Yearly Archives: 2014

News 2014

Interested parties from all SAIs are invited to apply The INTOSAI Development Initiative – IDI is accepting applications internationally for six vacant positions. The IDI is a nonprofit organisation that acts as capacity-building secretariat for the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) with its main office in Oslo, Norway. Its aim is to improve the institutional capacity of […]

The face-to-face phase took place over three months in Mexico ASF The OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee (CCC) is pleased to announce the closing of the face-to-face phase of the third edition of the 2014 Internship Programme on “Performance Audit” on December 11 this year This practical learning activity was planned and scheduled under the CCC […]

Held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 9-10 The Capacity Building Committee (CCC) of the Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) reports that, in the context of its remit, it scheduled the Peer Review Planning Workshop-Seminar held in Tegucigalpa-Honduras on December 9-10 with the participation of those SAIs that expressed interest in participating […]

The Superior Audit Office of the Federation of Mexico and OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee invite the OLACEFS  community to follow the online transmission of the Closing Ceremony of the Third Internship Programme on Performance Audit Practice of the Superior Audit Office of the Federation of Mexico. The event will start at 10.00 a.m. (Mexico City […]

Participation of more than 164 representatives from SAIs worldwide and international cooperation agencies Last Thursday, November 27 the 24th General Assembly of the Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) drew to a close in the city of Cusco, Peru, with an emotive speech by the President of the Organisation Minister Augusto […]

Held as part of the 24th OLACEFS General Assembly On November 25 2014, on the first day of the 24th OLACEFS General Assembly in Cusco, a panel of experts debated initiatives for governance and the fight against corruption. The panel included presentations by Julio Bacio Terracino, Policy Analyst for Public Governance and Territorial Development at […]

The President of Peru opens the event on Tuesday November 25 The fight against corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean is a central topic of discussion at the 24th Ordinary General Assembly of the Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), which opened on November 25 in the city of Cusco, […]

Issue N° 16, July to December 2014. See the bi-annual OLACEFS magazine, N° 16 – July to December 2014  

This Monday, November 24, the 60th OLACEFS Board of Directors Meeting was held in the city of Cusco, Peru. From nine in the morning until seven at night, in an intense session, the heads of the Supreme Audit Institutions of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Honduras, Paraguay and Peru, along with representatives of Committees, Commissions and Working […]

24th General Assembly takes place in Cusco, Peru. See newsletter

Wide media coverage of the event A number of articles in the press have mentioned the OLACEFS 24th General Assembly in Peru and the fact that Cusco will be host to 24 Latin American Comptrollers and other important international guests who will be speaking at the various meetings. Some of the main news stories can […]

The Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions advises the SAIs of the region of the sad passing of Dr. Guillermo Arguello Poessy, President of the Superior Council of the Office of the Comptroller General of Nicaragua, who died on the morning of Saturday, November 15. The organisation also extends its condolences, support […]

The INTOSAI Capacity-Building Committee (CBC) will present a report to the Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) on the last Annual Meeting held in September in the city of Lima, Peru. The report – which is available to be downloaded – covers areas such as the road ahead and the work plan for the […]

It is also extends an invitation to see the conservation work carried out on this building From November 2014 the General Audit Office of the Nation of Argentina (AGN), will have new headquarters at Av. Rivadavia 1745, Autonymous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina 1033AAH,. Tel: (5411) 4124-3700 –www.agn.gov.ar. The new headquarters are an historical building of […]

The meetings were held in the city of Encarnacion from October 20 to 23, 2014 The 19th Meeting of the Joint Committee and the 21st Meeting of the Coordination Group of the Organisation of SAIs of MERCOSUR countries, Bolivia and Peru (EFSUR) were held from October 20 – 23 in the city of Encarnacion, Paraguay. […]

The competition attracted 100 proposals from 13 SAIs. The competition to modernise the OLACEFS logo in 2014 was approved by Resolution 28/2013/AG at the 23rd OLACEFS Ordinary General Assembly held in Santiago de Chile between December 9 – 12, 2013. The change in the logo signifies an alteration and adaptation of the visual identity of […]

Contributions are highlighted regarding the regional agenda on civil society engagement. In the framework of the Transparency, Citizen Participation and Accuntability Initiative (TPA) which brings together those civil society organisations of different Latin American countries interested in contributing to strengthening of public control systems, OLACEFS has made contributions to the website in an effort to bring the […]

The aim was to learn from the work of the Executive Secretariat A delegation from the programme that the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GIZ) runs with AFROSAI, visited Chile’s SAI to find out about best practices and lessons learnt in matters of administration and management in the Executive Secretariat of the Organisation of Latin American and […]

The aim is to identify needs and supply in the area of professional development The objective of the OLACEFS Capacity-Building Committee (CCC) is to contribute to the strengthening and modernisation of SAIs through the development of capacities and strengthening of professional and institutional competences. In order to achieve this goal in 2015, the CCC requests […]

The winners are those who have contributed to strengthening SAIs The Order of Merit of the Americas for Control is an award presented to those who have shown exceptional merit in their contributions to external control. The 59th Board of Directors Meeting in Buenos Aires, approved the rules and the establishment of the Americas Award […]

This activity is planned by GTANIA and run by Mexico’s SAI The OLACEFS Capacity-Building Committee, with the aim of creating and boosting the professional and institutional competencies of the Supreme Audit Institutions in the region, invites them to take part in the Induction Course on the INTOSAI Regulatory Framework (2.0). The event will be led […]

Held in Asuncion, Paraguay, September 17 and 18, 2014 Last Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th of September, the 19th Face-to-Face Meeting of the Capacity-Building Committee (CCC) of the Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) was held in the city of Asuncion with the support of the Office of the Comptroller General […]

This took place in Havana, Cuba, from September 8 to 12, 2014. OLACEFS Capacity-Building Committee (CCC) reports the branch course on Control Tools in the Fight Against Corruption, the Cuban Experience, held from September 8 – 12, 2014. The activity was attended by eight SAIs from Cuba, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Panama, Dominican […]

In October, three virtual courses will be given through the platforms of the SAIs of Brazil and Peru OLACEFS Capacity-Building Committee reports that, with the aim of continuing support for the Supreme Audit Institutions of the region to develop and boost their competencies, the call for registration for the virtual courses to be held this […]

The Capacity-Building Committee (CCC) has the pleasure of announcing that on September 17, 2014, the inauguration of the face-to-face phase of the third edition of the 2014 Professional Internship Programme on the Practice of Performance Audit took place. The virtual phase, meanwhile, took place between July 3 and September 5. This practical learning activity – […]

Comptrollers of Argentina, Costa Rica and Chile took part in the 5th CAAI, 2014 The Comptrollers of Argentina, Costa Rica and Chile maintained at the 5th International Anti-Corruption Conference, CAAI 2014, that prevention is still an effective tool for strengthening governance and in the fight against corruption in Latin America. Marta Acosta, Comptroller General of […]

Discussion “Accountability as a transforming element of the State The Office of the Comptroller General of the State of Paraguay has made audiovisual material on the discussion “Accountability as a transforming element of the State” available, which took place as part of the TESAKA Fair, 2014, on public accountability. The debate included Argentine professor and […]

This can be followed live via the website www.contraloria.gob.pe. The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru has organised for the fifth year running the International Anti-Corruption Conference. The 2014 conference, tagged “a new generation of anti-corruption strategies”, aims to continue providing a space for analysis and debate on the new approaches […]

The course “Tools of Prevention and Control for Confronting Administrative Corruption: The Cuban Experience” took place. “We achieve unity when we are able to transparently and self-critically share our experiences and listen to the opinions of others. Because it is not about a word or a slogan – unity is achieved through the behaviour and […]

To take place on Tuesday, September 16 from 15:00 (Argentinean and Chilean time) All OLACEFS members are invited to take part next Tuesday, September 16 at 15:00 (Argentinean and Chilean time) in a new webinar called “Innovative projects for engaging with citizens”. The SAIs of Costa Rica and Paraguay will present their development initiatives as […]

To be held on September 8 and 9 and broadcast via streaming. On Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th of September, the “Accountability Workshop: Creating common ground for strengthening institutional control” will be held at the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile. Participants will include representatives from the Executive and Legislative Powers, civil society […]

Four virtual courses to be held through the platforms of the SAIs of Peru, Brazil and Venezuela. The OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee (CCC) invites applications for its virtual courses for 2014, to begin in September and aimed at supporting Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the region to generate and boost professional and institutional competences. The […]

As part of the Institutional Strengthening Programme arising from the agreement between OLACEFS and the German Cooperation, implemented by GIZ, theKnowledge Management System (KMS) is being developed, allowing for the systematic transfer of knowledge and experience amongst its members and serving as input for improving the performance of member SAIs in matters of fiscal control and […]

Newsletter N°10 offers up-to-date information on OLACEFS activities The Workshop on Results-Based Management and its impact on new audit trends was held on August 4 – 5. The event was supported by the Latin American and Caribbean Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) and sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and was aimed at […]

Call for the participation of SAIs in the initial stage of the project. The The Technical Commission on Good Governance Practices presents the Regional Implementation Plan 2014-2015 of the Tool for Self-Assessment for SAI Integrity (IntoSAINT). The aim of the plan is to define the actions to be taken for OLACEFS membership and provide general […]

Theme: How to disseminate and apply principles and values in an SAI. The Technical Committee on Good Governance Practices (CTPBG) is calling for participation in the 2014 International Competition – “For the Recovery of Values”. The theme this year is “How to disseminate and apply principles and values ​​in an SAI, and find a way […]

Contributions will be published in issue 16, 2014. The OLACEFS Magazine invites member SAIs and other regional organisations, cooperating agencies and external bodies invited by the OLACEFS presidency, to submit articles for publication in the next issue of the magazine. In the case of articles written by the staff of OLACEFS member SAIs, these should […]

Between January and July, 2014, 10 online courses have been held The OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee (CCC) reports on the online courses provided through the technological platforms of the CCC or individual SAIs. These courses promote self learning and professional development, eliminating geographical barriers, offering flexible schedules, reducing costs and incorporating technological tools. SAIs with […]

The event will be broadcast via streaming. As you will be aware, on August 4 and 5 our Organisation, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank, will be holding a Workshop on Results-Based Management and its Impact on New Audit Techniques, in Santiago de Chile.  The event will be attended by representatives from all OLACEFS member […]

The project seeks to improve audit work between OLACEFS members. At the last INTOSAI Congress (21st INCOSAI), held in China, the Presidency submitted to INTOSAI Donors a project for implementing the 3i programme in OLACEFS. The main objective of the project – which is already running – is to  improve audits and the audit products of beneficiary […]

Knowledge Management involves using knowledge as a resource through the transfer of existing knowledge and experience amongst members of an organisation. The tool allows for the creation of an institutional memory for OLACEFS through the gathering of intellectual capital from the SAIs in order to enhance the flow of knowledge between OLACEFS members and improve […]

Third edition of the internship programme on performance audit practice, 2014. The OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee (CCC) is pleased to report the results of the selection process for the 2014 Internship Programme on “Performance Audit” – Third Edition. This practical learning activity has been planned and scheduled as part of the CCC’s Annual Operating Plan […]

Supported by the OLACEFS-GIZ Programme and advised by ACIJ and CEJ. As part of the strategy for strengthening OLACEFS -a fundamental part of which involves forming closer ties between SAIs and the citizenship – the project “Citizenship, Rights and Social Oversight: Towards a thematic approach in the implementation of strategies to involve civil society in matters of public […]

The course will take place in Havana, Cuba, from September 8 – 14, 2014. The Capacity Building Committee (CCC) reports that with the aim of continuing its support for Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the region to build and strengthen professional and institutional competences, the course “Oversight and Preventive Tools in the Fight against Corruption, the […]

The latest modifications were made at the 23rd General Assembly. The SpecialCommittee for the Review of the Charter and Regulations (CER) has made the latest updated versions of the Charter and the Organization’s Regulations available to the OLACEFS community. The published documents include the modifications approved by resolutions 22/2013/AG and 23/2013/AG of the 23rd OLACEFS General Ordinary Assembly held in […]

The compilation was put together by EUROSAI member SAIs. EUROSAI has made available a compilation of good practices of its member SAIs (Innovations Booklet), which is part of a series of initiatives to identify and disseminate innovation throughout the European community of superior audit institutions (SAIs) and also amongst INTOSAI members. With this end in mind, […]

The Strategic Planning Task Force which reports to the INTOSAI Financial and Administrative Committee (FAC), invites responses to the internal analysis survey for the strategic planning process, 2017 – 2022. Internal analysis is an integral part of INTOSAI’s strategic planning process. By means of this good practice, strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats to the organisation will be assessed […]

From May 26 to 30,  the Pilot Workshop for the OLACEFS Knowledge Managment System (SGC) was held at the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Colombia.  The event was attended by 23 officials from central offices and from seven state management offices, who make up the driving group of the system in this SAI […]

27 representatives from nine regional SAIs attended the 59th board of directors meeting. On May 23 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the SAI members of the OLACEFS Board of Directors met in the recently remodelled premises of Argentina’s Office of the Auditor General of the Nation (AGN). The event was attended by the Chair (Brazilian SAI) […]