Financial Conference 2016

The annual municipal finance conference 2016 will be held
on 22 and 23 September at the Hilton Reykjavik Nordica. The conference begins at 10 am on Thursday with
Speech by the chairman of the Association of Icelandic Municipalities, Halldór Halldórsson.

At the financial conference, presentations will be given on a variety of topics which
deal with the finances and public administration of municipalities. On the first day, among other things, material will be covered that
concerning the economy and financial performance of local authorities in 2015, changes to
pension schemes for public servants, infrastructure development for tourists, framework agreements
on the services of nursing homes and increased council tax revenue from tourists. The latter
The day is split into two and is divided into a). Challenges in operations and management
municipalities and b) Social and housing affairs. Three presentations on the agenda of the financial conference come from
Hafnarfjörður. There Harald L,
Haraldsson, the mayor, speaks about private projects within municipalities and what
There is something to be wary of in such considerations and undertakings. Vigfús
Hallgrímsson, development officer for the Hafnarfjörður municipal primary schools, will speak.
The School Bus as a tool for external assessment in primary schools and Rannveig Einarsdóttir, Head of Department
Family services will deliver a talk on services for
sick children and raise, among other things, the question of whether the service has become
New project for local authorities.