Introduction to government accounting

In the first session of the Introduction to Government Accounting course, the International Public Sector Accounting Standards will be highlighted, the users of financial information will be identified, and the main groups of financial statements will be identified.

In the second session of the Introduction to Government Accounting course, the presentation of financial statements and information in the statement of activities and the presentation of financial information in the statement of financial position will be highlighted, in addition to linking them to each other.

In the third session the participants will be able to consolidate the understanding they obtained in the previous sessions about the list of activities and the list of financial position and put these lists into practice in terms of their application in the public sector.

In the fourth session, the topic of auditing financial statements will be discussed, in addition to analyzing cash flows.

In the fifth session, the components of the financial management system will be discussed, in addition to shedding light on the role and relationship of senior management in the organization to reading and analyzing data, as well as the importance of communication processes and how to pass information related to the financial management system.

In the sixth session, two topics will be discussed, the first is about the internal control system in government institutions, and the second is about budgets and their uses.