News

The Strategic Importance of Foresight for the Work of Supreme Audit Institutions

The chair of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), Minister Bruno Dantas, in his…

Standard setting is one of INTOSAI’s most strategically important and visible activities, and the Forum for INTOSAI Professional Pronouncements (FIPP) plays a key role in the process of ensuring the…

Energy Transition in the Context of the Climate Crisis

Energy is essential for economic growth and social development as it powers our homes, industries, and societies. At the core of the global…

Invitation to help implement the Strategic Development Plan (SDP) for INTOSAI’s Professional Pronouncements

Some weeks ago, the Professional Standards Committee contacted all SAIs and Regional…

The issue of SAI independence and the need to recognize the repercussions created by a decline of SAIs‘ mandates and their operational autonomy is addressed in the article “Accountability is in danger…

Submitted research projects must focus on the practical work carried out by Supreme Audit Institutions. The idea is to explore and deepen knowledge in priority areas of external control and public…

Strengthening the Independence of Supreme Audit Institutions: A Global Commitment

Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) have an essential role in the governmental accountability framework, as they are…

IDI published its fifth Global SAI Stocktaking Report

The "Global SAI Stocktaking Report" – now online on the website of the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) – is a triannual report prepared by…

Following a long-standing tradition, the 26th UN/INTOSAI Symposium, which is jointly held by the General Secretariat of INTOSAI and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN…

The Importance of ISSAI 140 for Quality Management in Government Audits

To guarantee the trust, credibility, and effectiveness of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs), it is crucial to ensure the…

From 11 to 15 March 2024, INTOSAI's financial statements for the year 2023 were audited at the headquarters of the INTOSAI General Secretariat in Vienna, Austria.

The external auditors from the SAIs…

The role of Supreme Audit Institutions in gender equality

According to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2023, it will take 131 years to reach global gender parity at the current…

The role of Supreme Audit Institutions in the prevention and mitigation of disasters

It is notorious that natural disasters have become increasingly more common on our planet. This alarming reality…

As we mark one year into the Strategic Development Plan (SDP) for INTOSAI's Framework of Professional Pronouncements (IFPP), we would like to draw your attention to this important document and…

DPIDG/UNDESA and the International Budget Partnership (IBP) in collaboration with Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) and partners are organizing a webinar series (February 1, 8, 15 and April 11, 2024,…

The INTOSAI Working Group on Financial and Economic Stability held its tenth annual meeting in Rome, Italy on November 8–9, 2023. Nearly 60 representatives from 23 SAIs attends the two-day meeting…

What is the role of Supreme Audit Institutions in relation to immigrants, refugees, and stateless people?

The 1951 Refugee Convention, the 1967 Protocol, and the 1969 Refugee Convention of the…

The Role of Supreme Audit Institutions in Addressing the Challenges of Digital Transformation of Governments

We are living in a time of profound transformation, driven by an unprecedented pace of…

On 22 November 2023, in the follow-up to the 77^th meeting of the INTOSAI Governing Board, INTOSAI's four Goal Committees, the Forum for INTOSAI Professional Pronouncements and the INTOSAI General…

On the heels of INTOSAI's 70^th anniversary celebrations, the INTOSAI Governing Board convened for its 77^th meeting on 21 November 2023. As on the day before, when INTOSAI commemorated 70 years of…

The festive anniversary events held in November 2023 on the special occasion of INTOSAI’s 70^th anniversary and the 60^th anniversary of the INTOSAI General Secretariat centre around global sustainable…

The Supreme Audit Institutions in the Fight against the Climate Crisis: ClimateScanner, a global initiative of INTOSAI

Global warming and the ongoing climate changes in the world are undoubtedly the…

The role of Supreme Audit Institutions in auditing policies to combat hunger and poverty

Last September, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit took place in New York, USA, marking the…

The chair of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), Minister Bruno Dantas, in his first open letter, reinforces the relevant role of these organizations on budget…

On September 4, the Secretary General and the Chairman of INTOSAI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York.

UNDP Assistant…

"Moving towards full SDG implementation by partnering for greater impact of SDG audits."

This was the topic explored by the INTOSAI Side Event at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on…

The INTOSAI Journal is delighted to announce that the new INTOSAI Journal website is finally here!

Some of the great new features of the new website include:

• Enhanced search and browsing across…

INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) is commissioning two separate evaluations of the Accelerated Peer-Support Partnership (PAP-APP) Phase 2: 2020–2024 (PAP-APP Phase 2) programme and the Bilateral…

The INTOSAI Working Group on Financial Modernization and Regulatory Reform (WGFMRR) recently approved a name change through a majority vote of its members to the Working Group on Financial and…

From 8 to 10 May 2023, the Forum for INTOSAI Professional Pronouncements (FIPP) convened in Manama, Bahrain, and held a joint seminar with the INTOSAI Goal Chairs and the INTOSAI General Secretariat…

Please find below a letter from the Chair of the INTOSAI Professional Standards Committee (PSC) inviting applicants to become a member of the Forum for INTOSAI Professional Pronouncements (FIPP). You…

On 2 May 2023, a delegation of the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Brazil visited the INTOSAI General Secretariat. INTOSAI Secretary General Dr. Margit Kraker welcomed the chair of INTOSAI,…

On 13 April 2023, the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) launched a call for expressions of interest for the selection of two new members to the IDI Board.

The IDI Board consists of 10 members,…

Last March, the president of the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), Minister Bruno Dantas, who also chairs the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), attended the 24th…

From 20 to 23 March 2023, INTOSAI's financial statements for the year 2022 were audited at the headquarters of the INTOSAI General Secretariat in Vienna, Austria.

The external auditors from the SAIs…

The UK NAO has the pleasure to announce the next meeting of the EUROSAI project group on COVID-19. The project group will host a webinar on the subject of "The long term impact of Covid-19". This will…

On 9 February, INTOSAI Secretary General Margit Kraker met with the President of the SAI of Egypt and Vice-Chair of INTOSAI, Counsellor Hesham Badawy, in Cairo. This meeting was held in preparation of…

On a periodical basis, the INTOSAI community is invited to provide input on the future of the organization's standard-setting activities in general and the INTOSAI Framework of Professional…

In the framework of INCOSAI XXIV, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 11 November 2022, INTOSAI's Goal Committees 1–3 submitted twelve Professional Pronouncements to Congress for endorsement.

I…

With the adoption of the Rio Declaration, INCOSAI XXIV was successfully concluded on 11 November 2022. Overall, some 700 representatives of INTOSAI’s member SAIs as well as external stakeholders…

INTOSAI Strategic Plan 2023–2028 (adopted version)
12/12/2022

The INTOSAI Task Force on Strategic Planning is pleased to present the revised  draft of the INTOSAI Strategic Plan 2023–2028.…

In preparation of the INTOSAI Strategic Development Plan (SDP) 2023–2025, which will serve to operationalize the INTOSAI Strategic Plan 2023–2028 to be adopted at INCOSAI XXIV, the Forum for INTOSAI…

The INTOSAI Task Force on Strategic Planning is pleased to present the second exposure draft of the INTOSAI Strategic Plan 2023–2028 for comment through 9 September 2022.

The Task Force created a…

On 19 July 2022, the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) launched a call for expressions of interest for the selection of two new members to the IDI Board.

The IDI Board consists of 10 members,…

"Accelerating implementation of the 2030 Agenda – the contribution of Supreme Audit Institutions." This topic was at the core of the INTOSAI Side Event held jointly by the INTOSAI General Secretariat,…

The INTOSAI Task Force on Strategic Planning (TFSP) continues to make significant progress in developing the INTOSAI Strategic Plan for 2023-2028.^[1]  Based on the results of the internal and external…

On 8 June 2022, a delegation of the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Saudi Arabia visited the INTOSAI General Secretariat. INTOSAI Secretary General Dr. Margit Kraker welcomed the Second Vice-Chair…

On 2 June 2022, in the framework of the World Justice Forum in The Hague, the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) organized an event on the topic "Challenges and Trends for Accountability…

On 25 May 2022, an INTOSAI delegation consisting of INTOSAI First Vice-Chair Minister Bruno Dantas, INTOSAI Secretary General Dr. Margit Kraker and Members of the INTOSAI Governing Board Dr. Harib…

On 5 May 2022, thanks to the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions, a working meeting between the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) and the INTOSAI General Secretariat was held in person in the…

The INTOSAI Task Force on Strategic Planning (TFSP) continues to develop the INTOSAI Strategic Plan for 2023-2028. The most recent quarterly staff-level meeting of the TFSP in December 2021 focused on…

On 3 March 2022, a delegation of the SAI of Brazil, headed by Minister Bruno Dantas and Minister Walton Alencar Rodrigues, visited INTOSAI Secretary General Margit Kraker at the premises of the…

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the General Secretariat of INTOSAI are pleased to announce the publication of the proceedings of the 25th UN/INTOSAI Symposium in…

The Winter 2022 edition is now online at www.intosaijournal.org.

You can also download the current issue here. Previous issues as well as translations of the editions are available online at the INTO…

Findings from recent research (including IDI’s Global SAI Stocktaking Report and the Word Bank’s SAI Independence Index) show that the independence of SAIs is declining in many regions of the world.…

The INTOSAI Governing Board convened for the 75th time on 23 November 2021, and for the second time the meeting was held in a virtual mode due to the pandemic. Overall, about 130 auditors representing…

IDI published its fourth Global SAI Stocktaking Report

The recently launched Global SAI Stocktaking Report 2020 contains a wealth of data on the current situation and challenges of Supreme Audit…

On 19 October 2021, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) celebrated its 100th anniversary in the form of a virtual event entitled "GAO’s INTOSAI and International Capacity Development…

The 25th UN/INTOSAI Symposium on “Working during and after the pandemic: building on the experience of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) for strengthening effective institutions and achieving…

Working Group on SDGs and Key Sustainable Development Indicators

The INTOSAI Working Group on SDGs and Key Sustainable Development Indicators (WGSDG KSDI) has published its third Newsletter and…

The INTOSAI Secretary General participated at the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
 

"Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the…

Online for the first time and with almost 300 participants from 120 countries
 

The 25th UN/INTOSAI Symposium was held from 28 to 30 June 2021. For the first time in its 50-year-old history, the…

INTOSAI Secretary General Margit Kraker reported on the contribution of SAIs to the implementation of SDG 16 during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
 

In the framework of the virtual SDG 16 Conference…

The SAI Performance Measurement Framework (SAI PMF) is an international assessment framework of a SAI’s performance against the International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions (ISSAIs) and other…

Following on to the work of the INTOSAI Policy, Finance, and Administration Committee Covid-19 initiative and lessons learned report, the Comptroller General of the United States is forming a…

The XI EUROSAI Congress was held on 14 and 15 April 2021. President Miloslav Kala, Head of the SAI of the Czech Republic and Chair of EUROSAI for the period of 2021 to 2024, invited the EUROSAI member…

The INTOSAI Supervisory Committee on Emerging Issues (SCEI) is pleased to introduce the final version of the Recommendations to the INTOSAI Governing Board.

The document was created as the outcome of…

On 9 December 2020, the SAI of the United Arab Emirates held a virtual conference on a topic of particular importance in these times marked by COVID-19 and the economic challenges of the pandemic:…

The date of 12 November 2020 marked the 30th anniversary of the European Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (EUROSAI), the youngest of the seven Regional Organizations of INTOSAI. The decision…

It is with deep sadness and a great sense of loss that the INTOSAI community received the news that Kimi Makwetu, the Auditor General of South Africa, Chair of the INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee…

As many as 33 delegations of SAIs met virtually on the occasion of the 74th meeting of the Governing Board on 10 November 2020. The meeting was chaired by the SAI of the Russian Federation and…

On 25 November 2020, the SAI of Lithuania will host the 4th National Conference on Sustainable Development SIGNALS.

Distinguished government, academia, and civil society leaders as well as officials…

Working Group on SDGs and Key Sustainable Development Indicators
 

The INTOSAI Working Group on SDGs and Key Sustainable Development Indicators has published its first Newsletter. This is a milestone…

Request for comments on the Exposure Draft of the Performance Audit ISSAI Implementation Handbook – Version 0
 

The INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) has developed a new Performance Audit ISSAI…

INTOSAI and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) share the goal to ensure transparency, accountability and inclusiveness in the use of government expenditure, including emergency funding, through…

ISSAI 2000 and GUID 2900

The INTOSAI Professional Standards Committee has published the following two new exposure drafts, both part of the same project "Consolidate and improve INTOSAI practice…

GUID 4900 and GUID 5330

The INTOSAI Professional Standards Committee has published the following two new exposure drafts in the process of developing new INTOSAI Pronouncements:

Provide Guidance on…

The General Secretariat continues to assist the INTOSAI members and institutions within the possibilities of the necessary restrictions that affect the operations of our organizations during this…

INTOSAI and its Development Initiative (IDI) are delighted to present the pilot version of IDI's SDGs Audit Model (ISAM). ISAM is a practical "how-to" guidance aimed to support SAIs in conducting high…

In its capacity as the SDG coordination and information platform within INTOSAI, the INTOSAI General Secretariat organized an SDG coordination meeting in Vienna on 13 February 2020.

The coordination…

A meeting entitled "Strengthening Collaboration between Anti-corruption Authorities and SAIs" was held in the run-up to the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against…

Upon the invitation of the Forum for INTOSAI Professional Pronouncements (FIPP), all FIPP members, the INTOSAI goal chairs, the chairs of the INTOSAI subcommittees and working groups and the INTOSAI…

How can the member SAIs of AFROSAI and EUROSAI contribute to the successful implementation of the SDGs?

This question was discussed by the participants of the EUROSAI-AFROSAI Seminar on "Sharing…

The 13th ARABOSAI General Assembly was held in Doha, Qatar, from 10 to 14 November 2019. In addition to the members of ARABOSAI, numerous observers, such as the General Secretariat of INTOSAI,…

The XXIX OLACEFS General Assembly was held in San Salvador, El Salvador, from 16 to 18 October 2019. In addition to the 20 full members of OLACEFS, numerous associated members as well as observers,…

The most important document of XXIII INCOSAI, which was held in Moscow, Russian Federation, in the last week of September 2019, is the Moscow Declaration. More than 650 delegates representing 168…

From 22 to 23 July 2019, IDI and UNDESA held, for the third time, the jointly organized "SAI Leadership and Stakeholder Meeting" (Report) in New York. This time it revolved around "Supreme Audit…

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between INTOSAI and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)  was officially signed on 30 July 2019 in the Vienna International Centre by the INTOSAI…

High-level representatives of governments, international organizations, academics and civil society as well as development experts from around the world convened in Rome, Italy, from 27 to 29 May 2019…

The INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) has developed a new Compliance Audit iCAT (Exposure draft -Version 0). The iCAT is a tool for mapping an SAI’s compliance audit practice against the compliance…

The Chair and Vice Chair of the INTOSAI Policy, Finance and Administration Committee, in consultation and cooperation with the INTOSAI General Secretariat, prepared the first INTOSAI Performance and…

The SAI Israel organized from 11 to 14 March 2019 in Jerusalem, Israel the III EUROSAI–ASOSAI Conference on "Emerging Issues und Emerging Situations". 44 SAIs from Europe and Asia and the INTOSAI…

From 4 to 8 March 2019, INTOSAI’s financial statements for the year 2018 were audited at the headquarters of the INTOSAI General Secretariat in Vienna, Austria.

Auditors from the SAIs of Ghana and…

The INTOSAI General Secretariat, together with IDI and representatives of 3 international SAIs, participated in the 5th Partners for Review network meeting on the role of SAIs in the 2030 Agenda…

INTOSAI Secretary General, Margit Kraker, and the Steering Committee INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation Chair and Vice-Chair, Hussam Alangari und Gene Dodaro, met on 13 February 2019 the Interim President of…

On 17 October 2018 the INTOSAI General Secretariat participated in Geneva within the UN-DESA Global Workshop for SDG Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) in a Knowledge Exchange on approaches and tools…

From 19th to 22nd September 2018 the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) hosted the 14th ASOSAI Assembly and the 7th ASOSAI Symposium on "Environmental Audit for Sustainable Development" in Hanoi,…