RISK MANAGEMENT:

The relationship between risk management and internal / managerial control. Uncertainty, risk and opportunity. What is the risk and what attitude should we have towards it? The relationship between risk and objectives. Minimum vocabulary on risk management. Microstructures and positions needed to organize risk management. Responsibilities in the field of risk management. Practical model of organizing risk management in a public entity.

IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD 8 – RISK MANAGEMENT:

Documents regarding the implementation of risk management. Entity risk strategy. Identify significant risks of the entity. Catalog of risks by areas with risk examples – on all areas of responsibility of a city / municipality. How to check if a statement is a risk. Why it is important to establish the causes that can lead to risk. Formulation of risks in accordance with good practice in the field.
Establishing an acceptable risk limit. Why shouldn’t we be afraid of risk? Why do we have to work with risk? Risk assessment and prioritization. Risk assessment techniques. How to choose the risk assessment scale. Risk management.
Model for the elaboration of the risk register.
Plans for the implementation of risk management measures.

RISKS AND VULNERABILITIES OF CORRUPTION.

What is corruption and how does it affect us in our daily lives? Legal framework for preventing and combating corruption. Corruption in the Romanian penal code (typical corruption offenses). National anti-corruption strategy 2012-2015 – a retrospective look.
Identifying and assessing the risks and vulnerabilities of corruption. Methodology for identifying risks and vulnerabilities to corruption. Risk of corruption vs. Vulnerability to corruption.
Areas and areas vulnerable to corruption. Corruption risk management (identification, description, evaluation, establishment of management measures).
Integrity plan – a tool for preventing and combating corruption. Risk-based approach to integrity planning – a tool for responding to specific vulnerabilities. Practical measures and ways to implement the integrity plan.
Practical example of an integrity plan of a public entity.

DEFINITION OF ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY. ETHICAL CULTURE.

Introduction to ethics-specific terminology (ethics, morals, ethics, business ethics, professional ethics, corporate social responsibility, etc.); example. The definition of integrity and the relationship between ethics and integrity.
Defining the ethical culture and its main components. Tone at the top and its importance; example.
Corporate governance in public entities. Code of conduct (code of ethics); approaches to drafting a code of conduct and examples;
Human resources management in terms of ethics and staff motivation. Management of conflicts of interest and incompatibilities.
Irregularities reporting system. What does ethical counseling mean in practice? Ethical dilemma and ways to solve it; practical examples of ethical dilemmas. What is the role and role of the ethics counselor?
Ethical counseling – a “monopoly” of civil servants?
Example of organizing the institution of the ethics counselor at a public entity.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND INCOMPATIBILITIES:

Defining the conflict of interest. Administrative conflict of interest and criminal conflict of interest; case studies.
Defining incompatibilities; example. Differences between conflict of interest and incompatibilities.
Management of conflicts of interest and incompatibilities; example of implementation for a public entity.

PERSONALIZED DEBATES AND CASE STUDIES:

Free discussions on the topics proposed by the participants in connection with the topics of the course. Analysis and solution of practical problems proposed by participants. Debate of case studies proposed by participants.

• Duration: 3 days
• Course type: open / in-house (minimum 5 participants)
• Location: Bucharest, Iasi, Cluj, Timisoara, Brasov
• Price: 750 RON / participant