Below you will find The Complete Blogspot Archive
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...
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...
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9 June – save the date for CBC webinar on SAI capacity, performance and relevance during COVID-19
“During COVID-19, internal controls should not be diluted, but rather be reoriented to the context of the crisis – SAIs have a crucial role in this regard.” – Kimi Makwetu, CBC Chair- Join the CBC on the 9th of June for perspectives on factors that SAIs should...
First summary report from ARABOSAI covid-19 webinar series
What does the Coronavirus pandemic mean for INTOSAI regions: Strategic priorities and operational challenges? On April 30, the General Secretariat of ARABOSAI organized a webinar about "The role of regional organizations in responding to Covid 19 crisis " as the...
SAI South Africa shares its experience of responding to Covid-19
During the abnormal circumstances brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Auditor General of South Africa is working hard to demonstrate its continued relevance and value-add. Please click below to read more about the key action steps the SAI has taken to plot its...
Release of the CBC Inventory of Capacity Development Tools
In support of the CBC’s continuous effort to support the strengthening of capacity and performance of SAIs, the CBC Secretariat has compiled a catalogue of capacity development tools, which is now available here on the CBC website under the main menu tab “Inventory of...
ASOSAI: Role of SAIs in detecting Fraud and Corruption
Please find below a series of articles shared by ASOSAI on the role of SAIs in detecting and fighting fraud and corruption. Corruption is a global phenomenon. With globalization of economy pioneered by growth of finance capital and ICT revolution, the issue of fraud...
INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation newsletter – Covid-19 Special Edition
Cooperation blooms in times of Covid-19 The 2020 spring issue of the IDC Newsletter focuses on the cooperation between different INTOSAI bodies, donors and stakeholders in times of the pandemic, a cooperation that has not slowed down - far from it. Never has the...
SAI Peru: Strengthening Government Control in the Face of the Covid-19 Health Emergency
As part of the activities of the Subdirectorate of Cooperation and International Relations of the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru (CGR), we wish to share with you the main initiatives that our SAI has been implementing in the face of the...
ACCC webinar: Recording now available – Lessons from auditing Ebola
Lessons from auditing the management of funds donated to fight the Ebola outbreak in 2014 in Sierra Leone Led by a Deputy Auditor General of SAI Sierra Leone, Mr Tamba Momoh. April 29, 2020 Please find the recording from the webinar here: CBC workstream on...
Word from the CBC Chair
Guidance to SAIs in times of crisis The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a variety extraordinary responses by our respective governments in order to cope with the global crisis. At the same time supreme audit institutions are grappling how...
Peer review as a looking glass
by Karol Mitrík, SAO SR president (SAI of Slovakia) The public administrations all across the globe are increasingly challenged by the society and its stakeholders to demonstrate and improve their value for sustainable development. SAIs serve as important pillars of...