Tag: community engagement

Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) have increasingly expanded their role beyond legal compliance and administrative regularity to improve public policies and the quality of services delivered to society. Despite this evolution, many audits still focus on bureaucratic processes, governance structures, and institutional indicators, without fully capturing how public-sector shortcomings affect citizens’ daily lives.

Environmental audits, especially in marine protected areas, face challenges in obtaining reliable evidence as environmental conditions often evolve gradually and are not completely reflected in routine monitoring records. Such challenges may necessitate an approach beyond conventional audit methods.

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) uses several approaches to engage with citizens and CSOs during the course of a performance audit, particularly during the fieldwork phase.

BPK enhances the role of the community in public sector audits through three public information services, implemented by the PPID.