Below you will find The Complete Blogspot Archive
Embracing blended learning as our new normal
E-learning is by no means a new concept. In fact, computer-based learning programmes have been around for over 60 years. But it was the introduction of the internet in the late 20th century, that really enabled e-learning to thrive. In the AFROSAI-E region, e-learning...
Business continuity during crisis
As we reflect on the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on our citizens and our staff, the impact on economies around the globe has been dire with organisations having to close as they are unable to continue delivering on their business objectives, taking away many...
Grass can be green on both sides of the fence
They say that grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. In fact, it has always been like that if you come from Finland and you look over the Baltic Sea and see Sweden’s shores. Swedes always tend to beat us in Ice Hockey, they have Abba, and their homes...
Coronavirus: How should SAIs respond?
The global coronavirus pandemic is leaving us all stunned. Each day we hear of new countries having to close borders, place citizens under lockdown, and launch major new publicly funded initiatives to ensure businesses survive and people are fed. It is easy to feel...
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...
News
ACCC webinar summary and recording available now
On 1 July the CBC workstream on Auditing in Complex and Challenging Contexts (ACCC) hosted a webinar on the theme "Gaining and safeguarding independence". In this webinar, we heard from Freddy Ndjemba, Benjamin Fuentes and Marte Briseid from IDI about the recent work...
ACCC Good stories: Using Strategic Planning to Build Partnerships
In 2018 the two SAIs of Niger and Madagascar embarked on a process to prepare new strategic plans, and seek out support for their successful implementation. Knowing this would not be easy considering human and financial resources and the need to galvanize greater...
Winners of The Prize 2021 – SAI The Gambia:
Capacity Building in public sector auditing - The Journey to the Win This is a collaborative article by the The Gambia National Audit Office’s Performance Audit Unit Staff, winners of The Prize 2020. In a little over five years, The Gambia National Audit Office has...
SAI-civil society engagement framework now available
At a global webinar of the CBC in June 2020 attendees from across all regions of INTOSAI confirmed the need for guidance on SAI engagement with civil society given the global recognition of civil society as a key actor and engagement partner in government, in...
Updated Inventory of capacity development tools
As earlier announced the CBC has produced a global inventory of capacity building tools to provide INTOSAI and its members and stakeholders with an easily accessible and user-friendly “go-to” source for anyone interested or involved in SAI capacity development,...
Publication of Peer Review Survey
The CBC subcommittee on Peer Review led by SAI Slovakia, conducted a survey between February and March 2021 according to the INTOSAI Strategic Plan 2017 - 2022. Thirty-eight SAIs registered replies to the survey. The survey also covered a question for preliminary...
Next ACCC webinar coming up
Theme: Gaining and safeguarding independence When: Thursday 1 July 2021 - 2 pm UK time/ 3 pm CET. Link to join: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/ba5e079eaa1f4fdfbf1aec8375c34677 SAIs have a duty and responsibility to talk truth to power. They need the resources...
Word from the CBC Chair
I am so pleased that you, by reading this, have found your way into the upgraded version of the CBC website. At the end of last year, as I assumed office as Auditor-General of South Africa, and thereby also took on the inspiring task of chairing the CBC, it was...
Using VISUALS IN AUDITS
– An online course by auditors, for auditors Do you want to learn how to use visuals to analyse your audit data, get on the same page as your team and how to communicate your audit story? Then the brand-new e-learning course on the AFROSAI-E Learning Platform (ALP) is...
AFROSAI-E Bulletin no 6 available now
We are happy to share the latest issue of the AFROSAI-E Bulletin (no 6), please find it below for your reading pleasure. AFROSAI Bulletin 6 of 2021 In this issue you will find several important announcements and news on new developments, e.g. very soon the AFROSAI-E...