Welcome
Public Accountability Training Limited is a small training consultancy run by former civil servant Brian Whalley, and provides a range of programmes in governance and accountability for:
- officials (including Accounting Officers); and
- non executive board members
of government departments, executive agencies, NDPBs, NHS bodies and public corporations.
Courses, lasting from 2 hours up to a whole day, can be arranged at a time and place to suit your organisation's specific requirements. Care is taken to ensure that the course content is designed in a way that takes account of your organisation's operating environment and governance arrangements.
Brian is registered as an Associate Tutor of the National School of Government and regularly contributes to NSG training programmes for Accounting Officers, Sub-Accounting Officers and Accountable Officers in London Belfast and Cardiff. He also has extensive experience in design and delivery of governance programmes for board members of NDPBs and other arm's length bodies including:
Competition Commission
Commission for Equality and Human Rights
Construction Industry Training Board Northern Ireland
Cumbria Vision
Firebuy Ltd
Gangmaster Licensing Authority
Health Professions Wales
Living East
Loch Lomond National Park
Natural England
Natural History Museum
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Olympic Delivery Authority
Postwatch
Regional Development Agencies
Technology Strategy Board
Youth Justice Board
Key sources of guidance
Building Effective Boards (HM Treasury 2004)
