This Management Statement and the associated Financial Memorandum has been drawn up by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) in consultation with the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX (AFBI).
Content
- Introduction
- Management Statement
- Founding Legislation and Legal Status of AFBI
- Functions of AFBI
- Classification of AFBI
- Aims, Objectives and Outputs
- Overall Aims
- Objectives and Key Targets
- Responsibilities and Accountability
- The Minister
- The Accounting Officer of DARD
- The Sponsoring Branch in DARD
- The Chairperson of the Institute
- AFBI Board Members
- The Chief Executive’s Role as Accounting Officer
- The Chief Executive’s Role as Consolidation Officer
- Delegation of Duties
- The Chief Executive’s Role as Principal Officer for Ombudsman Cases
- Consulting Stakeholders and Customers
- Planning, Budgeting and Control
- The Corporate Plan
- The Business Plan
- Publication of Plans
- Reporting Performance to DARD
- Budgeting Procedures
- Internal Audit
- Additional Departmental Access to AFBI
- External Accountability
- The Annual Report and Accounts
- External Audit
- VFM Examinations
- Staff Management
- Reviewing the Role of AFBI
- Miscellaneous
- Copyright
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Legal Services