The Commission for Citizen Engagement (CTPC), an Organization for Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) committee, recently released the “Assessment of the Implementation of Impact Indicators for Good Practices in Citizen Engagement of CTPC Members” report. The report’s study...
Summer 2018
Motivating, Equipping SAIs to Carry Out Peer Reviews
"Peer Reviews Uniting the World of INTOSAI." The slogan on the 2018 Peer Review Conference opening slide was bold and gutsy, but the symbolism was fulfilled—the conference attendance by almost one hundred participants from 47 INTOSAI member organizations and some twenty participants from the host Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) served as proof...
SAI Peru Signs Several Agreements to Extend Joint Efforts
The Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Peru signed inter-institutional cooperation agreements with the SAIs of El Salvador and Guatemala in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 19, 2018. In an effort to strengthen joint capacities, the agreements aim to...
Thailand Hosts IDI, ASOSAI Blended Learning Certification Program
The State Audit Office (SAO) of the Kingdom of Thailand coordinated and hosted an International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) Development Initiative (IDI) Blended Learning Specialist Certification event October 9-27, 2017. The program, conducted in cooperation with IDI...
Changes Need a Person Behind Them
State resources are limited, so desiring more than necessities may become threatening. By our nature, we are more likely to see only the positive sides to our expectations. Rarely do we think our fulfilled dreams come with a price paid by someone else...
Professional Standards Committee Steering Committee Meets in Luxembourg
The European Court of Auditors hosted the 15th annual meeting of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institution’s (INTOSAI) Professional Standards Committee Steering Committee (PSC-SC) in Luxembourg in May 2018. To make the event participative and equip the PSC-SC to effectively fulfill its strategic role to guide the INTOSAI standard-setting process, the annual meeting...
ASOSAI WGEA Holds Seminar, Working Meeting
The State Audit Office of the Kingdom of Thailand hosted the Seventh Seminar on Environmental Auditing in conjunction with the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions’ (ASOSAI) sixth Working Group on Environmental Audit (WGEA) meeting January 29-31, 2018, at Khao Yai National Park, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. Fifty-seven participants from 24 ASOSAI member-states...
SAI Peru Implements New Strategies to Fight Corruption
The Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Peru celebrates the promulgation of the Law for Institutional Strengthening and the National Control System, recently approved by the Peruvian parliament. This law aims to increase transparency, as well as modernize and strengthen...
SCO Finalizes Parallel Audit on Health Care
The Accounts Committee for Control over Execution of the Republic of Kazakhstan’s Republican Budget, the nation’s Supreme Audit Institution (SAI), hosted a joint meeting with the National Audit Office of the People’s Republic of China (CNAO) and the Chamber of Accounts of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyz Republic SAI) in Astana, Kazakhstan, to discuss results of the parallel performance audit on health care...
SAI UAE Continues Tradition of INTOSAI Participation
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) State Audit Institution led the Financial Audit and Accounting Subcommittee meeting in Paro, Kingdom of Bhutan. Dr. Harib Saeed Al Amimi, President of UAE's State Audit Institution and INTOSAI Chairman hosted Ms. Tytti Yli-Viikari, Auditor General of Finland's NAO, to discuss...