Below you will find The Complete Blogspot Archive
CBC blog: Integration of big data in public sector auditing
By Fredrick M. Bobo | Information Systems Audit Manager, AFROSAI-E "The concept of big data has been topical for the last few years. Understandably so because it has been one of the technological trends of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). When it comes to...
CBC blog: Striving for a sustainable CBC
By Johanna Gardmark, Senior International Advisor, Swedish National Audit Office "As we are – hopefully – quickly approaching the end of a multi-year pandemic, it seems like a good time to pause a bit for...
CBC blog: Challenge your perception of what competency looks like this year
By Camilla Fredriksen, Manager (and Gender Champion) Global Foundations Unit, IDI "Recently there was debate in the Norwegian media about a high-profile recruitment. The discourse brought up some outdated perceptions about who is best qualified for a...
CBC Blog: The political in the public – persuading governments to act on audit findings
Parting blog: Our dear friend and long-time colleague, David Goldsworthy, has announced that he is retiring and will no longer support the CBC’s work with SAIs in complex and challenging contexts. We are sorry to see him go and have invited him to write a...
CBC Blogspot: Leave no SAI behind
By Ahmed Ashaybani, General Director of Technical Cooperation, ...
CBC blogspot: Capacity Development Interventions – Some Points to Ponder
By Chandra K. Bhandari, Office of the Auditor General of Nepal (OAGN) Capacity development intervention is one of the most commonly discussed topics on the reform agenda in any organization. Organizational strategists, consultants and development partners always cite...
CBC blogspot: Developing Soft Skills to Drive Auditors’ Competence
Competent people are the main driver for success in any professional service, and auditing - whether in public or private sector - is no exception. And while the general definition of competence may be similar across various practices, the technical requirements to...
SAI Kiribati: Our young journey in Human Resources
by Enetty Ted Isopo, Auditor for Human Resources Division, SAI Kiribati I first started working with SAI Kiribati towards the end of 2019, so I was quite new when I was first introduced to the Human Resource (HR) Program in August 2020. I started as a financial...
CBC blog spot: Power distance cultural dimension among auditors
Research in psychology promotes the idea that culture determines the manner in which organizations are structured and managed, the behavior of individuals within these organizations as well as how these individuals think. In the context of audit, auditors’ ability to...
Leading in the pandemic: PASAI blog on leadership
Leading in the pandemic: creating clarity, building resilience and charting a clear direction The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to leaders of public and private sector organisations. The pandemic has required a swift leadership response to allow...
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FIPP call for proposals
Call for volunteers to contribute to the quality of INTOSAI's standards FIPP is a multicultural group composed of 16 expert members from across the SAI community, who voluntarily dedicate time and expertise to contribute to ensuring clear, relevant, and robust...
New AFROSAI-E Bulletin available
The sphere of AFROSAI-E is preparing for the Strategic Review and Governing Board in Banjul, The Gambia in the week of 9 May. Read about this and more in the new edition of the: AFROSAI-E Bulletin
CBC blog: Integration of big data in public sector auditing
By Fredrick M. Bobo | Information Systems Audit Manager, AFROSAI-E "The concept of big data has been topical for the last few years. Understandably so because it has been one of the technological trends of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). When it comes to...
CBC blog: Striving for a sustainable CBC
By Johanna Gardmark, Senior International Advisor, Swedish National Audit Office "As we are – hopefully – quickly approaching the end of a multi-year pandemic, it seems like a good time to pause a bit for...
OAG Zambia and OAG Norway’s peer-to-peer cooperation: “Relevant in all areas, but only effective in some.”
Evaluation shows that OAG Zambia's (OAGZ) and OAG Norway's (OAGN) peer-to-peer cooperation has contributed to improving the overall capacity of OAGZ, although the results achieved vary largely across working areas. ICT security audits and compliance audit in the...
INTOSAI Journal interview on importance of Peer-review
"- Peer review, like quality, doesn’t cost, it pays—and in numerous ways!" From the latest issue of the INTOSAI Journal, please find below an interview with Mr Benjamin Nelson, who directs the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) preparations for external...
CBC blog: Challenge your perception of what competency looks like this year
By Camilla Fredriksen, Manager (and Gender Champion) Global Foundations Unit, IDI "Recently there was debate in the Norwegian media about a high-profile recruitment. The discourse brought up some outdated perceptions about who is best qualified for a...
PASAI second quarterly report 2021-22
PASAI has just published its second quarterly report for the 2021–22 financial year. Please find the report here: Second quarterly report.
First AFROSAI-E Bulletin of 2022 is here
Please find below the first issue of the AFROSAI-E Bulletin of the year, as usual offering a nice read about matters of interest and inspiration like the reporting on a PFM strategy session and two new online learning courses. Also, the African Professionalisation...
CBC Blog: The political in the public – persuading governments to act on audit findings
Parting blog: Our dear friend and long-time colleague, David Goldsworthy, has announced that he is retiring and will no longer support the CBC’s work with SAIs in complex and challenging contexts. We are sorry to see him go and have invited him to write a...