We aim to support and work with SAIs to enable them to influence legislation and PFM systems to improve their independence. Our goal is to support SAIs in their role to increase Pacific people’s trust in public administration, governance and financial management systems. Part of our support will be through sharing what we know about a well-functioning PFM system, to influence more alignment to good practice, increase system accountability, integrity, ethics and transparency. By sharing our knowledge, we seek to influence those with the power to enact change in accountability practices in public organisations. We will work with SAIs to strengthen their relationships with public accounts committees and other relevant legislative committees. We will assist SAIs to support these committees to understand complex audit reports so that they are used effectively.

We aim to support SAIs to deliver their mandate and to enhance audit quality. We will continue to strengthen the relevance, timeliness and quality of audit work. We aim to eliminate financial statement of government audit backlogs and keep them up to date, ensure that SAIs complete all mandatory financial audits, build the quality of all types of audit work including, performance, financial and compliance audits, and investigations. We provide a quality assurance service for the region, enabling SAIs that do not have the capacity to establish an in-house quality assurance function to access this method of confirming the quality of their audit work.

We aim to support SAIs to build their governance and enduring capability to respond to emerging issues, store audit records securely using electronic audit platforms, and support SAIs in developing their IT audit capability. We want to ensure that SAIs can carry out their role and are able to sustain their capabilities at all times. This includes support for the professionalisation of SAI staff by providing training pathways to achieve recognised qualifications and working with other partners. We will support the development of well-governed SAIs with appropriate internal governance and ethics, financial management and support services, communications and stakeholder management.