Below you will find The Complete Blogspot Archive
Success factors for applying what has been learned?
In October 2019 I attended AFROSAI-E’s Technical Update in Cape Town, a knowledge sharing- and networking event for the English-speaking countries of the African region, with close to 180 participants. The event offered the participants guidance on new technical...
Capacity Building should be an integral part of any SAI’s strategy
Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) rightly continue to face high expectations in their work of holding governments accountable for their stewardship of public funds, ensuring governments’ integrity and transparency, as well as providing value-adding recommendations to...
Bridge the gap with plain language
Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity, a lesson I learnt from a recent peer-to-peer cooperation between my SAI and the Swedish National Audit Office (SNAO) on plain language. It was my first introduction to understanding how words - so...
Implementing Data Analytics: Critical Success Factors
The biennial UN/INTOSAI Symposia provide opportunities for capacity building for Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) through exchange of subject-specific experiences and information in all relevant fields of public sector auditing. The 24th Symposium, held in Vienna,...
Applying the ISSAIs and closing the circle
The Professional Standards Committee (PSC) recently carried out a large consultation with Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) worldwide as part of the planning for the Strategic Development Plan 2020-2025 (SDP). The SDP was created in 2016 to provide the general...
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...
Strategic 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...
The 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...
Benefits 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...
The 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...
News
ACCC workshop in Kuala Lumpur
On December 12-13, the Swedish National Audit Office (SNAO) organized a workshop for supreme audit insitiutions in complex and chllenging contexts. The workshop took place back-to-back with a conference held by IFAC (International Federation of Accountants) in Kuala...
PASAI Festive Season Newsletter
Please find below the latest issue of the PASAI region's Newsletter: PASAI Festive Season Newsletter December 2019
ACCC Tunis workshop report available
On 17 and 18 October 2019, the INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee’s workstream on Auditing in complex and challenging contexts (ACCC) convened a meeting for a small group of SAIs from the ARABOSAI region to share experiences and to explore opportunities for a...
ARABOSAI Newsletter, December issue
Please find below a link to the latest issue of the ARABOSAI newsletter - enjoy! ARABOSAI Newsletter no 3
CBC/IDC annual meetings 14-18 September 2020, in Jamaica.
Hold-the-date: The 2020 annual meetings of the INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee and the INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation will take place in Jamaica on 14-18 September. Please block your agendas! More information will be available in due course.
Seminar on Professionalisation at Swedish NAO
Between his participation in the IDI Board meeting and the meeting on INTOSAI standards in Oslo, Mr Jan van Schalkwyk; Corporate Executive at SAI South Africa and chair of the CBC Task Force on INTOSAI Auditor Professionalisation (TFIAP) was invited to the Swedish NAO...
Compilation of CBC blogs
During INCOSAI in Moscow in September, one of the most attractive items disappearing quickly from the CBC booth, was the collection of blogs written by INTOSAI members from all over the world over the past three years. For colleagues who did not manage to get their...
ACCC webinar: How are SAIs contributing to business development?
Auditing in Complex and Challenging Contexts workstream webinar held on 15 October 2019 Instability in many countries is fueled by the inability to develop businesses capable of generating the wealth needed to pay for public services and to create decent jobs to...
Draft minutes from CBC steering committee meeting in Tokyo now available
The draft minutes from the CBC steering committee meeting in Tokyo on 3rd of July are now available, together with the meeting evaluation and attendance list. Please find them here: https://www.intosaicbc.org/post-meeting-documentation-2/ or here:...
ACCC forum held in Tunis
Top management representatives from seven SAIs met in Tunis on 17-18 October to discuss experiences on shared challenges and opportunities in a workshop. The event was generously hosted by SAI Tunisia and organized in cooperation between the ARABOSAI General...