Ensuring professionalism of SAIs
To optimize the performance of, and trust in, public auditing, SAIs must focus on continuous improvement, competent personnel, professional standards, and ideal work environments. These pillars foster excellence and empower SAIs in fulfilling their mandates.
Ideal working environment
Ideal work environment for SAI: Independence, comprehensive mandates, unrestricted information access, freedom to publish reports and follow-up actions.
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Professional standards and guidance
Professional standards guide INTOSAI members, ensuring quality and consistency in public sector audits, enabling SAIs to effectively fulfil roles.
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Competent people
Core to the audit profession are competent auditors, needing continuous competency development to apply standards in line with their SAI mandate.
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Assessment and ongoing improvement
SAIs should assess and improve compliance with professional standards, measuring holistic performance, ideally via the SAI Performance Measurement Framework.
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New video available on the INTOSAI Competency Framework
Please find below the Competency Framework video 2019, produced by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) within the framework of the CBC Task Force for INTOSAI Auditor Professionalisation (TFIAP). (N.B: this video is 14 MB and may take time to download/view)...
Staffing of PSC new Technical Support Function
The Professional Standards Committee (PSC) leads the efforts within INTOSAI to provide Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) with relevant, professional and clear standards and guidance that add credibility to the work of the individual auditor and the resulting audit...
PASAI Newsletter no. 18 – The partnership issue
In this 18th issue of PASAI’s newsletter, the focus is on the partnerships that enable us to achieve our many ambitious goals - doing the right things, in the right way, with the right people. Among other interesting topics, find out more about the inter-regional...
Hackathon4Transparency, an effective tool for SAIs to communicate with the environment
Please read this inspiring article written by Mouna MSEDDI, Magistrate and President of the regional chamber of Court of Accounts of Tunisia, Sfax, and Anis MASMOUDI, Magistrate at the regional chamber of Court of Accounts of Tunisia, Sfax, and Coordinator of the...
CBC meeting documentation now available
The relevant documentation for the upcoming CBC annual meeting in Tokyo is now available. Please check under the menu tag Annual Meetings/2019 (or click here). You will find general information, overall programme and also specific documentation for the CBC steering...
June 11 webinar on Public Participation in the Audit Process
On Tuesday 11 June at 2 pm Nairobi time, the deputy Auditor General of Kenya, Mr David Gichana, will be sharing his experiences and leading a discussion on Public participation in the audit process. The webinar is part of a series organised by the INTOSAI Capacity...
Our Workstreams
Each workstream uniquely contributes to enhancing public sector auditing. Explore their roles in capacity building, upholding professional standards, and innovating for public administration improvement.
Audit of Donor Funds
The workstream supports CBC’s strategic objective 2.5: “Engage strategically with the wider international development community in the interest of SAI capacity development.”
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Peer-To-Peer Cooperation
Peer-to-peer cooperation is the preferred mode of capacity development for a majority of SAIs. Long term peer-to-peer partnerships between SAIs build on common experiences, missions and identity.
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Regional Forum For Capacity Development
It is CBCs ambition to create a space for exchange of ideas about current strategic issues affecting regional organizations, and explore workable solutions, involving all relevant stakeholders.
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SubCommittee on Peer Reviews
To find Peer Review Materials (Peer Review Reports, Memorandums of Understanding, etc.) please click below:
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ACCC
The aim of ACCC is to develop different methods to support public sector auditing in complex and challenging contexts as well as donors and partner organizations supporting development in this area.
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IntoSAINT
IntoSAINT is a tool to assess the vulnerabilities and the maturity of the integrity controls of SAIs.
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SAI PMF
The SAI PMF enables SAIs to sustainably improve their performance and impact, thereby contributing to the INTOSAI’s mission of fostering continuous improvement in SAI performance.
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Subcommittee on Cooperative Audits
The Subcommittee on Cooperative Audits, known before as Subcommittee 2: Develop advisory and consultant services, was created in 2006 under the scope of the Capacity Building Committee of INTOSAI.
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TFCP
The goal of the task force is to share good practices of citizen participation and civil society engagement in the work of SAIs…
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