ALB Sponsorship

This training provides an overview of the responsibilities of the sponsor department for ensuring the highest standards of governance and operational delivery in the sponsored body sector and provides insights into topics such as partnership-based relationships and proportionate autonomy for ALBs. The training aims to help civil servants in ALB sponsorship/partnership roles to gain a deeper insight into the governance and financial management arrangements with which ALBs are expected to comply.

Key Features

• The ALB landscape
• Role of the ALB board
• Distinctive features of Executive Agencies (including reference to the advisory role of non executives)
• Board evaluation
• Role of the ALB Accounting Officer
• Oversight responsibilities of the sponsor department’s Principal Accounting Officer
• The Accounting Officer’s Accountability System Statement
• Proportionate autonomy for ALBs
• Cabinet Office’s ALB sponsorship code of good practice
• Partnerships Code of Practice
• Functional Standards for ALBs
• Good governance: what the sponsor department is looking for
• Attendance at the ALB Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
• Observations from the Independent Review of Governance and Accountability in the Civil Service
• Recommendations from the Institute for Government Accountability in the Civil Service
• Video extracts from relevant Public Accounts Committee hearings