On 14 – 15 February, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) held their seventh global public sector conference as a two-day event in South Africa. The conference topic was Drivers of Change and gathered 150 guests from around the world – senior figures from governments, regulators, donor agencies and global public sector financial management experts who had the opportunity to have an exchange on best practices in public sector.
The event was also an opportunity to present ACCA’s first global report that „focuses exclusively on identifying the key factors that will change in the public sector and assess how they will shape the future, with ACCA asserting that global changes will have a local impact and governments will need to be at the forefront of tackling their effects in a timely manner.”
The event also featured a passionate panel discussion on corruption in public service. Chaired by Anthony Harbinson, FCCA and ACCA past president, the panellists were Vickson Ncube, chief executive, Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) and Stephen Emasu, public financial management expert; and chairman, ACCA Global Forum for the Public Sector, who also closed the event.
As Jamil Ampomah ACCA director – Sub Saharan Africa – who also opened the event – put it, „The finance professional, working in the public sector will need to play an even more pivotal role in managing challenges, driving change and seizing opportunities. ACCA believes that accountancy is vital for economies to grow and prosper, which is why we work all over the world to build the profession and make society fairer and more transparent.”
To read the entire ACCA article on this event, please follow this link.
