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

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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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