Public Sector Anti-Corruption and Governance Training Course

Participants can define governance roles, oversight arrangements and escalation routes for integrity risks.

• Governance roles assigned through RACI matrices and delegated authorities
• Ministerial, board and executive accountabilities separated under public law
• Three Lines Model applied to management, oversight and assurance
• Audit committee charters covering independence, reporting and escalation routes
• Conflict-of-interest declarations linked to recusals, registers and monitoring
• Records management controls supporting traceable, defensible public decisions

Participants can build and maintain a corruption-risk register for a public-sector process.

• Corruption risk assessment using likelihood, impact and control-effectiveness scoring
• Process mapping exposes discretion, handoffs, approvals and payment points
• Risk registers record causes, events, consequences, owners and treatments
• Red flags identified through transaction patterns, behaviour and documentation gaps
• Control design distinguishes preventive, detective, corrective and directive measures
• Residual risk ratings support treatment priorities and management reporting

Participants can assess internal control arrangements and identify priority control improvements.

• COSO internal control components connected to public financial management
• Segregation-of-duties matrices cover requisitioning, approval, receipt and payment
• Delegated authority limits tested against override and emergency procedures
• Reconciliations, exception reports and supervisory review create audit trails
• Cash, assets and inventory controls address diversion and ghost beneficiaries
• Control testing documents design adequacy, operating effectiveness and remediation

Participants can identify and control corruption risks throughout the procurement and contract cycle.

• Procurement integrity plans identify risks from planning through contract closeout
• Bid-rigging indicators include rotation, cover bids, pricing patterns and subcontracting
• Specification controls prevent tailoring, unjustified sole sourcing and scope creep
• Evaluation panels use confidentiality declarations, scoring records and observer protocols
• Contract-management dashboards track variations, milestones, invoices and acceptance evidence
• Debarment, sanctions screening and beneficial-ownership checks inform supplier due diligence

Participants can apply ethical conduct controls to conflicts, gifts, outside interests and post-employment risks.

• Codes of conduct convert values into prohibited and required behaviours
• Gift, hospitality and travel registers apply thresholds, approvals and disclosures
• Outside interests assessed through declaration, recusal, restriction and divestment options
• Revolving-door controls manage post-public-employment risks and confidential information
• Ethical decision tests weigh legality, public interest, transparency and fairness
• Manager conversations address pressure, rationalisation and speaking-up barriers

Participants can establish a proportionate response process for allegations of misconduct.

• Whistleblowing channels protect confidentiality, anonymity, non-retaliation and case access
• Intake triage assesses allegation credibility, urgency, jurisdiction and safeguarding needs
• Investigation plans define allegations, evidence sources, interviews and milestones
• Chain-of-custody logs preserve documents, devices and digital evidence integrity
• Interview protocols use open questions, corroboration and contemporaneous notes
• Findings reports separate facts, analysis, conclusions and recommended actions

Participants can use transparency and accountability mechanisms without compromising lawful confidentiality requirements.

• Proactive disclosure schedules cover budgets, awards, contracts and performance data
• Open contracting data identifies publication points from planning to implementation
• Freedom-of-information responses balance disclosure duties, exemptions and personal data
• Citizen grievance mechanisms classify complaints, track resolution and report trends
• Social accountability tools include public hearings, scorecards and community monitoring
• Stakeholder communications explain decisions without compromising investigations or due process

Participants can identify fraud indicators and report integrity performance using relevant management information.

• Fraud risk factors assessed using pressure, opportunity and rationalisation
• Data analytics tests identify duplicate payments, split purchases and vendor anomalies
• Benford's Law applied cautiously to prioritise anomalous transaction review
• Payroll analysis detects ghost workers, duplicate accounts and unusual allowances
• Asset declarations compared against lifestyle indicators and unexplained wealth signals
• Management dashboards report incidents, losses, control actions and overdue cases

Participants can convert identified misconduct and control failures into tracked corrective actions.

• Allegation response protocols coordinate legal, disciplinary, recovery and communications actions
• Corrective action plans assign owners, deadlines, evidence and escalation triggers
• Root-cause analysis distinguishes individual misconduct from system control failures
• Sanctions frameworks apply proportionality, consistency, documentation and due process
• Integrity performance indicators track declarations, training, incidents and remediation
• Personal 90-day action plans prioritise transferable controls and stakeholder commitments