Below you will find The Complete Blogspot Archive
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...
Development outside the comfort zone
Experience of a parallel performance audit in the Western Balkans In it’s very foundation, every change means stretching, it means excursion outside the usual habits and routines we are comfortable with. This kind of journey always takes us along a bumpy road and our...
A framework for Reporting on Public Finance Management
When I assumed my new role as CEO at AFROSAI-E recently, a number of topical issues, amongst others Professionalisation; Public Finance Management (PFM) reforms; SAIs operating in fragile states and SDGs, sparked excitement and enthusiasm in me. I would like to share...
Capacity Building – personally and institutionally rewarding in Tanzania NAO
Being introduced to performance audit for the first time, you can face difficulties in mind-set, thinking that you will always have to conduct audit only in areas of specialization, and nothing else will work just as well. The concerns of conducting audits in...
Fragility – what is it really?
When the Capacity Building Committee held its annual meeting in Washington DC earlier this year, I had the privilege to meet old friends and new colleagues in the international community and discuss how to best support the development of SAIs. One of this year’s...
SAI´s (financial) independence – a pie in the sky?
Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) could count, without any doubt, among the most important pillars in national democratic systems. According to ISSAI 1 (the Lima Declaration), ISSAI 10 (the Mexico Declaration) and UN General Assembly Resolutions A/66/209 (adopted in...
We have to change to stay the same
We have to change to stay the same![1] This was the challenging slogan of the 2014 EUROSAI The Hague congress, underlining the importance of innovation and adaptability for our continuing relevance as Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs). With this call to arms in mind,...
News
INTOSAI Journal Photos from 2025 CBC-IDC Meetings in London
The INTOSAI Journal has generously shared the photos from the 2025 INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee (CBC) meeting in London. To access the photos, visit: CBC Meeting: https://photos.app.goo.gl/MefKrydM4yW1Gqf66 From this page, you should be able to download the...
Extension of deadline for nominations for the Kimi Makwetu award
The INTOSAI Policy, Finance and Administration Committee (PFAC) has extended the deadline for nominations for the Kimi Makwetu Excellence in Capacity Building Award to Friday, August 1st. All INTOSAI members and stakeholders are encouraged to make nominations...
CBC meeting at INCOSAI
27 October the INTOSAI Strategic Goal Committees will hold meetings at the International Congress Center in Sharm El Sheikh, as follows: 9.00-10.00 Professional Standards Committee 10.10-11.10 Capacity Building Committee 11.30-13.00 Knowledge Sharing Committee We...
A Secondment to One of the World’s Most Remote Islands
By Liam Newman and Zainab Naveed, UK National Audit Office This article by Liam Newman and Zainab Naveed (edited by Paul Wright-Anderson), offers their personal reflection on a secondment to St Helena, one of the world’s most remote island states, and highlights the...
INTOSAI Journal Q2 now available
The INTOSAI Journal of Government Auditing has recently published its issue for the second quarter of 2025. (Available here.) It is a thematic issue focusing on auditing infrastructure for resilience and innovation and contains a wealth of information and inspiration...
Reflections at end of term
At the end of his seven year term as Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand, John Ryan shared his reflections, based on both his role as Auditor General and as Secretary General of PASAI. PASAI has also published a paper, covering many of the same topics as the...
Global Insights from the Sub-committee on Peer Review E-Conference
An international e-conference on Peer Review, organized under the auspices of SAO Slovakia, chair of the Subcommittee on Peer Review, brought together over 100 participants from Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) around the world. The event served as a platform for...
Call for nominations to the Kimi Makwetu award for Excellence in Capacity Building
The INTOSAI Policy, Finance and Administration Committee (PFAC) has opened the nomination process for the Kimi Makwetu Excellence in Capacity Building Award. All INTOSAI members and stakeholders are encouraged to nominate Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) or INTOSAI...
Invitation to INTOSAI Side Event at the High-Level Political Forum
The INTOSAI General Secretariat is pleased to invite INTOSAI members and stakeholders to the INTOSAI side vent at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), titled "Growing competencies and capacities of Supreme Audit Institutions for delivering audit value for the...
Recording now available: ACCC Webinar Series on Artificial Intelligence
16-June 2025 You are welcome to listen to the webinar on the implementation of artificial intelligence in public sector auditing, with speakers from Sweden and Ukraine sharing their experiences using various AI tools for transaction analysis, risk assessment, and...