Below you will find The Complete Blogspot Archive
Making the connection
One session of the latest annual meeting of the INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee was dedicated to presenting examples of peer-to-peer co-operation. Together with Albanian colleagues, we, the Polish SAI, presented the development of the very good working relations...
read moreStrategic Management requires Ownership for Sustainability
One of the fundamental areas where Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the Pacific region require support is in the development of effective strategic plans, that the SAIs will then implement and report on. This need was met with the timely request from the INTOSAI...
read moreThe potential of engaging in collaborative activities such as cooperative audits
Through my Supreme Audit Institution (SAI), I graciously participated during 2017/18 as an expert (resource person) in the planning and quality revision stages of an international cooperative (performance and compliance) audit on illicit financial flows (IFFs) in...
read moreBenefits of co-operating with peers
When I first started my work at the Supreme Audit Institution of Palestine, one challenge was how to start co-operating with international peers so that we could use our shared knowledge and experience to increase our productivity and the quality of our...
read moreThe SAI audit professional: subject matter expert or generalist?
As SAIs we aim to influence the management of public funds to ensure they impact the lives of citizens. What does this mean for the profile of an audit professional? What should they know and what should they be able to do? I began my career working on...
read moreTempus fugit or how to make friends and keep them while peer-reviewing a SAI
According to history, Publius Vergilius Maro (also known as Virgil to the English-speaking world) spent substantial time in the years 37–29 BC on a long didactic hexameter poem called Georgics (from Greek, "On Working the Earth"). The themes of the Georgics were...
read moreMeasuring INTOSAI regions’ performance for the delivery of capacity development programs
When I first took over my new position as ARABOSAI General Secretariat adviser I was keen to get going and make a difference. I wanted to find out how an INTOSAI region could maximize the value of its interventions to support capacity development programs. Perhaps I...
read moreA success factor for both international capacity development programs and international organization’s meetings
When conducting international capacity development programs, we need to consider how to overcome differences in systems, languages and cultures between the participating countries. If I were in charge of such international programs, I would attach importance to the...
read moreDevelopment outside the comfort zone
Experience of a parallel performance audit in the Western Balkans In it’s very foundation, every change means stretching, it means excursion outside the usual habits and routines we are comfortable with. This kind of journey always takes us along a bumpy road and our...
read moreA framework for Reporting on Public Finance Management
When I assumed my new role as CEO at AFROSAI-E recently, a number of topical issues, amongst others Professionalisation; Public Finance Management (PFM) reforms; SAIs operating in fragile states and SDGs, sparked excitement and enthusiasm in me. I would like to share...
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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...