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Working with Budgets

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    Learn to develop a better understanding of best practice public sector budgeting approaches
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    Learn to improve the management of budgets throughout the financial cycle
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    Help satisfy the public’s demands for transparency and accountability

Overview

Cross Civil Service

In today’s economic climate, the importance of accurate budget profiling, monitoring and forecasting is greater than ever before. At such a time, having a clear understanding of the fundamental principles of budget management will prove incredibly valuable.

This course introduces you to the basic budgeting and governance processes you need to be aware of. You will learn about creating and managing a budget and the different types of expenditure within your budget. You will also explore how budget holders in the Civil Service are accountable and how this directly affects you and your work.

Please refer to the course flyer for a full description of the learning. Visit the Calendar iconopen course schedule to see upcoming dates for all available learning.

Delivery method
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Virtual

Course duration
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5 hours

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