Dear Member,
Introducing the Compliance Institute: Who we Are and Why we Rebranded
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On Thursday 18th November, Kathy Jacobs announced on behalf of Council one of the most significant changes in the 20-year history of the association, the ACOI was changing its name to Compliance Institute. Council has decided to make this change to ensure that the profession is forward looking, broad based, and diverse to serve the compliance needs of the 20’s 30’s and beyond.
The new tagline, ‘Better Business Ethics’ acknowledges the Institute’s ongoing commitment to promoting business ethics, something that is enshrined in the constitution.
Our full rebrand story is available on new website Compliance.ie
New LinkedIn Page
As part of the rebrand, we created a new LinkedIn page to keep members up to date on all the latest news and developments from the Compliance Institute and the evolving and rapidly changing regulatory environment, and we ask that all our members follow our new Compliance Institute page.
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The ACOI membership committee wishes to recruit additional committee members and is particularly interested in hearing from members with a background in banking, insurance, funds, life & pension, credit unions, legal or consulting. The membership committee is responsible for ensuring that the Association’s activities are always relevant, engaging and worthwhile for members.
If you would like to register your interest or find out more about the work of the membership committee, please email [email protected].
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Compliance Institute Membership Renewal 2021/2022
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We would like to remind you that the 2020/2021 Membership Subscription year has commenced, and payment was due on 1st August 2021. Thank you to all our members who have paid to date.
Due to a system issue earlier this year, we have extended the deadline so all members can still access their accounts now and renew online. There is still a minor issue that is affecting a small number of Mastercard payments which our service provider is currently working to resolve.
Please ensure that you login to our new website to check the status of your membership.
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Niall Gallagher Professional Diploma in Compliance Scholarship
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The deadline for the Niall Gallagher Scholarship has been extend to Monday 20 December at 12pm.
The Scholarship awards the 1st place winner with registration onto the Professional Certificate and Diploma in Compliance (PDC) programme, which is considered the benchmark qualification in Compliance provided by IOB, and awarded by UCD, together with Compliance Institute membership for two membership years
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To enter the competition, submit an essay of up to 1,500 words on the following topic: Compliance & Ethics is an Ever-Expanding Area of Corporate Governance: How should a firm respond to ensure that the function is properly resourced and situated within the organisation to meet the new challenges and the needs of the firm and its stakeholders?
There are also prizes for 2nd and 3rd place plus the top three essays will be published in Irish Compliance Quarterly (ICQ).
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The Compliance Files Podcast Series
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The Compliance Files podcast has now had more than 8,000 downloads in 65 countries!
Our second season premiered in October with 5 episodes released to date.
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So far this season our episodes have focused on corporate enforcement, vulnerable customers, GDPR, Regtech and the changing risk landscape.
All episodes are available on our website and on all major podcast platforms.
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Compliance Institute Education - Register Now:
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Data protection and data privacy is still a major issue being tackled across Irish businesses. Join IOB plus, Compliance Institute DP&IS Working Group members Tom O'Connor and Alan Moore to learn how the Professional Certificate in Data Protection Programme can help you up-skill so that you can help protect your organisation to manage its obligations under GDPR and ensure your customer data is managed in the appropriate way.
Attendees of this webinar will be eligible to claim 0.5 Hours CPD for the Compliance Institute professional designations, LCOI, FCOI & CDPO. Click here to register.
A reminder that the Professional Certificate in Data Protection and the Professional Certificate in Financial Crime Prevention programmes leading to the CDPO and CFCPP designations are open for registration. The semester commences in February 2022 and the closing dated for registration is 28th January 2021.
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Compliance Institute have a variety of CPD events scheduled throughout December which can all be viewed here.
CPD Codes
Our CPD codes for 2021 can now be found on our CPD Codes page. This page will be updated after each event and will provide a necessary resource in helping you log your required CPD.
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IORP II Directive – Code of Practice for
the Trustees of Occupational Pension
Schemes
2 December | 9am
CPD Credits: 1 Hour LCOI, FCOI (Compliance)
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Doing the Right Thing:
Ethics in a Global Context
3 December | 1pm
Free for Members
CPD Credits: 1 hour Ethics for all
categories
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Preparing for the EU Whistleblowing Directive
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Whistleblowing and Protected Disclosures – Preparing for the EU Whistleblowing Directive Workshop for Employers:
Transparency International (TI) Ireland is holding an online workshop to help employers prepare for the EU Whistleblowing Directive which is due to be transposed into Irish legislation early next year. The session will inform employers about their responsibilities under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, outline the requirements of the Directive (with reference to the General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill) and share best practice insights on dealing with reports and disclosures.
This half-day session will take place via Zoom on Thursday 9 December 2021, 9.00am – 1.00pm . Tickets for the workshop are €175, and to register for your place click here.
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As always, we would like to thank you for your ongoing support and ACOI membership.
If you have any ideas on how we can further support those working in the compliance industry, or if there is a topic you would like to see covered in our podcast series or through an upcoming webinar, please send us an email on [email protected] and we will do our best to make it happen.
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