Below you will find The Complete Blogspot Archive
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...
Tempus 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...
Measuring 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...
A 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...
News
FIPP: Call for volunteers to support the quality of INTOSAl’s standards
Please find below a letter from the Chair of the INTOSAI Professional Standards Committee (PSC) inviting applicants to become a member of the Forum for INTOSAI Professional Pronouncements (FIPP). You will also find background guidance and an application form. The...
Welcome to register for the CBC-IDC and IFAC’s MOSAIC meetings!
On behalf of the INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee, the INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation and IFAC's MOSAIC, you are invited to register for the 2023 meetings to be held jointly in Kingston, Jamaica from 19-23 June 2023 (see invitation letter and programme information from...
Online session: Learning from peer-to-peer engagements outside of the SAI world
Join the upcoming CBC P2P online session Wednesday 19 April 9:00-11:00 CET Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89169263431?pwd=K0pQNjFHV0tJZkY3TUNubEdGbmZBdz09 Meeting-ID: 891 6926 3431 Password: 128774 The Intosai CBC peer-to-peer workstream is pleased to invite...
AFROSAI-E Bulletin no 1 of 2023
Please find below the first AFROSAI-E Bulletin of this year. It includes a range of interesting pieces to read, such as New Auditors General in the region The upcoming Governing Board meeting in Accra in May The AFROSAI-E 2023 Annual Operational Plan Workshops and...
Five benefits for SAIs working with their local Professional Accountancy Organization
by Bruce Vivian – Principal, IFAC In many jurisdictions, professional accountancy organizations (PAOs) have developed strong relationships across the public sector—relationships that a Supreme Audit Institution (SAI)...
ACCC webinar: A visit to the National Audit Chamber of South Sudan
Welcome to connect to the ACCC webinar March 2, at 10 am CET. As a young state with a troubled history, South Sudan is faced with several economic, political, security and humanitarian challenges. Through the ACCC webinar, we are visiting the National Audit...
Save the date: 2 March – the ACCC webinar series is back!
Welcome to join the restart of the ACCC webinars When Thursday 2 March, at 10.00 am CET. Focus Audit of IMF emergency funding in South Sudan Presenters Mr. Tombe Logale Lukak, Deputy Auditor General in charge of Audit, South Sudan National Audit Chamber Mr....
The Global SAI Accountability initiative (GSAI) – Tailored capacity development support to SAIs in challenging contexts
Progress towards the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development requires strengthening of national systems for good use of public resources, particularly in countries with weak public financial management and at risk of being left behind. Supreme Audit Institutions...
Hold-the-date: CBC Annual Meeting 19-22 June, 2023
CBC Annual Meeting 2023 in Kingston, Jamaica, 19-22 June. The annual meeting of the INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee 2023 will be kindly hosted by SAI Jamaica, and held contiguously with the meeting of the INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation, in the week of 19-22 June. We...
e-SAI PMF: IDI launches application to support SAI PMF
To support more effective and streamlined SAI PMF assessments the IDI has just launched an online application (available in English, Spanish and French). Learn more how e-SAI PMF, can support your process when carrying out a SAI PMF assessment:...