Around 10,000 people across central government work to protect public services and fight economic crime. On 9 October, the Government showed its commitment to fighting fraud, and to the specialists who lead us in this fight, by launching a new profession - the Government Counter Fraud Profession.

The aim of the event is to promote the Government Counter Fraud Profession and to connect government departments to ensure awareness and compliance with the Functional Standards for Counter Fraud, Bribery & Corruption. To highlight this we will be running a ‘taster day’ of various counter fraud initiatives and policies to Scottish Civil Servants cascading the message of fraud being everyone’s responsibility.

David Whitehouse-Hayes Cabinet office: Head of Government Counter Fraud Profession Policy & Engagement, will be joined by Craig Martin who will further increase awareness of the counter fraud function and professionalisation agenda and how these can start to be implemented

Don’t worry if you don’t work in fraud; fighting fraud is everyone’s responsibility. Refresh your counter fraud knowledge by re-visiting the counter fraud, bribery and corruption training, for all staff here, and for managers here

You will need to seek authorisation from your line manager in order to attend this event. Any travel and lunch expenses will need to be met by your home department. Please also ensure you register for the event using your work email address, using a personal email address may result in your ticket application being rejected. Please also ensure you use the function 'Add to my calendar' when finalising your ticket request.

Civil Service Local is committed to ensuring that wherever possible our events are accessible to all participants. If you have any specific requirements that will enable you to fully participate, please let us know and we will endeavour to make any reasonable adjustments.

This is an all day event, you will be required to bring lunch as it will not be provided

If you have any questions about this event please contact

Heather.Flanagan@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Government Counter Fraud Profession- CS Local Scotland