News from the INTOSAI Development

Initiative

Nordic-Baltic Meeting

Vilnius, Lithuania, 2-3 September 2004

Magnus Borge

Director General

INTOSAI Development Initiative

IDI Annual Report 2003

• Reports on all global and regional activities

• Accounts for 2003, including an estimate of in-kind contributions from SAIs

EUROSAI LTRTP Phase 2

• Coverage: SAIs in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Central Asia

• Bilingual (Russian and English)

• Programme Orientation and Skills Assessment Workshop, Russia, February 2004

EUROSAI Phase 2 CDDW

• Location: Sofia, Bulgaria, April-June 2004• Number of participants: 33 from 19 SAIs• 1 lead instructor and 2 co-instructors;

assistance from the SAIs of Latvia and Poland• 2 subject matter experts for each language

group• Preparation of an 8-day course on

performance auditing

EUROSAI LTRTP Phase 2 (continued)

• Instructional Techniques Workshop: Vilnius, Lithuania, September 2004

• Two design meetings• Two workshop deliveries

IDI co-operation with INTOSAI Standing Committees & Working Groups

• Environmental auditing Two-week workshop developed Delivered twice, in Turkey and Kenya Environmental auditing action plans

• Public debt auditing Two-week workshop developed by “Champions” Delivered twice, in Colombia and Dominican

Republic Pilot audit, Venezuela

• Survey of SAIs

Other developments

• E-learning Pilot performance auditing course in OLACEFS Other courses may follow

• IDI International Directory of Training Courses Course materials can be ordered by SAIs Quality-assured regional or global courses