Introduction of Municipal Finance to Non-Financial Managers:
  • The wealth and the wealth equation
  • The various accounting concepts
  • The double entry system of accounting
  • The Annual Financial Statements
  • The nature of budgeting, types of budgeting, the budgeting process and budgetary time frames in terms of the MFMA
  • The difference between capital and operational budgets
  • The sources of municipal revenue
  • The importance of tariffs and the objectives of tariff setting
  • Understand the legislative prescriptions of the MFMA, relative to finance
  • The difference between capital and non-capital expenditure
• Accounting for and management of fixed assets
• General management
• Budgetary control
• Understanding GAMAP
• Capacity building programme for local government non-financial managers and councillors
  • Budgeting (module 1),
  • Financial Governance (module 2), and
  • Interpreting Annual Financial Statements (module 3)
• Bringing IDP to life
• Overview of legislation
• Overview of costing
• Improving monthly reporting
• The interpretation of Municipal Financial Statements and information
• Assessing the implementation of Gamap

ACCREDITED:

TRAINING PROGRAMMES PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH SOUTHERN BUSINESS SCHOOL

(The following training programmes are available to all municipal finance officials. Please enquire which of the programmes are currently available!)

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT:

• Asset Management
• Transport and Fleet Management
• Facilities Management
• Warehouse Management
• Stocktaking and Loss Control
• Disposal Management
• Procurement Management: Facilities and Construction Works

MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT:

• Fundamentals of Municipal Financial Management
• Risk Management and Internal Control in Municipalities
• Financial Management of Municipal Capital Projects (IDP)
• Credit Control, Debt Collection and Indigent Policy
• Performance Measurement and Management: A Financial Perspective
• Municipal Budgeting and Strategic Planning
• Municipal Budgeting and Operational Planning
• Municipal Financial Management Policy: Formulation and Implementation
• Corporate and Institutional Governance in Municipalities
• Fundamentals of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations (Municipalities)                               
• Municipal Taxation and the Property Rates Act

ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING:

• Numeracy Skills for Accounting
• Basic Financial Accounting
• Advanced Aspects of Municipal Accounting
• Costing (Local  Government Application)
• Internal Auditing: An Introduction (Public or Private Sector Application)

GENERAL MANAGEMENT:

• Project Management
• Programme Management
• Strategic Management
• Performance Management
• Human Resource Management
• Labour Relations in the Public Sector
• Office Management (Office Managers and Administrators)
• Entrepreneurship
• Effective service delivery and Customer Care
• Language and Communication Skills
• Protocol for Public Officials
• Management of  Public-Private-Partnerships
• Intergovernmental Relations

TRAINING PROGRAMMES PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

PROGRAMME SPONSORED BY ABSA

(This training is structured for selected CFO's and Senior Financial Officials only, and will be available soon)

Module 1: LEGISLATION AND POLICY

• Municipal Demarcation Act
• Municipal Structures Act
• Municipal Systems Act
• Municipal Finance Management Act
• Property Rating Rates Act
• Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act = Linked to the SCM Process
• Division of Revenue Act = Linked to LED and SDBIP
• Decision of Powers and Responsibilities between Category B and C Municipalities

• Policy formulation and Analysis
• Review of Recent legislative policy development
• Credit control Policy
• Property rating Policy
• Tariff Policy
• Asset Management Policy = Important and linked to module 3.  GAMAP/GRAP requirements and compliance
• Formulation and Implementation of by-laws

• Strategic Planning Principles
• Strategic Planning Process
• Integrated Development Planning and LED
• SDBIP
• Risk Management
• Identify Risk areas
• Implement risk management strategies
• Role of the CFO = Suggest that the role of the CFO by illustrated. Many CFO’s see themselves as accountants and not part of the Strategic Planning Process.

• Legislation
• Implementation of the SCM Regulations and policy
• Establishment of the SCM Committees
• Delegations and responsibilities
• SCM Process
  • Pre-qualification, bid documentation, advertising of and invitations for contracts;
  • Opening and recording of bids,
  • Evaluation of bids to ensure best value for money;
  • Negotiating the final terms of contracts;
  • And the approval of bids, conflict of interest, vendor verification.
• Public private partnerships
• Evaluating public-private partnerships
  • The factors driving the public-private partnerships
  • Definition of scale and scope of private sector involvement
  • Evaluation of alternative PPP models and options
  • Selection of preferred option
• Development of a detailed PPP format
• Asset management
  • Physical Inventory
  • Asset Management policy (Gamap/Grap compliance)
  • Maintenance Policy
  • Asst Registers
• Reconciliation of asset register with General Budget

Module 4: MUNICIPAL BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

• Introduction to Basic Budgeting Concepts
• The Budgeting Process – The linked to the IDP and LED will form part of this section. Many IDP’s are developed but are not translated into a MTEF (Medium term financial plan)
• Performance Budgeting
• Disposal of Capital Assets
• Political and Managerial Accountability

• Management and Leadership
• Motivation
• Performance enhancement
• Building Teams
• Situational leadership

Module 6: CASH FLOW AND DEBTORS MANAGEMENT

• Procedures and Key elements
• Billing procedure
• Principles of Effective Debt Management
• Bad Debt Management