An Introduction to Integrated Reporting in the Public Sector (2 days)

Introduction

There is a growing social and regulatory drive for public sector organizations to provide performance reporting that can be used to assess the delivery of organizations’ strategies. This pressure comes not only from government in its oversight capacity but from all interested key stakeholders.

Integrated Reporting introduces a business approach to reporting in the public sector that fully embraces stakeholder inclusivity and the critical need for financial, economic, environmental, social and governance sustainability.

Public sector organisations already publish a extensive range of data on their broader impacts and performance. One of the key opportunities (and challenges) for public sector organisations is to use integrated reporting to understand and clarify the connectivity of all of this information, with the aim of presenting a more complete and coherent picture.

The program answers questions such as:

• What is integrated reporting in the context of the public sector?
• What is The International Integrated Reporting Framework?
• How does integrated reporting the public sector look like in practice?
• Why it is important for businesses to effectively provide integrated reporting?

Learning Objectives

• Gain a understanding of integrated reporting standardisation initiatives for the public sector
• Understand the high level content of the framework for integrated reporting
• Gain an understanding of how integrated reports can look like in practice in the public sector
• Understand why it is important for the public sector to effectively provide integrated reporting

Who Should Attend

Anyone who needs a up-to-date overview of development of integrated reporting in the public sector.

Topics

• Overview of the principles and practices integrated reporting
• Why it is important for businesses to integrated reporting
• Emerging trends in the development of integrated reports in the public sector
• A high level overview of how integrated reporting looks like in practice
• Benefits of integrated reporting in the public sector

Teaching Method

• Group live instruction, cases, examples, group work, open discussions
• Description and explanation of integrated reporting initiatives in a public sector context
• Extensive use of comparative examples with practical application of the requirements for integrated reporting
• Active participation is encouraged
• All participants receive a comprehensive binder containing copies of the presentation slides, handouts and other course materials

Instructors

Venue

CPE/CPD Accreditation

IASeminars is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

 

Field of study: Accounting

Prerequisites

This is an introductory course to integrated reporting in the public sector and requires no prior experience on the topic. No advance preparation is required for this course.