Accounting & Finance5-day programme

Forensic Accounting and Fraud Control Training in Vilnius

Dates1–5 Feb 2027
LocationVilnius, Lithuania
VenueTBD
Register by23 Dec 2026

Key facts

Dates
1–5 Feb 2027 (5 days)
Where
TBD, Vilnius, Lithuania
Fee per participant
£3,650 (GBP)
Payment
By invoice and bank transfer
Registration closes
23 Dec 2026
Certificate
Certificate of completion
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Programme Overview

The Forensic Accounting and Fraud Control Training in Vilnius is an applied five-day professional development programme for officials, managers and specialists responsible for decisions, assurance and implementation. It connects technical methods with practical work products that participants can adapt to their own institutions.

The programme is hosted in Vilnius, Lithuania. It is designed for public institutions, donor-financed project teams, regulators and organisations that need documented decisions and reliable operational controls. The venue is a learning location, not a claim that a local institution is providing a confirmed technical visit.

Participants work with realistic but fictional case files covering fraud risk registers, duplicate payments and evidence logs. Exercises distinguish requirements that follow a particular financier or jurisdiction from general good practice. No project funding or nomination arrangement is implied.

The curriculum develops a continuous workflow from initial assessment and planning to evidence gathering, quality assurance, management reporting and institutional follow-up. It also encourages participants to identify gaps in existing policies before applying any international reference framework.

The Programme Strengthens Institutional Capability

  • Fraud risk registers
  • Transaction testing
  • Journal-entry analytics
  • Duplicate payments
  • Conflict-of-interest checks
  • Case triage
  • Evidence logs
  • Chain of custody
  • Interview plans
  • Investigation reports
  • Internal controls
  • Whistleblowing
  • Red-flag escalation
  • Procurement anomalies
  • Recovery pathways
  • Audit trails

Each participant builds a portfolio of draft tools and a short implementation plan, with responsibilities, verification points and a timetable for management review.


The Growing Importance of Forensic accounting and fraud control

Institutions are expected to demonstrate not only that activities have been completed, but that decisions are consistent, traceable and proportionate to risk. In forensic accounting and fraud control, weak definitions, fragmented records and unclear accountability can make otherwise sound work difficult to defend or improve.

The reference materials listed below offer official frameworks relevant to parts of this curriculum. They do not establish that any named institution has committed funds to this course. Participants should check the rules governing their own country, employer and financed project before adopting the examples.

Organisations increasingly require professionals capable of:

  • Assess fraud risk registers using documented criteria
  • Assess transaction testing using documented criteria
  • Assess journal-entry analytics using documented criteria
  • Assess duplicate payments using documented criteria
  • Assess conflict-of-interest checks using documented criteria
  • Assess case triage using documented criteria
  • Assess evidence logs using documented criteria
  • Assess chain of custody using documented criteria
  • Assess interview plans using documented criteria
  • Assess investigation reports using documented criteria
  • Assess internal controls using documented criteria
  • Assess whistleblowing using documented criteria

Strong forensic accounting and fraud control systems help organisations:

  • Improve the consistency of interview plans
  • Improve the consistency of investigation reports
  • Improve the consistency of internal controls
  • Improve the consistency of whistleblowing
  • Improve the consistency of red-flag escalation
  • Improve the consistency of procurement anomalies
  • Improve the consistency of recovery pathways
  • Improve the consistency of audit trails

A workable system needs clear ownership, tested records and decisions that can be reviewed independently. The sessions translate these requirements into small, repeatable routines rather than a one-off report.


Who Should Attend This Forensic Accounting and Fraud Control Training?

This programme is designed for:

  • Ministry department directors
  • Government policy analysts
  • Project implementation unit managers
  • Project management unit coordinators
  • Technical assistance team leaders
  • Internal auditors
  • Compliance officers
  • Procurement specialists
  • Finance managers
  • Monitoring and evaluation officers
  • Data and reporting analysts
  • Programme quality assurance staff
  • Institutional development specialists
  • Public sector trainers
  • Development partner focal points
  • Consultants supporting public agencies

Participants should bring a description of one institutional process they wish to improve, without sharing confidential personal or commercial information.

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Forensic Accounting and Fraud Control Training Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Forensic Accounting and Fraud Control Training, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the institutional purpose and limitations of forensic accounting and fraud control
  • Assess existing procedures against relevant documented requirements
  • Identify critical stakeholders and decision rights
  • Prioritise operational risks and quality weaknesses
  • Select appropriate methods and tools for the task
  • Document assumptions and supporting evidence
  • Design practical controls and review checkpoints
  • Use sample datasets or case files responsibly
  • Communicate findings to decision-makers
  • Prepare a proportionate action and resource plan
  • Monitor follow-up and adjust implementation

The emphasis is on demonstrable workplace outputs, with peer feedback and facilitator review of the methods selected.


Programme Contents and Structure

Your 5-day journey tap a day to see the sessions
    • Distinguish error, irregularity and suspected fraud
    • Map asset misuse, corruption and reporting schemes
    • Assess inherent and residual fraud exposure
    • Define responsibilities and investigation thresholds
    • Identify independence and confidentiality risks
    • Review accounting records and audit trails
    • Develop an initial allegation triage matrix
Full day-by-day contents

The five-day sequence builds from diagnosis to an institutional improvement proposal. Each day includes guided technical work and a documented practical exercise.

  • First Day: Fraud risks and forensic accounting foundations
  • Second Day: Red flags and financial statement testing
  • Third Day: Transaction analytics and evidence handling
  • Fourth Day: Investigation planning and reporting
  • Fifth Day: Prevention controls and case closure

Full day-by-day contents

First Day | Fraud risks and forensic accounting foundations

  • Distinguish error, irregularity and suspected fraud
  • Map asset misuse, corruption and reporting schemes
  • Assess inherent and residual fraud exposure
  • Define responsibilities and investigation thresholds
  • Identify independence and confidentiality risks
  • Review accounting records and audit trails
  • Develop an initial allegation triage matrix
  • Document escalation and referral decisions

Workshop: Fraud risks and forensic accounting foundations application

Working in small teams, participants apply the day’s methods to a fictional institutional scenario. They produce a short decision-ready artefact, record key assumptions, identify unresolved evidence gaps and receive structured feedback. The output is retained for the final institutional action plan.

Second Day | Red flags and financial statement testing

  • Analyse journal-entry and payment anomalies
  • Identify duplicate invoices and split purchases
  • Test vendor-master changes and bank details
  • Compare purchase orders, receipts and payments
  • Screen conflicts of interest with due process
  • Use ratio and trend analysis cautiously
  • Document red flags without presuming guilt
  • Create a risk-based testing programme

Workshop: Red flags and financial statement testing application

Working in small teams, participants apply the day’s methods to a fictional institutional scenario. They produce a short decision-ready artefact, record key assumptions, identify unresolved evidence gaps and receive structured feedback. The output is retained for the final institutional action plan.

Third Day | Transaction analytics and evidence handling

  • Prepare a controlled transaction dataset
  • Run spreadsheet filters and exception tests
  • Apply Benford analysis only where appropriate
  • Preserve original files and access records
  • Record evidence provenance and chain of custody
  • Prioritise leads using materiality and risk
  • Cross-check exceptions against source documents
  • Prepare a defensible analytical working paper

Case Study: Transaction analytics and evidence handling application

Working in small teams, participants apply the day’s methods to a fictional institutional scenario. They produce a short decision-ready artefact, record key assumptions, identify unresolved evidence gaps and receive structured feedback. The output is retained for the final institutional action plan.

Fourth Day | Investigation planning and reporting

  • Set investigation scope and terms of reference
  • Build an allegation and evidence matrix
  • Plan interviews without coercive techniques
  • Coordinate with legal and human resources teams
  • Protect whistleblowers and sensitive information
  • Differentiate findings from unproven allegations
  • Write clear factual investigation reports
  • Review referral, remediation and closure options

Workshop: Investigation planning and reporting application

Working in small teams, participants apply the day’s methods to a fictional institutional scenario. They produce a short decision-ready artefact, record key assumptions, identify unresolved evidence gaps and receive structured feedback. The output is retained for the final institutional action plan.

Fifth Day | Prevention controls and case closure

  • Map controls to priority fraud scenarios
  • Strengthen segregation of duties and approvals
  • Design exception monitoring and ownership
  • Improve procurement and payment controls
  • Establish safe reporting and response channels
  • Measure control effectiveness and remediation
  • Draft a management action plan with owners
  • Present a fraud control improvement roadmap

Capstone Exercise: Prevention controls and case closure application

Working in small teams, participants apply the day’s methods to a fictional institutional scenario. They produce a short decision-ready artefact, record key assumptions, identify unresolved evidence gaps and receive structured feedback. The output is retained for the final institutional action plan.


Forensic Accounting and Fraud Control Training Methodology

Facilitators use short briefings, individual exercises and group-based problem solving. Case data are illustrative, with assumptions made explicit; the exercises do not represent an audit or certification of any real organisation.

The programme combines:

  • Expert-led technical briefings
  • Facilitated policy and process reviews
  • Anonymised or fictional case dossiers
  • Spreadsheet and template exercises
  • Small-group scenario analysis
  • Role-based decision simulations
  • Peer comparison of institutional practices
  • Guided risk and control mapping
  • Structured facilitator feedback
  • Daily learning reflections
  • Action planning and presentation practice
  • Reference checks against original standards

Participants can adapt worksheets to their own institution after reviewing local legal requirements, confidentiality rules and management approvals.


Expected Outcomes

Upon completion of this Forensic Accounting and Fraud Control Training, participants will be able to:

  • Present a baseline of current institutional practice
  • Produce a risk and issue register
  • Draft a quality assurance checklist
  • Explain key requirements to colleagues
  • Prepare a credible management briefing
  • Build an evidence and records plan
  • Identify priorities for staff development
  • Set measurable implementation milestones
  • Evaluate whether controls are operating as intended
  • Present an institutional improvement proposal

These are intended learning outcomes, not guaranteed changes in an employer’s systems or compliance status.

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Institutional Application of Forensic Accounting and Fraud Control Training

This programme supports organisations in strengthening:

  • Ownership of fraud risk registers
  • Ownership of transaction testing
  • Ownership of journal-entry analytics
  • Ownership of duplicate payments
  • Ownership of conflict-of-interest checks
  • Ownership of case triage
  • Ownership of evidence logs
  • Ownership of chain of custody
  • Ownership of interview plans
  • Ownership of investigation reports
  • Ownership of internal controls
  • Ownership of whistleblowing

Participants return with practical tools to improve:

  • Documentation and review of interview plans
  • Documentation and review of investigation reports
  • Documentation and review of internal controls
  • Documentation and review of whistleblowing
  • Documentation and review of red-flag escalation
  • Documentation and review of procurement anomalies
  • Documentation and review of recovery pathways
  • Documentation and review of audit trails

Institutions can use the draft outputs as a starting point for a tailored in-house programme, internal working group or management-approved improvement initiative.


Regional Relevance & Application

Europe

For teams working in Europe, forensic accounting and fraud control can support public-sector assurance, regulatory alignment and accountable reporting. The relevant rules and financing conditions differ by country and project, so the programme uses comparative methods without assuming a uniform legal or regulatory system.

Africa

For teams working in Africa, forensic accounting and fraud control can support implementation capacity and evidence for financed programmes. The relevant rules and financing conditions differ by country and project, so the programme uses comparative methods without assuming a uniform legal or regulatory system.

Middle East

For teams working in Middle East, forensic accounting and fraud control can support institutional modernisation and governance of large initiatives. The relevant rules and financing conditions differ by country and project, so the programme uses comparative methods without assuming a uniform legal or regulatory system.

Asia and the Pacific

For teams working in Asia and the Pacific, forensic accounting and fraud control can support cross-agency coordination and delivery in varied operating contexts. The relevant rules and financing conditions differ by country and project, so the programme uses comparative methods without assuming a uniform legal or regulatory system.

Cross-regional group work lets participants compare practical approaches while protecting confidential institutional information.

Quick check: how would you answer? 3 quick questions

1. Which approach best supports fraud risk registers?

2. Which approach best supports duplicate payments?

3. Which approach best supports evidence logs?

  1. Transaction
  2. Record
  3. Control
  4. Evidence
  5. Opinion
The audit trailAn auditor can only rely on a figure if every link back to the original transaction holds.

Host Country Profile – Lithuania

Vilnius in Lithuania is the established location for this programme. Training is designed around classroom exercises, group discussion and international peer learning rather than an unverified promise of access to a specific government agency.

The host setting allows participants to examine how forensic accounting and fraud control can be organised in a professional training environment. Official frameworks and case materials are reviewed in class; a local organisation is not represented as a programme partner unless separately confirmed.

International participants should verify entry conditions for Lithuania using official consular channels based on their nationality and residence status. Travel routes, appointment availability, transit requirements and local arrangements can change, so visa assistance is advisory and entry is never guaranteed.


Forensic Accounting and Fraud Control Training Deliverables

The following support package and learning materials are designed to help participants prepare, take part and transfer the learning into their workplace.

Before the Programme

  • Participant Pre-Assessment
  • Forensic accounting and fraud control Readiness Assessment
  • Forensic accounting and fraud control Resource Pack
  • Preparatory Reading Materials
  • Complimentary Visa Support & Advisory

During the Programme

  • Airport Pickup & Welcome Assistance
  • Accommodation with Breakfast
  • Welcome Networking Dinner
  • Risalat Training Kit (Bag, Bottle, Mug, T-Shirt, Cap, Passport Cover, Pens, Notebook, Magnet & Keychain)
  • Comprehensive Forensic accounting and fraud control Training Manual
  • Fraud Risk Registers Template
  • Transaction Testing Template
  • Journal-Entry Analytics Template
  • Duplicate Payments Template
  • Conflict-Of-Interest Checks Template
  • Practical Workshops & Simulations
  • Group Discussions & Peer Learning
  • Daily Lunch and Refreshments
  • Full Access to Training Venue Facilities
  • Mini Pad / Tablet with Digital Learning Materials
  • Field Visit (where applicable and confirmed)
  • Entertaining City Tour

After the Programme

  • Certificate of Completion
  • Risalat Programme Participation Recognition Award
  • Post-Training Reference Materials
  • Fraud Risk Registers Checklist
  • Duplicate Payments Working Template
  • Evidence Logs Action Plan
  • Post-Training Support & Follow-Up Guidance
  • Programme Report

Institutions seeking a customised group version can request a tailored proposal. Participants may also explore the programme categories and institutional capacity diagnostic.


Common Challenges in Forensic accounting and fraud control, And How This Training Helps

How can we identify the real capability gap?

The first day combines baseline assessment with stakeholder mapping so teams can distinguish a skills gap from a process or accountability problem.

How can we make decisions consistent and defensible?

The second day introduces documented criteria, practical templates and quality checks so reviewers can reconstruct why an option was chosen.

How can we improve data and evidence quality?

The third day uses case records and verification steps to help participants identify missing, contradictory or unreliable information.

How can we report complex findings to senior leaders?

The fourth day turns technical findings into concise management messages, supporting evidence and clear recommendations.

How can we coordinate teams across departments?

The programme defines decision rights, handovers and escalation points in a realistic institutional workflow.

How can we manage uncertainty without inventing precision?

Sessions require participants to document assumptions, limitations and alternative interpretations before making recommendations.

How can we sustain improvements after training?

The fifth-day capstone assigns owners, milestones, indicators and a follow-up review process to a manageable action plan.


Frequently Asked Questions

How can we identify the real capability gap?

The first day combines baseline assessment with stakeholder mapping so teams can distinguish a skills gap from a process or accountability problem.

How can we make decisions consistent and defensible?

The second day introduces documented criteria, practical templates and quality checks so reviewers can reconstruct why an option was chosen.

How can we improve data and evidence quality?

The third day uses case records and verification steps to help participants identify missing, contradictory or unreliable information.

How can we report complex findings to senior leaders?

The fourth day turns technical findings into concise management messages, supporting evidence and clear recommendations.

How can we coordinate teams across departments?

The programme defines decision rights, handovers and escalation points in a realistic institutional workflow.

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Why Vilnius for this programme

Vilnius hosts central government ministries, national agencies, and European Union bodies such as the European Institute for Gender Equality. Visiting officials can examine public administration reforms and digital public services implemented across Lithuania. The city is easily accessible via regular direct flights connecting Vilnius Airport with major European transport hubs.

The Forensic Accounting and Fraud Control Training in Vilnius programme in February 2027 brings together officials and professionals from across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Sessions combine short inputs, case studies and group work on participants' own files, and the city's institutions can be added as a study visit on request.

Getting there: Vilnius International Airport (VNO).

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What the fee covers

Visa Assistance (complimentary)
Participant Assessment
Airport Pickup
Accommodation
Wi-Fi
Welcome Dinner
Breakfast
Workshop Kit
Programme Materials
Programme Experts
Practical Activities
Lunch
Refreshments
Interactive workshop
City Map & Direction
Risalat T-shirt (complimentary)
Field Visit
Programme Certificate
Entertaining Tour
Programme Report
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