The SAI audit professional: subject matter expert or generalist?

Sep 11, 2018 | BlogSpot, Competent people, News

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 | Assessment and ongoing improvement, BlogSpot, News

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...

A success factor for both international capacity development programs and international organization’s meetings

May 8, 2018 | BlogSpot

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

Mar 29, 2018 | BlogSpot

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

Mar 2, 2018 | BlogSpot

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...