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Governance, Risk & Compliance in the Public Sector Training Course

The Governance, Risk & Compliance in the Public Sector Training Course provides an integrated strategic and practical framework for strengthening governance, enterprise risk management, and compliance across government…

GCEI · Government Compliance, Ethics & IntegrityAll LevelsClassroomEnglish , Arabic
Duration
5 Days
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Sectors:Government & Public SectorCategories:Government Compliance, Ethics & Integrity

Course Overview

The Governance, Risk & Compliance in the Public Sector Training Course provides an integrated strategic and practical framework for strengthening governance, enterprise risk management, and compliance across government entities and public-sector organizations. The course focuses on developing institutional systems that enable leaders and decision makers to achieve strategic objectives, strengthen accountability and transparency, protect public resources, and maintain compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and organizational requirements. Government organizations operate within complex environments characterized by multiple regulations, policies, stakeholders, strategic priorities, and accountability requirements. In this context, risk management and compliance cannot operate as isolated control functions. Effective institutional performance requires clear governance structures, defined decision rights, systematic risk management, effective internal controls, and compliance mechanisms that identify weaknesses and address potential issues before they affect organizational performance or institutional reputation. The program examines the fundamental principles and practices of Governance, Risk & Compliance in the Public Sector, with particular emphasis on integrating these disciplines into a coherent institutional framework. Participants will explore governance structures, decision-making authority, accountability, strategic and operational risk management, internal controls, regulatory compliance, policy management, and institutional oversight. A strong focus is placed on the role of executive leadership, committees, control functions, and management in building an effective governance, risk, and compliance environment. Participants will learn how to identify and assess risks, develop risk registers, monitor controls, evaluate compliance, manage non-compliance, prepare executive reports, and establish appropriate remediation and improvement plans. Through government-focused case studies, practical exercises, risk assessment workshops, control analysis, and decision-making simulations, participants will develop the ability to design and improve an integrated governance, risk, and compliance framework. The course is suitable for ministries, government authorities, regulatory bodies, municipalities, public-sector organizations, and government-owned institutions seeking to strengthen institutional integrity, resilience, accountability, and decision quality.

Learning Objectives

  • Analyze the principles of governance, risk management, and compliance and their application within public-sector organizations.
  • Assess governance structures, roles, responsibilities, decision rights, accountability mechanisms, and institutional oversight.
  • Develop an integrated framework connecting governance, risk management, and compliance with organizational strategy and objectives.
  • Evaluate strategic, operational, financial, regulatory, organizational, and compliance risks affecting public-sector performance.
  • Apply practical methodologies for identifying, analyzing, assessing, and prioritizing institutional risks.
  • Develop effective mechanisms for monitoring internal controls, evaluating their effectiveness, and addressing control deficiencies.
  • Assess compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and organizational requirements.
  • Develop structured approaches for managing non-compliance, violations, corrective actions, and remediation.
  • Strengthen the role of executive leaders, committees, and control functions in governance, risk, and compliance oversight.
  • Design executive reports and dashboards that support risk-informed decision-making and compliance monitoring.
  • Apply approaches for strengthening governance, integrity, accountability, risk awareness, and compliance culture.
  • Develop an integrated Governance, Risk & Compliance in the Public Sector framework by the end of the course.

Who Should Attend

This training course is designed for senior executives, directors, governance managers, risk managers, compliance managers, internal audit professionals, institutional control specialists, legal and regulatory affairs professionals, and managers responsible for governance, risk, compliance, accountability, and institutional oversight. The course is particularly relevant to professionals working in ministries, government authorities, municipalities, regulatory bodies, public institutions, and government-owned organizations. It is also suitable for professionals in risk management, compliance, finance, internal audit, procurement, contracts, legal affairs, human resources, information security, policy and procedure management, institutional development, and corporate governance. The program will benefit members of executive committees, risk committees, compliance committees, audit and oversight functions, and decision makers responsible for strengthening institutional accountability and managing organizational risks. Participants will gain practical tools for connecting governance, risk, and compliance with strategy, performance, executive decision-making, and institutional improvement.

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain the fundamental principles of governance, risk management, and compliance in the public sector.
  • Assess governance structures and identify gaps in authority, responsibility, accountability, and institutional oversight.
  • Develop an integrated framework connecting governance, risk, and compliance with organizational strategy.
  • Identify and evaluate strategic, operational, financial, regulatory, organizational, and compliance risks.
  • Develop risk registers and prioritize risks according to impact, likelihood, exposure, and organizational priorities.
  • Evaluate internal controls and identify control deficiencies, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities.
  • Assess compliance requirements and establish mechanisms for monitoring adherence to laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
  • Develop structured processes for managing non-compliance, violations, corrective actions, and remediation.
  • Strengthen coordination between governance, risk management, compliance, internal audit, and executive management.
  • Design executive reports and dashboards for monitoring risk exposure, compliance, controls, and performance.
  • Develop initiatives that strengthen institutional integrity, accountability, risk awareness, and compliance culture.
  • Prepare an implementation plan for improving governance, risk management, and compliance within a public-sector organization.

Course Outline

Day 1

Public Sector Governance & Institutional Accountability

  • Principles and objectives of governance in government and public-sector organizations
  • Governance structures, roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and accountability
  • Relationship between executive leadership, boards, committees, management, and control functions
  • Transparency, integrity, accountability, and protection of public resources
  • Practical application: Assess a government governance structure and identify gaps in roles, authority, accountability, and oversight
Day 2

Public Sector Risk Management

  • Principles and frameworks of enterprise risk management
  • Identification of strategic, operational, financial, regulatory, and organizational risks
  • Risk likelihood, impact, exposure, prioritization, and risk appetite
  • Risk registers, risk maps, risk owners, and response strategies
  • Practical application: Develop an institutional risk register and evaluate priority risks and appropriate response measures
Day 3

Compliance Management & Internal Controls

  • Principles and objectives of institutional compliance in the public sector
  • Laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and organizational compliance requirements
  • Designing, documenting, and evaluating internal controls
  • Managing non-compliance, violations, corrective actions, and remediation
  • Practical application: Analyze a compliance failure and identify causes, impacts, control weaknesses, and corrective actions
Day 4

Integrating Governance, Risk & Compliance

  • Building an integrated Governance, Risk & Compliance framework
  • Roles of executive management, internal audit, risk management, compliance, legal, and operational functions
  • Integrating risk and compliance considerations into strategic and executive decision-making
  • Risk, compliance, control, and performance reporting for executive management
  • Practical application: Design an integrated framework connecting governance, risks, controls, compliance, performance, and executive decisions
Day 5

Executive GRC Governance & Institutional Improvement

  • Strengthening governance, integrity, accountability, and risk awareness culture
  • Assessing Governance, Risk & Compliance maturity and identifying institutional gaps
  • Developing remediation plans, continuous improvement mechanisms, and organizational resilience
  • Executive leadership oversight of governance, risk management, and compliance
  • Final workshop: Develop an integrated Governance, Risk & Compliance in the Public Sector framework covering governance structures, risk assessment, internal controls, compliance management, responsibilities, executive reporting, remediation, accountability, and continuous improvement

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