Strategic Management requires Ownership for Sustainability

Jan 15, 2019 | BlogSpot

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

Nov 13, 2018 | BlogSpot

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

Oct 2, 2018 | BlogSpot, Peer-to-peer

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 work. Today,...

The SAI audit professional: subject matter expert or generalist?

Sep 11, 2018 | BlogSpot

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 private sector...

Tempus fugit or how to make friends and keep them while peer-reviewing a SAI

Aug 22, 2018 | BlogSpot

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...

Measuring INTOSAI regions’ performance for the delivery of capacity development programs

Jul 2, 2018 | BlogSpot

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...