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4 th Profile SlotAFROSAI
SummaryFew words on AFROSAI
:Some Success Stories Learning by doing through
cooperative Audits CREFIAF Gender Strategy AFROSAI E Achievements
Next challenges: Inter-regional cooperation Cooperation with African Reginal Organisation
Few words on AFROSAI
AFROSAI is the African Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions•founded in November 1976 in yaoundéfollowing the recommendations of INTOSAI Congress, held in Madrid in 1974•53 SAIs members, coming from different systems :
– Courts of Accounts/ Courts of Audit– Auditors’ General Office– State Inspections/Comptrollers
Few words on AFROSAIpromote and develop the exchange of information and experiences among SAIs of African States in the area of public finance auditing
03 Linguistic Sub-Groups:• :CREFIAF 23 SAI members speaking mainly French•AFROSAI- :E 25 SAI members, speaking mainly English•AFROSAI-A:7 SAI members, speaking Arabic
1 : st Success Story
Learning by doing through
Cooperative Audit
Case of the Lake Chad Joint Audit
Lake Chad joint Audit Use of ISSAI
standards and CBCGuidelines
Training acitivities Mentoring Coming
from experiencedSAIs
Use of Scientific and External Experts
Communication Strategy for the
reports
the added value of Mentoring and distance coaching provided by SAIs of Canada, Tanzania, Kenya,
Morroco, Belgiu m with the support of GIZ SAIs have developed tricks and skills to sell the
reports to key external stakeholders (Parliament, government, regional organization and especially the Citizen)
AFROSAI was able to bring together Auditors coming from different systems, such as Court of Accounts (for Niger and Chad), Auditor General for Nigeria and
hybrid System for Cameroon N ew joint cooperative Audit are planned on topics
: like poaching for AFROSAI-E, the River Nile, the Congo Basin Forest
K ey achievements of this pilot cooperative Audit
2nd Success Story
CREFIAF GENDER STRATEGY FORSAIs
Objectives of Gender Strategy for SAIs
Promote women's access to the auditing profession and enhance the female human resources within SAIs
Create awareness on gender issues
Develop a methodology which integrates gender in the audit public finances
Technical Working Group on
Gender and Developmen
t carried out a
survey in the SAIs of CREFIAF in
2010
Analyses of the results from this survey which
revealed huge
disparities between men and women
Analyses of data from
stakeholders on
determinants of
disparities between men and women
Design Process of the GenderStrategy
1. Promotion of women’s access to decision-making positions and audit professions and strengthening of women’s capacities in SAIs
2. Institutional ownership of the gender approach
3. Incorporation of gender as a subject and criteria of performance audit in public finance management
Priority strategic thrusts
EXPECTEDOUTCOMESsignificant increase, within SAIs, of the number of women in Audit staffgender mainstreaming in SAIs as criterion and subject for performance audit
WAY FORWARDEach SAI is going to carry out experimental activities to implement this strategyThere are consultations going on, on how to adapt this strategy to the whole of the AFROSAI community
AFROSA-E KNOWLEDGE SHARING
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One of the three AFROSAI subgroups E → English-speaking
Mission: AFROSAI-E is committed to cooperate with and support its member SAIs to successfully fulfil their mandates by helping them to reach the highest possible level of achievement of the objectives outlined in the region’s institutional capacity building framework.
Who we are
AFROSAI-E member countriesAngola
Botswana
Ethiopia
Eritrea
The Gambia
Ghana
Lesotho
Kenya
Liberia
Malawi
Mauritius
Namibia
Nigeria
Rwanda
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Africa
South Sudan
Mozambique
Sudan
Tanzania
Swaziland
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
AFROSAI-E institutional partners and donors
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Governance structure (Statutes)
Governing Board25 Members
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Officer
Executive Secretariat
Subcommittees
Human Resources
Finance
Capacity building
Audit
Planning
Committee
Subject Matter Experts
Technical
Committee
Secretariat staff structure
• Approved structure: 17 employees
• 11 Technical (66%), 6 admin (33%)
• 7 (41%) female, 10 (59%) male
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Our capacity building approach
ICBF
• Quality reviews• Self assessments• Workshops• Operations• Requests
Gap analysisNeeds of SAIs
Corporate Plan - Strategic imperative- Operational interventions
Annual ReportActivity Report
Annual Work Plan
Value and Benefit
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INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING FRAMEWORK
How do we operate?
Organisation and
management
Human resources
Audit standards and methodology
Communication and stakeholder
management
Independence and legal
framework
Strategic imperativesOperational interventions (core business)
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Products Guidelines Training courses (material) Manuals e.g. RAM & PAM Handbook
Services Research and development Training events Management development program Bilateral support programs
Our Products and Services
What we achieved in 2013
Strategic ImperativesPlanned activities
Achieved
1: Independence 3 2
2: Use of IT 9 8
3: HR and MDP 13 10
4: Quality Assurance 4 3
5: Performance Auditing 16 14 6: Comm & Stakeholder Man
8 7
Operational Interventions 17 13
Total 70 57
81%
Regional Assessment based on ICBF Domains
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Annual Integrated Report Annual activity report
www.afrosai-e.org.za
Measuring Performance
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Continuation of products and servicesProfessionalisationLeadership development program for top
executivesCollaborative auditsCommunication Information technology
What do we plan for the future?
AFROSAI NEXTCHALLENGES
Inter regional and cross
regionalcooperation
AFROSAI took two major steps in inter-regional cooperation as concerns capacity building of its Member SAIs. In this regard, two MOUs have been signed
Areas ofcooperation
Institutionnal Capacity Distance Learning Cooperatives and
Coordinated Audits Performance and
Environmental Auditing Knowledge Management
and Knowledge sharing Peer reviewsand SAI PMF
C ommunication with external Stakelholders
Innovation
Cooperation with African Regional Organisation
the value and impact of African SAIs are still not enoughknown and visible to African political organizations
Inspired by the approach adopted by INTOSAI withUN, AFROSAI
planned to
promote the independence of SAIs
advocate for strengthening the mandate of SAIs
promote the value and benefits of SAIs in the context of emerging economies in Africa and to ensure sustainable development
Cooperation with African Regional Organisation
GraciasMerci
Thank youشكرا لكObrigado
AsantéSana
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