Training & Education

• Members enjoy the guardianship of the Institute as an umbrella body for the profession of Municipal Accounting Officers.
• Members receive a certificate indicating their level of membership.
• Members may attend continuous professional education (CPE) training programmes, seminars, workshops, and conferences presented by the Institute at reduced attendance fees.
• Access to local and national network of contacts and information via members.
• Inclusion in provincial activities of the Institute, with the opportunity to participate in local meetings, seminars, workshops and research activities.
• Representation through the Institute on key professional policy bodies.
• Opportunities to comment on the draft legislation through the Institute.
• Opportunities to formulate and develop the policies to the Institute.
• The opportunity to be involved in the decision making bodies of the Institute by being elected.
• Membership offers stimulation, professional (and personal) enrichment and the opportunity to meet members of the profession on a provincial, national and international level.
• Members receive the agenda and related reports of the Institute’s Annual General Meetings as well as the agenda and related reports of the annual general meetings of their local provincial forums.

The Career of Municipal Accounting Officer

Local Government affects many aspects of daily life. The services of municipalities are responsible for directly influencing our daily functioning. The water we drink, the light by which learners study, the roads on which we drive, the buildings in which we live and work, the parks in which we relax, the libraries from which we borrow books, the sports fields on which we play, the quality of the food we eat – all of these are the concern of a greater or lesser extent, of the local authority – people whose business it is to see that the many aspects of life, which we tend to take for granted, continue to function smoothly.

Without funds and good administration none of the facilities and services mentioned-above would be possible. The Municipal Accounting Officer and the members of his/her department are responsible for the way money is collected and spent and how the administration is run.

Upon joining the Institute the following training will be offered:

• Comparative Local Government and Decentralisation
• Economics and Public Finance
• Strategic Management, Budgeting and Performance Management
• Municipal Supply Chain Management
• Public Utilities and Services Management

The membership of the Institute shall be opened to Municipal Accounting Officers in the Republic of South Africa and shall, subject to the approval of the Board, and become a member on payment of an admission fee to be determined by the Board from time to time.
Every member shall pay a monthly subscription of an amount to be determined from time to time by the Board by not later than the 30th day of each month or alternatively an annual subscription fee to be determined from time to time by not later than the fifteen of January every other calendar year.
Any member in areas with his/her monthly subscription for six consecutive months shall automatically cease to be a member of the Institute and his/her name shall be struck off the register of members. The Board may however, at its discretion, reinstate such a member on payment of the total area amount.