The CBC’s role
The INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee (CBC) is one of four main committees of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).
INTOSAI operates as an umbrella organisation for the external government audit community. It has a membership of approximately 190 Supreme Audit Institutions. INTOSAI is organized into four main committees, divided into Goals 1-4:
- Professional Standards,
- Capacity Building,
- Knowledge Sharing, and
- Model International Organization.
The Capacity Building Committee works in close cooperation with the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) as well as the Professional Standards Committee (PSC), the Knowledge Sharing Committee, and the Finance and Administration Committee (FAC). The CBC annually reports to the INTOSAI Governing Board.
INTOSAI is also divided into seven regions (AFROSAI, ARABOSAI, ASOSAI, CAROSAI, EUROSAI, OLACEFS, PASAI), which are also important partners for the CBC.
Every three years the INTOSAI Congress (INCOSAI) assembles, where formal documents from the committees are endorsed and mandates approved. At the XXI INCOSAI in Beijing in 2013, the INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee was given a clear mandate to reform its work and improve efficiency.
Task and mandate of CBC
In giving the CBC a mandate to reform, INCOSAI recognized that the world of capacity building in INTOSAI has moved on substantially since 2004 when the committee was originally formed. We have seen a significant development in the INTOSAI regions’ activity on this arena, the Professional Standards Committee (PSC) has produced a comprehensive set of audit standards in a framework accessible to all INTOSAI members, and the Knowledge Sharing Committee (KSC) has produced an increasing number of guidance resources with substance and focus, the IDI now has a much greater capability and a broader focus on capacity development and INTOSAI has an active formalized structure of engagement with international donors through the INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation.
News
INTOSAI Goal Chair Cooperation (GCC) meeting in Goa
Representatives of the leadership of INTOSAI’s Goal Committees met for three productive days in in March, under the able leadership of SAI India as KSC Chair. In addition to the PSC Chair and Vice Chair (SAI Brazil and the European Court of Auditors) and the CBC Chair...
New EUROSAI Magazine now available
Please be informed that No. 24 of the EUROSAI Magazine is now available in English: http://maquetacioneditorial.com/eurosai/N24/EN/. Also the French, German, Russian and Spanish versions of the Magazine will be uploaded on the EUROSAI website in the following weeks....
Extended deadline to 21 March! – CBC Chair kindly requests your comment
The CBC Chair, on behalf of the the Task Force on INTOSAI Auditor Professionalisation (TFIAP), invites the INTOSAI community to comment on the draft Pathways Guide and the updated Competency Framework. Please find Mr Kimi Makwetu's letter here: Invitation to comment...
The IntoSAINT tool progressing worldwide
The Self-Assessment of Integrity (IntoSAINT) is moving forward in the INTOSAI regional organizations with the support of the regional focal points within the CBC IntoSAINT Project Group. In 2019, examples of this progress were witnessed in two specific regions....
Reminder: save-the-date 1-4 July, 2019.
All CBC members and stakeholders are kindly reminded to save the date for the next contiguous CBC/IDC meeting taking place in Tokyo on 1-4 July, 2019. 1-3 July: CBC meeting (3)-4 July: IDC meeting Everyone is recommended to look into flight bookings as early as...
EUROSAI workshop on peer-to-peer cooperation held in the Hague
Representatives from eight EUROSAI member SAIs and the IDI met over three days, 12-14 February, in the Hague to share experiences of peer-to-peer cooperation. With an ambition to improve quality of delivery and increase the quantity of peer providers, colleagues...
Strengthening capacities — the work of France’s Cour des comptes
France’s Cour des comptes (Court of Accounts) hosts the General Secretariat of the Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) having the use of French in common (AISCCUF). Since the association was created in 1994, its main objective has been to help strengthen...
Inspiring winter issue of INTOSAI Journal
In the recently published winter edition of the INTOSAI Journal we are happy to find several inspiring stories relevant to the CBC, and we encourage you to go ahead and find the pages covering Good Stories of the ACCC (Auditing in Complex and Challenging Contexts) (p...
Sustainable organisational change – good practice in peer‐to‐peer partnerships
There are many ways in which peers learn from and support each other. During the CBC annual meeting in Kuwait in 2018 discussions were held relating to medium and long-term peer-to-peer cooperation with the purpose of developing the capacities and capabilities of the...
Webinar: Building trust of Governments – and keeping it
Yusador Gaye, Auditor General of Liberia, lead the first webinar on behalf of the CBC workstream Auditing in Complex and Challenging Contexts (ACCC). The topic, “Building trust of Governments – and keeping it”, was identified as an issue of common interest during the...