The State Audit Institution (SAI) of the Republic of Serbia conducted a performance audit on the "Justification for Establishing Committees and Other Permanent and Temporary Working Bodies in the Public Sector" to address the issue of taxpayer money...
Autumn 2016
New Zealand’s AG “Reflections” in Reprint
New Zealand's Auditor-General, Lyn Provost, authored the report, "Reflections from Our Audits: Governance and Accountability," which brings together findings and lessons from the office's recent work. The report sparked important conversations across New Zealand's public sector...
AISCUFF Meets in Rabat, Morocco
The Cour des comptes of the kingdom of Morocco welcomed the members of the Association of the Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) having in common the use of the French language (AISCUFF), May 30-June 3, 2016, in Rabat, Morocco...
Romanian SAI Contributes to National Strategy
Last year, the Romanian government approved the National Strategy on Public Procurement, which bears the primary objective of reforming the institutional framework of the Romanian public procurement system. This reformation will be achieved through the incorporation of European directives into national law...
UKNAO Releases Publication on SAIs, Governance
The United Kingdom National Audit Office (NAO) has released "Governance and Supreme Audit Institutions: Reflections from the UK." One of the challenges for Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) is to "practice what we preach," and this publication shows...
Kuwait SAB Contributes to Several Working Groups
The State Audit Bureau of Kuwait continues to participate and contribute to several INTOSAI working groups as part of its ongoing efforts...
New Comptroller General Appointed to SAI Peru
On June 9, 2016, the Congress of the Republic of Peru appointed Edgar Alarcon Tejada, CPA, as the new Comptroller General...
Working Together to Cultivate Capacity, Professionalization
With the Capacity Building Committee meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, wrapping up a few weeks ago, ideas brought to the forefront during the event inspired me to share how, together we can further advance capacity building, and in doing so, contribute to a more robust, more prominent, more professional International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions...
SAI Ecuador Incorporates ISSAIs into Norms
The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Ecuador has created an auditing committee to evaluate the current "Ecuadorian Auditing Governmental Standards" and incorporate the main content of the International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions (ISSAIs) into the updated norms...
Mr. Klaus-Heiner Lehne Assumes Post as ECA President
Mr. Klaus-Heiner Lehne assumed his post as the 11th President of the European Court of Auditors October 1, 2016, for a renewable three-year term...