Advanced Public Participation
5 days|Delivered on request
This advanced programme assumes delegates already work in the field. It goes past the basics into integrated development planning, municipal budgeting and the judgement calls that sit outside the PFMA. At this level the constraint is rarely knowledge. It is judgement under pressure, which matters because officials are held personally accountable under legislation many have never been trained on. Delegates leave able to work confidently with council procedure, intergovernmental relations and irregular expenditure in their own organisation.
What delegates leave able to do
- Put council procedure on a footing they can defend to a reviewer, measured against the PFMA
- Make a decision about intergovernmental relations without waiting for a specialist
- Take ownership of irregular expenditure rather than escalating it
- Explain service delivery planning to someone who does not do the work
What the course covers
- Integrated development planning
- Municipal budgeting
- Council procedure
- Intergovernmental relations
- Irregular expenditure
- Service delivery planning
- Annual reporting
Who should attend
- supply chain practitioners in government
- internal auditors in the public sector
- councillors and committee members
- public entity board members
- performance management officers
