Overview of IPSAS

Course Outline

Overview

This training workshop demonstrates the key elements of IPSAS.

Agenda

• The need for IPSAS and its relationship to IFRS
• The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB)
• The Conceptual Framework
• Overview of standards

Target Audience

This training workshop is suitable for:

• Financial staff in national, state, provincial and local governments, government agencies, boards and departments involved in the preparation of financial statements and budgets
• Financial staff in national, state, provincial and local governments, government agencies, boards and departments involved in the adoption of IPSAS.
• Finance staff moving from private to public sector employment.
• Analysts and non-financial staff who need to understand IPSAS but are not necessarily practitioners.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will understand:

• Why there was a need to change the nature of public financial management.
• The work of the IASB.
• Why the Conceptual Framework is fundamental to understanding IPSAS.