Programme
Please find below the outline programme for the Annual Meetings of the Capacity Building Committee and the INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation Steering Committee, taking place in Cape Town, 3-6 October, 2016.
Programme CBC/IDC meetings Cape Town, 3-6 October 2016
Meeting Documents
(for full programme, please see above)
Monday 3 October
09:00-12:30 CBC work streams:
▪ Peer Reviews▪ Cooperative Audits ▪ IntoSAINT ▪ INTOSAI Auditor Certification
14.00-16.30 CBC opening session
Tuesday 4 October
08.30-12.00 CBC plenary session – Theme 1: “Maximising SAI cooperation in support of capacity development”.
13.00-16.30 Regional Forum for Capacity Development:
- Framework on regional professionalism –adoption of a revised draft Framework based on feedback from the Regions
- Regional strategic planning for effective capacity development
- Strategic perspectives from the regions on key challenges and opportunities to successful capacity development (panel discussion
Wednesday 5 October
08.00-10.00 Synergy / joint session – Theme 2: “Maximising the benefits of the SAI PMF in support of SAI capacity development”
Theme II: SAI PMF Progress Report
10.30-13.00 CBC Steering Committee, including finalization of resolutions:
Approval of the agenda
Approval of draft minutes from CBC’s Steering Committee meeting in Stockholm, 2015
Draft Minutes CBC Steering Committee of 10 Sept 2015
INTOSAI Strategic Plan – presentation and endorsement of CBC objectives and initiatives
Reports from the CBC work streams:
Subcommittee on cooperative audits (Peru)
4-a Cooperative Audits Report to SC
Subcommittee on Peer Reviews (Slovakia)
4-b-Peer Review Report to SC, 4-b-ISSAI 5600-2016 endorsement draft, 4-b-ISSAI 5600- annex, 4-b-Peer Review Conference 2018 and 4-b-Peer Review Conference 2018-rationale
IntoSAINT (Netherlands)
4-c-IntoSAINT report to the SC
Task Group on INTOSAI Auditor Certification (South Africa)
4-d-TGIAC Covering Note to SC 2016, 4-d-Enabling Mechanisms Position Paper, and 4-d-Competency Framework
Regional forum for capacity development (South Africa)
4-e- Draft Framework for Regional Professionalism
SAI PMF (South Africa/IDI)
4-f SAI PMF Strategy 2017-2019
SAIs in fragile situations (Sweden)
4-g Draft ToR SAIs in Fragile Situations
CBC Guidance (UK)
4-h-CBC Guides and Occasional Papers Report to SC
CBC website (Sweden)
Approval of CBC Work Plan (2017-19) – The Draft CBC Work Plan will be based on a summary of the work stream reports and will be provided in Cape Town.
Venue and proposed dates for next meeting
Update on arrangements for XXII INCOSAI
Any other business
Closing remarks by CBC Chair
14.00-17.30 INTOSAI-Donor Steering Committee (open session)
– for documents please refer to distribution made by INTOSAI-Donor Secretariat.
Thursday 6 October
INTOSAI-Donor Steering Committee (Members and Official Observers)
– for documents please refer to distribution made by INTOSAI-Donor Secretariat.
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