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About ICCGO
The ICCGO Certificate is awarded to professional officers in the Corporate Governance domain. Each candidate must join a (4) four-day workshop and sit a subsequent exam. Successful candidates are awarded an ICCGO Certificate to acknowledge their knowledge and skills pertaining to Corporate Governance concepts and implementations.
Programme Outline
- Corporate Governance Definition, Characteristics, and Importance
- Corporate Governance Determinants and Principles
- Parties Involved in Corporate Governance
- Corporate Governance: Transparency and Disclosure
- Corporate Governance and Risk Management
- Risk Sources and Impact Assessment
- Internal Audit
- Financial and Administrative Corruption
- Anti-Corruption Mechanisms
- Corporate Governance Report Components
- Corporate Governance Report Preparation
- Corporate Governance Sample Report Preparation
- Examining Examples of Corporate Governance Reports of some Organizations
- And More!
Expected Learning Outcomes
By acquiring this certification, participants are expected to be able to:
- Review key corporate governance definitions that will allow for an understanding of the term and the importance it carries.
- Summarize the many benefits of a robust and effective corporate governance practice for your organisation.
- Understand how Boards function, how they are structured in terms of Board Committees, and how the composition of Boards should be shaped.
- Review the duties and responsibilities of Directors, identify the role of key post-holders, and understand the importance of building relations between Directors that are based on trust.
- Explain the need for diversity and inclusion in the Board of Directors.
- Describe the importance of Board committees covering areas such as audit, risk, and remuneration.
- Study how internal control mechanisms apply in a corporation and highlight the relevance of the three-lines of defence.
- Design effective and successful Board meetings.
- Identify the importance of ESG and CSR programmes to an organisation’s corporate governance practices.
Exam Information
Duration: 70 min
Assessment Format: 50 Multiple Choice Questions
Passing Score: 70%
Languages: Arabic – English
Graduates automatically become a Professional Member of the Association of Governance, Risk & Compliance (PAGRC) and receive one year of membership for free with access to AGRC’s Member’s Area, discounts to conference, educational videos and articles, and plenty more.