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12th August 2010
Second chance to enter the 2010 Alarm / CIPFA Risk
Management Benchmarking Club!
We are delighted that the launch of the Alarm / CIPFA Risk Management Benchmarking
Club has been such a great success, with 109 public service
organisations joining this year.
We received a tremendous amount of positive feedback from Club
members who attended the Annual Conference in June, and we would
like to thank them for taking the time to share their views with
us. We also received a large number of requests to open a
second wave of membership to this year’s Club and we are pleased to
announce that we are now able to offer this opportunity to you by
extending the closing dates for applications to Friday
27th August.
Dr Lynn Drennan, Chief Executive of Alarm, encourages even more
public service organisations to join: "with the demise of the CAA,
this is a timely opportunity to record and benchmark your
organisation’s risk management activities, demonstrate achievement
and learn from others to further enhance your organisation’s
performance in these challenging times. The more members the Club
has, the more powerful a tool it will become."
If you would like to join the 2010 Benchmarking Club please
download and return the
application form or for an informal discussion please
contact kirsty.lane@alarm-uk.org 0333
123 0007
9th July 2010
Alarm issues Call for Speakers for Annual Conference
2011
Would you like to deliver a Workshop at the 2011 Alarm
Conference? Alarm has issued a Call for Speakers for its 2011
Annual Conference which will take place at the Telford
International Centre from the 19th to 21st June 2011.
The Alarm Annual Conference is the leading public risk
management event at which professionals from a wide range of public
service organisations gather to share knowledge and best practice,
showcase innovation and demonstrate new techniques that will help
your organisation to better manage its risks. In addition to the
plenary sessions, the event includes more than 40 workshops led by
Alarm members and experts from companies that deliver specialist
services to the public sector.
If you would like more information please download the
Call for
Speakers form or contact the Alarm Admin Team via admin@alarm-uk.org. The deadline
for submissions is Friday 3rd September.
14th May 2010
Alarm Scotland Announces Annual Conference
Dates
The Annual Conference of Alarm Scotland will take place from
14 - 16 November 2010 (a move away from its usual
September time slot) at the
Stirling Management
Centre.
Don’t miss the premier public risk management event held in
Scotland each year. The conference will start with a
networking event on the Sunday evening (14th), followed
by two days of plenary and workshop sessions. Details of
speakers are still being finalised but topics are likely to
include:
- Risk Management in uncertain financial times
- Insurance implications of climate change
- Risk management's relationship with frontline
delivery
- Effective use of resources in a business continuity
context
Attendance at this conference attracts CPD points needed for
Registered Risk Practitioner status and may count towards
other professional development schemes. Don’t miss your
chance to attend this valuable learning and development event by
registering your interest now.
For further details or to make a booking please contact Kirsty
Lane on 01297 680023 or kirsty.lane@alarm-uk.org
26th April 2010
Alarm and Maven team up on Management of
Risk
Maven Training and Alarm, the public risk
management association have come together to offer Management of
Risk courses specifically tailored to the public sector.
By running these joint courses Alarm is
continuing to embed its mission of supporting excellence in
public services through developing and establishing best
practice in public risk management, representing the interests of
public service risk practitioners and promoting excellence in the
use of risk management.
Maven are the largest privately owned provider of OGC accredited
courses in Management of Risk. They have become recognised for
their commitment to the risk management agenda running regular
public courses to help Risk Management Professionals develop
capability.
Alarm has around 1,700 members in the risk, insurance, finance,
audit, health & safety, emergency planning and business
continuity professions. Members are drawn from a wide range of
public service organisations, including national and local
government, health, housing, education, police and fire &
rescue services.
Utilising the M_o_R® guidance these
professionals ensure strategy, programmes, projects and operations
are prepared to take advantage of unexpected opportunities and deal
with business risks.
M_o_R® the OGC accredited Management of Risk
course is especially useful for Managers, directors and support
staff involved with, or setting up, a system to deal with practical
management of business risk. Working with Alarm, Maven has
tailored this course for the needs of public service managers and
staff, with both the case studies and the examinations based on
scenarios relating to the public sector.
To achieve the Foundation and Practitioner
qualifications professionals attend a one week course and sit two
papers, the Foundation paper is a 45 minute exam on day three and
the three hour Practitioner paper is taken on day five. During the
course we look at Organisational context and objectives,
stakeholder involvement, activities to enable Risk Management
planning, effective reporting structures, roles and
responsibilities, support structure, creating a central risk
function, early warning indicators, the review cycle for effective
Risk Management, overcoming barriers to implementing a risk
function, a supportive culture and continual improvement.
Maven Training is passionate about using learning in Risk
Management to get real cost benefits. Their experienced trainers
and high quality training materials help delegates to learn
effectively, so they can put their new skills into practice
quickly. They draw on their wide portfolio of knowledge to supply
the training solution that helps to build staff capability.
By joining together to deliver these course
both Alarm and Maven are looking forward to promoting best practice
in the Management of Risk arena where risk professionals help their
organisations to achieve their goals while making the best use of
internal and external factors.
For more information on the M_O_R Courses and
to enquire about availability go to
http://alarm-uk.org/education/training_courses.aspx
M_o_R® is a Registered Trade Mark of the
Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other
countries.
3rd March 2010
Alarm and LGC Team Up on
Events
Alarm, the public risk management association, has entered into
a joint initiative with Local Government Chronicle to present two
one day events.
Risk Management in Public Sector Partnerships
on Thursday 20th May will help delegates to learn how to
integrate and embed risk management into their Local Area Agreement
and establish effective governance arrangements for partnerships.
This event is also an opportunity to hear the results of the Alarm
2009 Risk Management Survey.
For those new into risk management The Fundamentals of
Risk Management on Wednesday 19th May offers
the opportunity to attend a jargon-free introduction to the complex
process of risk management.
Dr Lynn Drennan, CEO of Alarm, said “Alarm is pleased to be
working with LGC on these two events which will be a great
opportunity for those working within the public sector to learn
about embedding risk management and equipping the public sector for
the future”.
Download the
event programme booklet (PDF 237KB) to read more
information or book a place.
26th February 2010
Alarm Backs New Guide to ISO 31000
Alarm, the public risk management association,
announces the publication of a new practical guide to Enterprise
Risk Management, which has been written by Paul Hopkin, Technical
Director of AIRMIC, and produced in collaboration with both Alarm
and The Institute of Risk Management (IRM). The guide is intended
to update the Risk Management Standard as a benchmark of good
practice and draws on the recently published ISO 31000 “Risk
Management Principles and Guidelines”.
The new guide provides useful commentary on
ISO 31000 and demonstrates a structured approach to implementing
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Intended for use by organisations
both in the public and private sectors, the guide includes two
simple checklists to help users see at a glance whether they have
all the elements in place to implement an effective ERM
programme.
Dr Lynn Drennan, CEO of Alarm, said “Alarm
welcomes the production of this guide which updates the Risk
Management Standard as a benchmark of good practice, and will
provide practical support for public sector risk managers working
towards implementing Enterprise Risk Management within their
organisations.”
The
new ISO 31000 guide, “A structured approach to Enterprise Risk
Management (ERM) and the requirements of ISO 31000” can be
downloaded free of charge.