Yearly Archives: 2015

2015

The OLACEFS Committee for Capacity Building (CCC) extends greetings to the Supreme Audit Institutions in the Region and informs them that our Annual Activities Programme for 2015 has been drafted.  We also invite you to continue actively participating in the different activities of the committee in order to further strengthen the professional and institutional capacities […]

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Next April 7, the LXI Meeting of the Governing Board of the Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) will take place at the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile. Attending the meeting will be the constituent parts of the Governing Board – namely OLACEFS’ Presidency, held by […]

Next April 7, the LXI Meeting of the Governing Board of the Organisation of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) will be held at the premises of the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile. The meeting will be attended by the component parts of the governing board, namely the […]

El The Working Group for the Implementation of International Audit Standards in OLACEFS’ SAIs (“GTANIA”) informs the OLACEFS community of activities carried out in the period 2014 to the present date. 1.    Induction Course on the INTOSAI Regulatory Framework As part of the work of the ISSAI Awareness Raising Strategy, a virtual induction course on […]

The INTOSAI Development Initiative IDI is looking for suitable candidates for the post of Advisor for OLACEFS. The advisor will contribute to the delivery of the 2013-15 work programme and annual work plans, and will lead on INTOSAI – Donor Secretariat activities in the OLACEFS region. The advisor will report to the DDG and ensure […]

The Technical Commission for Good Governance Practices (CTPBG) is promoting the implementation in the region of the Tool to Assess the Integrity of SAIs (IntoSAINT). This initiative allows SAIs to analyse risk – focusing on integrity – as well as assess the maturity level of internal control systems, strengthen institutional capacities and promote good governance. […]

From January 2015, on the completion of the term of office of Minister Augusto Nardes as President of Brazil’s Court of Accounts (TCU) – the supreme audit institution holding the presidency of OLACEFS – Minister Aroldo Cedraz de Oliveira will take on that position for the final year of the 2013-2015 triennium. Minister Cedraz graduated […]

The work that has been ongoing since early 2014 and led to the first coordinated audit on matters of equality and equity in OLACEFS, was formalised through the signing of a memorandum of understanding by the heads of the SAIs of Chile, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico – Ramiro Mendoza, Marta Acosta and Yesmín Valdivieso […]

The United Nations/INTOSAI Symposium will be held From March 2 – 4, 2015, in the International Centre in Vienna, Austria. This important event continues the fruitful collaboration between the institutions, discussed in an earlier news item. The participants – representatives of UN DESA and INTOSAI, and other guests – will discuss the topic “The post-2015 […]