The Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Pakistan was recently reorganized to provide more effective, harmonized and streamlined audit coverage. The Audit of the Energy sector was divided among several audit sections...
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Control, Oversight System Reformed in Republic of Belarus
Changes in legislation regulating oversight activity became effective in the Republic of Belarus January 1, 2018. These innovations, outlined in the presidential decree “On Measures to Improve Control (Oversight) Activities,” were developed by a specially created working group headed by the Supreme Audit Institution of Belarus...
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Restructuring to Improve Capacity, Ensure Quality
Germany’s Supreme Audit Institution (SAI), also known as the Bundesrechnungshof, implemented a major restructuring project from 2015-2016 that fundamentally reformed its organizational structure and strengthened practices and procedures leading to...
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SAB Kuwait Restructures, Adds Sectors, Departments
The State Audit Bureau (SAB) of Kuwait amended its organizational structure to include six audit sectors and four new departments: Internal Audit, Reports Follow-up, Quality Assurance and Strategic Planning. The SAB acting president led an official delegation to Albania’s State Supreme Audit Office in March, resulting in...
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UAE SAI Moves to New HQ, Honors CIPFA Graduates
The State Audit Institution of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially moved into its new headquarters on April 2, 2017, in Zayed City. Dr. Harib Al Amimi, President of UAE’s State Audit Institution, stated that allocating an independent structure for the organization emphasized leadership’s interest in enhancing the Supreme Audit Institution’s (SAI) ability to support, empower and...
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New Financial Audit System Introduced in Finland
A new financial audit system was introduced in Finland on January 1, 2016. On that date, the new Auditing Act and the Act on Audits of Public Administration and General Government Finances entered into force and harmonized the system of auditor’s examinations and the supervision of audits. There are about 1,600 approved auditors in Finland. Until the end of 2015...