Apr 14, 2020 | BlogSpot, General, News
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...
Jan 14, 2020 | BlogSpot, Competent people, News
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...
Nov 26, 2019 | BlogSpot, Ideal working environment, News
Camilla Lindståhl 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...
Nov 4, 2019 | Assessment and ongoing improvement, BlogSpot, News
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 –...
Apr 23, 2019 | Assessment and ongoing improvement, BlogSpot, News
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,...
Mar 29, 2019 | BlogSpot, News, Professional standards and guidance
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...
