Governance and ComplianceCompliance Management Excellence and International Standards
Compliance functions that rely on manual checklists and reactive monitoring struggle to keep pace with regulatory complexity across African markets, and adding people rarely fixes a problem that is structural. This course builds an operating model instead. Delegates work through the international standard for compliance management systems and the structure it provides, obligation identification and the register that makes coverage visible, and control mapping so that one control can serve several obligations. Risk based prioritisation follows, since no function can monitor everything equally. Monitoring, testing and assurance are covered, along with automation where it genuinely helps. Reporting to executives and the board is addressed. The course closes on maturity assessment and on making the case for the resources the model requires.
Course objectives
- Apply the international standard for compliance management systems
- Identify obligations and maintain a register that shows coverage
- Map controls so one control serves several obligations
- Prioritise monitoring on a risk basis
- Design testing and assurance proportionate to exposure
- Automate where it genuinely reduces effort
- Assess maturity and make the case for resources
Who should attend
- Chief compliance officers and compliance managers
- Regulatory affairs specialists
- Internal auditors reviewing compliance functions
- Legal counsel supporting compliance programmes
- Operational risk managers
Course outline
- 01A structural problem more people will not solve
- 02The compliance management system standard
- 03Obligation identification and registers
- 04Control mapping across obligations
- 05Risk based prioritisation
- 06Monitoring, testing and assurance
- 07Automation and where it helps
- 08Reporting, maturity and resourcing
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 to 14 October 2026 | Windhoek, Namibia | Classroom | R14,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 11 to 13 November 2026 | Online | Online | R6,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 24 to 26 February 2027 | Maputo, Mozambique | Classroom | USD 995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 15 to 17 March 2027 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Classroom | R14,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 22 to 24 March 2027 | Pretoria, South Africa | Classroom | R14,950 per delegate | Register Now |