Capacity development and professionalization initiative of the SAO Afghanistan

Jan 13, 2021 | Good Stories, HR-challenges

Download PDF The challenge Due to prolonged conflict and prevailing unfavorable conditions in Afghanistan, there is a shortage of qualified people to perform the functions of public sector audit at the SAO. This has resulted to a heavy reliance on international...

Making audit findings understood among a non-literate population (Sierra Leone)

Oct 17, 2018 | Good Stories, Ideal working environment, News, SAI State Building Contribution

Download PDF By Mrs Lara Taylor-Pearce, Auditor General, Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) In Sierra Leone, 80 % of the population are non-literate. How then to make sure the audit findings are shared and understood among the population? On an annual basis, after the...

Real time audit – to add value when the country is experiencing an epidemy (SAI Sierra Leone)

Oct 17, 2018 | Good Stories, Ideal working environment, News, SAI State Building Contribution

Download PDF By Mrs Lara Taylor-Pearce, Auditor General, Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) Due to an emergence of the dreaded Ebola virus in-country, with funds pouring in from domestic and external sources to help quell the epidemic, we saw the need to undertake a...

Increasing the impact of audit recommendations (SAI Kosovo)

Oct 17, 2018 | Good Stories, Ideal working environment, News, SAI State Building Contribution

Download PDF By Mr Besnik Osmani, Auditor General of Kosovo       Despite its fragile and challenging environment, the Kosovo National Audit Office (KNAO), continuously drafts, submits and publishes audit reports. In 2016, we submitted reports containing 1314...

Saying no to donors if SAI priorities are not supported (Sierra Leone)

Oct 17, 2018 | Good Stories, Ideal working environment, News, Stakeholder management

Download PDF By Mrs Lara Taylor-Pearce, Auditor General, Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) One common challenge facing SAIs in challenging situations hinges around the conflict over receiving funds for identified needs and donors providing funds based on their...

Catching-up through strategic leadership (SAI Somalia)

Oct 17, 2018 | Good Stories, Ideal working environment, Improvement of SAI Performance, News

Download PDF By Auditor General Mohamed M. Ali, Office of the Auditor General, Somalia Many SAIs in fragile states have vast potential for change and improvement, yet are often hindered by numerous obstacles to progress. Most notably are the external environment and...