On Board

At the end of this 1-day seminar for non-executive directors, chief and other 'main board' executives, participants will have been briefed on the structure of the Northern Ireland public service and the place of their organisation in it. The role of the board - and the individual board member - will have been put in context. The programme deals with issues such as:

• Public spending and how it is funded
• The role of public bodies within the machinery of government
• The relationship between a non-departmental public body and its sponsoring government department
• Roles and responsibilities of the board and its members
• Public service values and accountability

There is a fee for this seminar: £245 plus VAT, payable to the Chief Executives' Forum.

Seminar Programme

For an outline of the seminar programme go to Seminar Programme

'On Board 3' – The Guide

Delegates attending the programme each receive a complimentary copy of the latest version ('On Board 3') of the Guide which accompanies this series: 'On Board 3'—A Guide for Board Members of Public Bodies in Northern Ireland. 'On Board 3' was published on 12 June 2003

Further seminars ...

Seminars are held quarterly—in the first week of March, June September and December each year. The next seminar is scheduled for March / April 2007 in Belfast. If you would like a name to be included on the list for the December seminar - or for another future programme - please contact Linda Barber, (Tel.) 028 9054 2966.

In-House Seminars...

On Board' seminars are available on an in-house basis. See 'On Board' Training

Links...

• 'All Aboard' Issue 4, October 2006: the news-sheet of the Central Appointments Unit, Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
• Agencies & Public Bodies - Cabinet Office web site
• Public Appointments web site information on, and appointments to public bodies in Northern Ireland.
• The Cabinet Office's model code of practice for board members of advisory non-departmental public bodies: go to Code of Practice
• Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (NI)
• Committee on Standards in Public Life
• Visit the Independent Director - the Ernst & Young/Institute of Directors sponsored web site which aims to help non-executive directors in undertaking their important and growing number of roles and responsibilities
• See also the Financial Times site and its publication 'in the director's chair - How to be a company director' - specials.ft.com/directorschair/
• Visit the European Corporate Governance Institute
• Click on the following for more information about CIPFA/IPF Northern Ireland

For more information about the On Board' programme contact:

• Alvin McKinley, at the Chief Executives' Forum, (Tel.) 028 9054 2966; or
• David Nicholl at CIPFA/IPF Northern Ireland, (Tel (Tel.) 028 9026 6770