Yearly Archives: 2015

2015

The Office of the Comptroller General of Venezuela, in its capacity as pro tempore chair, will be hosting the meetings of the Coordination Group and the Joint Commission of the Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions of Mercosur and Associate Countries(EFSUR), from October 27 – 29, 2015. A central issue in these meetings will be the […]

On October 27, 2015 from 9.00 am, the “Sexta Reunión del Sistema Nacional de Fiscalización” will be transmitted from Mexico City. The Supreme Audit Office of the Federation is very pleased to be communicating the development of the Sixth Round of the Plenary Meeting ofMexico’s  National Control System. It is important to be aware that in May 2015, a […]

To commemorate international anti-corruption day on December 9, the Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) invites submissions from all artists wishing to enter cartoons in the competition “for a region of greater integrity and transparency: the image of the fight against corruption.” Corruption has many facets and using humour and satire to create an image, the competition […]

On September 30 and October 1 in Montevideo, Uruguay, the Special Review Committee for the Charter and its Rules (CER) of the Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) held the regional seminar “State Participation in Corporations and the Control of Supreme Audit Institutions”. The aim of the meeting was to share […]

The report gives an account of the organisation’s management for the period from January 1 to August 31, 2015, and is published on the private site of the www.olacefs.com portal. In fulfilling the tasks and commitments set out in the AOP for 2015, the OLACEFS Executive Secretariat continues to implement the system of planning and following […]

The Technical Citizen Participation Commission (CTPC) has convened a workshop on October 1 and 2 in San José, Costa Rica, to define indicators for measuring the impact of citizen participation in the control process carried out by OLACEFS SAIs. With the technical support of consultant Carolina Cornejo, an expert from Argentina’s Civil Association for Equality […]

The OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee (CCC) announces that, with the aim of continuing to support the Superior Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the region in order to generate and boost their professional and institutional competencies, it is inviting applications for the new virtual courses starting in September. The virtual courses are as follows: “Interpersonal Relationships”, to […]

On September 30 and October 1, the Special Committee for the Review of the Charter and Regulations (CER) of the Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) will be holding the seminar “State Participation in Corporations and the Control of Supreme Audit Institutions” in Montevideo, Uruguay, to be chaired by Uruguay’s Court […]

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This initiative seeks to work jointly on issues of common interest aligned to the objectives of sustainable development The Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru, Fuad Khoury Zarzar, in his capacity as chairman of the Subcommittee on Cooperative Audits of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions INTOSAI, presented the Guide for Cooperative Audits […]

The Technical Commission for Good Governance Practices invites submissions for the 2015 edition of the International Competition for “Recovering Values”, with the theme “Public-Private Partnership as a Tool for Promoting Good Governance Strategies”. Submissions should include original research which allows for the implementation of new tools to promote strategic public-private alliances for good governance. Submissions […]

The OLACEFS General Assembly is the organisation’s most important body, meeting ordinarily once a year in the country chosen at the previous assembly. All OLACEFS members participate in the General Assembly, along with various guests. It is traditional to hold a meeting of the organisation’s Governing Board previous to the start of the General Assembly. […]

On August 27, 2015, the First Strategic Planning Meeting for 2017 – 2022 of the Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) started in the city of Panama. The event brings together the Organisation’s presidency, the Executive Secretariat and the chairs of the OLACEFS Committees, Commissions and working groups, with the aim […]

On August 4, 2015, the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Panama held a small ceremony to award certificates for the virtual courses offered by the Capacity Building Committee (CCC) of the Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) and given by the Serzedello Correa Institute (ISC) of Brazil’s SAI, […]

The OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee (CCC) announces that, with the aim of continuing to support the Superior Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the region in order to generate and boost professional and institutional competencies, it is opening the call for participation in the branch course “Financial Audit”., The event has been programmed by the Office of the […]

The OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee (CCC) is pleased to announce that, in the context of its 2015 Annual Operating Plan and in order to contribute to the strengthening and modernisation of SAIs in order to improve their work relating to government control, it is scheduling three on-site courses. This academic activity addresses the need for […]

The OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee (CCC) announces that, with the aim of continuing to support the Superior Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the region in order to generate and boost their professional and institutional competencies, it is inviting applications for the new virtual courses starting in September. The virtual courses are as follows: • “Analysing Public […]

From September 25, in the framework of the 70th session of the the United Nations Summit will be held, devoted to approving the Post 2015 Development Agenda. These talks are preceded by the United Nations General Assembly’s Resolution A/69/228 on the promotion and encouragement of efficiency, accountability and transparency of the Public Administration through strengthening […]

The OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee announces that, with the aim of continuing to support the Superior Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the region in order to generate and boost their professional and institutional competencies, it is inviting applications for the new virtual courses starting in August. The virtual courses are as follows: • “Auditing the Procurement […]

As part of ongoing efforts to support capacity building amongst officials of OLACEFS SAIs, we invite members of the community to participate in a Transparency and Anti-Corruption “Massive Open Online Course”. The course will start on August 31, 2015, and consist of 33 short classes (each around 10 -12 minutes), given by professors from both Latin […]

The OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee (CCC) invites OLACEFS member SAIs to participate in the “First Regional Workshop on the Exchange of Experiences Regarding the Implementation of Performance Audits”, an event scheduled by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru, to be held on August 13 and 14 in Lima. The aim […]

The Training and Planning Workshop for Coordinated Audits on Housing Projects was held from June 29 to July 2 of the current year in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Participants of the event included representatives from the Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic. The […]

The VIII EUROSAI-OLACEF Conference took place in San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, with the participation of SAIs from the regional INTOSAI groups OLACEFS and EUROSAI, as well as international cooperation agencies such as GIZ. The event was held from June 24 to 26 and attended by more than 100 representatives from SAIs from America, Europe, […]

The VIII EUROSAI-OLACEF Conference opened in San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, with the participation of SAIs from the regional INTOSAI groups OLACEFS and EUROSAI. The event will be held from June 24 to 26 and attended by more than 100 representatives from America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and from international organisations and cooperation agencies. The two […]

The report gives an account of the organisation’s management for the period from January 1 to April 30, 2015, and is published on the private site of the www.olacefs.com portal. In fulfilling the tasks and commitments set out in the AOP for 2015, the OLACEFS Executive Secretariat continues to implement the system of planning and […]