Compliance training refers to educating employees on laws, regulations and company policies that apply to their day-to-day job responsibilities. An organization that engages in compliance training hopes to avoid and detect violations by employees that could lead to legal liability for the organization, create a more hospitable and respectful workplace and lay the groundwork for a partial or complete defence if employee wrongdoing occurs despite the organization's training efforts. This 5-day compliance training course has been designed to provide participants with the key skills, abilities and confidence required to improve their handling of compliance issues in their Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

For whom:

Executives and Senior Officials of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Heads of Departments, Directors, Senior Managers, Managers, Company Secretaries, Accountants and Finance Professionals responsible for good governance and compliance management, Risk and compliance managers and managers in the regulatory bodies in federal, state and local government and other key stakeholders within the public sector

Learning objectives:

At the end of the program, participants will be able to:

• Understanding of the requirements of the good governance & risk management of MDAs and other relevant governance expectations
• Define, develop and deploy compliance policies for their various Ministries, Department and Agencies
• Know the factors that drive an organization's compliance exposure
• Know the risk consequences of non-compliance
• Appreciate the relationship between corporate governance and compliance
• Appreciate the implications of corporate accountability and ethical behaviour
• Learn how to optimize organizational structure for compliance purposes