Author: International Journal of Government Auditing
Numerous INTOSAI bodies, regional organizations and other affiliated groups were represented at booth spaces throughout the INCOSAI.
INCOSAI delegates utilized the booths as a meaningful opportunity to connect with one another.
Clockwise from top left: (1) JURISAI; (2) JURISAI; (3) AFROSAI; (4) AFROSAI; (5) INTOSAI Journal; (6) INTOSAI General Secretariat. Source: INTOSAI JournalClockwise from top left: (1) INTOSAI Chair, SAI Egypt and the INTOSAIWorking Group on Impact of Science and Technology on Auditing (WGISTA), and the INTOSAI Working Group on the Fight Against Corruption and Money Laundering (WGFACML); (2) INTOSAI Professional Standards Committee; (3) INTOSAI Professional Standards Committee (PSC) and IDI Memorandum of Understanding Signing at the PSC Booth. Source: INTOSAI JournalClockwise from top left: (1) ARABOSAI; (2) ARABOSAI; (3) The General Court of Audit of Saudi Arabia; (4) The General Court of Audit of Saudi Arabia; (4) The INTOSAI General Secretariat, Dr. Margit Kraker, meets with Dr. Isma Yatun, Audit Board of Indonesia Chairwoman and INTOSAI Vice Chair at the SAI Indonesia booth; (5) The Audit Board of Indonesia, INTOSAI Vice Chair. Source: INTOSAI JournalClockwise from top left: (1) Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts; (2) Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts; (3) INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee; (4) INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee; (5 CAROSAI. Source: INTOSAI JournalClockwise from top left: (1) INTOSAI Knowledge Sharing Committee and the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing; (2) INTOSAI Knowledge Sharing Committee and the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing; (3) INTOSAI Policy, Finance, and Administration Committee; (4) INTOSAI Policy, Finance, and Administration Committee; (5) INTOSAI Development Initiative. Source: INTOSAI Journal
About 25% of all supreme audit institutions (SAIs) represented in INTOSAI undertake jurisdictional activities. Most of them are found in the French-speaking, Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking areas of the world. But, it’s an attractive model that extends beyond these linguistic and cultural spheres: Latvia, South Africa and Thailand have recently equipped their SAIs with a new competence and an appropriate organization to sanction the misuse of public money. Others, like Indonesia or Vietnam, are willing to obtain new jurisdictional powers or similar functions. This is also a model that can evolve: The French legislator has just radically reformed the system of liability for public managers, which had been in force for decades.
The INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) achieves significant and sustainable impact through the way it works. Following Costa Rica’s implementation of “Bridge to Development,” a national strategy aimed at caring for families in extreme poverty, IDI supported Costa Rica’s Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) with analyzing and evaluating the program’s effectiveness and efficiency…
