78th Governing Board meeting in Cairo, Egypt

Cooperation, communication and foresight – under these guiding themes the INTOSAI Governing Board convened for its 78th meeting in Cairo, Egypt, on 28 October 2024. The meeting was attended by 102 SAI representatives of 28 Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) and resulted in the adoption of 39 motions presented by the INTOSAI leadership and INTOSAI’s bodies.

The 78th Governing Board meeting also featured a roundtable of INTOSAI’s Regional Organizations, which was facilitated by the Chair of INTOSAI, the SAI Brazil, and revolved around the topic "Experiences of the Regional Organizations – emerging issues and partnership with INTOSAI". The report "Navigating Global Trends. Future Implications for Supreme Audit Institutions", which was prepared by the Expert Group of INTOSAI’s Supervisory Committee on Emerging Issues (SCEI) led by the SAI Brazil, provided the backdrop and basis of the discussions on trends that are already and will most likely be impacting the work of SAIs. The trends highlighted by the Regional Organizations were in particular “Digital Transformation of Governments and Society”, “Climate Change and the Triple Planetary Crisis”, “Rising Inequalities”, “Global Migration” and “Erosion of Trust in Institutions”. The roundtable yielded insightful presentations and accounts by the panellists and laid the ground for the SCEI meeting held subsequently on 29 October 2024.

Another key document adopted by the Governing Board, which will shape INTOSAI’s activities and, in particular, its communications is the "INTOSAI Brand Guidelines". This manual provides guidance on the use of INTOSAI’s reinforced logo and imagery and contains the tools to be harnessed by INTOSAI’s bodies to establish a strong and cohesive brand identity.

Furthermore, the Governing Board took the following key decisions:

• Approval of the Rules of Procedure for INCOSAI XXV, thereby laying the ground for the upcoming Congress of INTOSAI to be held in Sharm El-Sheikh in October 2025;
• Approval of the amended Terms of Reference of the INTOSAI Future Award to be conferred to an INTOSAI member SAI for future-oriented approaches, achievements and contributions in the framework of INCOSAI XXV;
• Adoption of the INTOSAI Brand Guidelines;
• Approval of the SCEI Global Trends Report;
• Taking note of the progress on implementing the Strategic Development Plan (SDP);
• Approve the appointment of Mr Hilal Huseynov (SAI Azerbaijan), Mr Faizy Mansoury (SAI Tanzania) and Ms Archana Shirsat (IDI) as new members of the Forum for INTOSAI Professional Pronouncements (FIPP);
• Acknowledgement that capacity development is an INTOSAI-wide undertaking, take note of the renewed and coordinated efforts by all Goal 2 contributors to expedite progress in the targeted Goal 2 results areas;
• Approval of GUID 5101 – Guidance on Audit of Information Security developed by SAI India as the Project Lead and Chair of INTOSAI Working Group on IT Audit;
• Approval of six documents developed under the quality assurance procedure for documents not included in the INTOSAI Framework of Professional Pronouncements by the Working Group on Public Debt, the Working Group on IT Audit, the Working Group on SDGs and Key Sustainable Development Indicators and the INTOSAI Working Group on Audit of Extractive Industries;
• Approval of the formation of new INTOSAI Working Group on Follow-Up Audits (WGFA), to be chaired by the SAI of Malaysia, under the Knowledge Sharing Committee (KSC);
• Approve the change of Chairmanship of INTOSAI Working Group on Impact of Science and Technology on Audit (WGISTA) from SAI UAE to SAI Egypt;
• Taking note of the creation of JURISAI and the envisaged amendment to the INTOSAI Statutes at INCOSAI XXV to integrate JURISAI as a related entity.