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Integrating Risk Management into the Local Authority

POSITIVE RISK MANAGEMENT AND CPA 2005

PROGRAMME

9.00 - 9.15 Registration and Refreshments
9.15 - 9.25 INTRODUCTIONS AND COURSE OBJECTIVES
9.25 - 10.45 CPA 2005 proposals
  • The CIPFA/SOLACE principles and their basis
  • The 2005 CPA proposals and the risk implications
    • Key lines of enquiry
    • Ambition for the Community
    • Prioritisation – a risk based proven evaluation process will be shared
    • Capacity
    • Performance Management
    • Sustainable communities and transport
    • Safer and stronger communities
  • The positive benefits of embedding risk management
  • Selling the CPA benefits to management
  • How to evaluate your current position
  • Actions you need to take
10.45 - 11.10 Coffee
11.10 - 12.30

Establishing An Effective Risk Management Process

  • Why is risk management a route to success?
  • Surprises and risk
  • The standards – AUS/ NZ 4360, IRM/ALARM, COSO etc
  • The need to link risk management with strategic and service planning
  • New and emerging Risks- Reputation, Social, Environmental etc
  • How to ensure your Chief Executive’s and Leader’s continuing support
  • Maintaining a risk strategy for your organisation
  • Categories of Risk
  • Measuring risk
  • Risk mitigation
  • Identifying risk exposures, and opportunities
  • What makes a good risk register?
  • Action planning
  • Monitoring action plan implementation
  • Discussion of delegates own experiences
12.30 - 13.30

Lunch

13.30 - 15.00

Integrating The Output From Risk Workshops Into The Business Process

  • Linking corporate risks into the Strategic planning process
  • Linking operational risks into service planning
  • Risk owners – how to determine such personnel and enforce ownership
  • Annual statements by risk owners
  • Developing risk tracking
  • Linking key risks into the basis of the Internal Audit programme
  • Using the risk register as a decision skeleton
  • Reports for chief officers and cabinet – with examples
  • Risk registers – the need to coordinate and link the output
  • Flagging interdependencies – if one risk treatment is changed the other party or parties impacted need to be notified.
  • Risk treatment analysis – how to determine the cost/ benefits of dealing with exposures / exploiting opportunities
  • Business Continuity planning
  • Integrating Health and Safety, Insurance and claims
  • The use of Risk Management Software – pros and cons
15.00 - 15.15 Tea
15.15 - 16.30

Cascading The Process

  • Members responsibility for Risk
  • Members workshops
  • Workshops for other management levels
  • How to measure the benefits
  • Risk awareness for staff
  • Sharing output with partners
  • Evaluating risks within these relationships
  • Risk indicators (KPI’s)
  • Auditing the Risk Management programme
  • How to Identify and reduce excessive controls
  • Feeding key risks up the organisation
  • Co-ordinating the whole process
  • Useful web sites and reference books
  • Managing stakeholder expectations
  • How to use the programme to change the culture in a positive way
16.30 Close

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