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International Finance Corporation (IFC) Advisory Services East Africa Corporate Governance Program 2 Background IFC AS Corporate Governance (CG) Program goal is to improve corporate governance in the East Africa region. Towards this goal, the program has the following objectives: (i) build the business case for good corporate governance among companies and companies; (ii) assist investors in improving corporate governance practices of investee companies; (iii) segment the market and focus on small and medium enterprises and Family-Owned Enterprises; (iv) further develop and foster training capacity; and (v) help corporate governance institutes/institutes of directors on their path to viability. International Finance Corporations (IFC) and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR) have jointly organized a CG Workshop for companies to strengthen the expertise and skills of directors and senior management in terms of good corporate governance in the country. It is intended that this training will give insights to the business society and helping board members and senior management of companies to understand corporate governance and its value for their institutions. Corporate Governance is essential in the financial sector to instill good risk management practices and controls. In turn this will improve the quality of the business and management structures, which will increase decision making capacity and strengthen operational efficiency that are prerequisites to an industry in a certain country to becoming competitive in the global industry. Program Overview The Corporate Governance Workshop is being offered by IFC through carefully selected institutions in the East Africa region. The Training program will educate companies on specific issuesrelated Corporate Governance topics, including risk management, compliance and audit, to help them improve their Corporate Governance practices and strengthen their control environments. The program will cover the principles enhancing CG for companies, including International Corporate Governance trends and developments, integrating good CG practices in companies, assigning responsibilities within an institution, building a high-performance board, and director duties and liabilities.
Also, the program will tackle the effective control and management environment of the company, particularly focusing on the audit committee, risk procedure and compliance requirements, the importance of a strong internal audit function, purpose and function of the audit committee, insider lending, conflict of interests, good Corporate Governance practices coming from a stronger regulated and bureaucratic environment, and the role of the supervisors. Who Should Attend The CG Workshop is designed for board chairs, board members, directors, senior executive officers, and top management of companies and financial institutions in Rwanda. Program Structure The whole program consists of eleven related modules to be delivered in two days training period. This program will also feature a panel discussion and be delivered in English. Module Descriptors PART I Introduction to Corporate Governance PART II Global Financial Crisis - Business case for CG PART III Building an effective and efficient Board PART IV CG Regulatory overview PART V Risk Giovernance and Control Environment PART VI Board Committees PART VII Minority shareholdres protection PART VIII Communication, disclosure & transparency PART IX Looking behind the numbers PART X Integration Corporate Governance Program Descriptors www.ifc.org/corporategovernance 3
Page 1: Corporate Governance Master Class F
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Page 7 and 8: Arrival and Registration 08:00 - 09
Page 9 and 10: MODULE 5: RISK GOVERNANCE AND CONTR
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