Yearly Archives: 2017

News 2017

On the afternoon of March 27, the first videoconference of the Technical Commission on Good Governance Practices (CTPBG) was held in order to choose the Supreme Audit Institution to hold the presidency for the period 2017-2020. The General Audit Office of Argentina was reelected and will continue to preside over the CTPBG until 2020. Auditor […]

The Presidency of the OLACEFS Citizen Participation Commission (CPC) extends an invitation to participate in the Webinar “2030 Agenda and Gender – the role of SAIs in monitoring Sustainable Development Goals”, where background on the gender-focused audit will be presented along with regional challenges to progress in implementing SDG 5 in the area of gender […]

After its first three years in operation, the Technical Commission on Good Governance Practices (CTPBG) is renewing its officials. The CTPBG is the newest commission created in the ambit of OLACEFS. The Commission’s Terms of Reference, Action Points and Work Plan were established on April 29, 2014 in Havana, Cuba, and the General Audit Office […]

In the course of its activities, the CTPBG, brings to the attention of the OLACEFS community a study carried out by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Public Governance. The publication “Supreme Audit Institutions and Good Governance. Oversight, Insight and Foresight”, is the result of a survey and peer reviews of ten leading SAIs from […]

The OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee (CCC), in its function of supporting Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the generation and enhancement of their professional and institutional competences, announces the schedule of virtual courses beginning in March 2017. The schedule can be found by following this link: Virtual Courses Schedule 2017 

The INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) would like to inform the SAI community of the new and modern graphic interface of its website: http://www.idi.no/ The IDI´s new platform provides information on capacity building initiatives as well as the latest news on the INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation, the 3i Program, and other important issues. The Spanish version of the […]

Call for Applicants The Commission for Information Technology and Communications (CTIC) invites those SAIs wishing to receive face-to-face training on the Knowledge Management System (KMS) in their institutions, to make an application. The CTIC has scheduled 4/5 face-to-face workshops in its Annual Operating Plan, aimed at current and potential KMS users. What is KMS It […]

A vacancy is on offer for the position of Senior Regional Technical Consultant, as part of the Environmental Audits program being carried out at regional level by OLACEFS, through the German Cooperation Agency GIZ. The post is based in Brasilia, Brazil. For more details please see the following document: Vacancy for Senior Regional Technical Consultant […]

The INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) is looking for graphic designers to offer their services for eLearning and other electronic solutions. For more details, please check the following document (in English): Terms of Reference for Individual Graphic Designers / Graphic Design Companies IDI Graphic Designer Framework Agreement. You can also go to: http://www.idi.no/en/all-news/idi-news/item/25-open-call-for-graphic-designer-s-proposals The deadline for […]

The Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru (CGR) invites all OLACEFS Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) to participate in academic sessions to be held as part of the inauguration of the new site of the Escuela Nacional de Control (ENC), the national school for oversight, to be held from February 28 to March 2 this […]

The INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) is calling for two full member OLACEFS SAIs to apply for the Pilot Program on the Independence of SAIs to be held in 2017-2018, with the aim of providing assistance and direct support to SAIs advocating greater institutional independence. It should be noted that on January 20, 2017, the OLACEFS […]

As part of the 2016-2018 Regional Implementation Plan for the IntoSAINT tool, the Technical Commission on Good Governance Practices (CTBG) announced the call for applications for Workshops on Integrity Self-Assessment in SAIs (IntoSAINT) 2017, for full members of OLACEFS. This initiative has been adopted by INTOSAI in collaboration with SAIs of the seven regional organizations, […]

IDI informs interested parties of a vacancy for the position of Head of Administration and the INTOSAI Donor Secretariat. The Head of Administration and the INTOSAI-Donor Secretariat is responsible for leading the administration of the IDI, including matters associated with IT, HR and Financial Management. Additionally she/he will coordinate the work of the INTOSAI-Donor Secretariat, […]

The SAI Performance Measurement Framework (SAI PMF), developed by a task team from the INTOSAI Working Group on the Value and Benefits of SAIs, was recently approved by the XXII Congress of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions, INCOSAI, together with its 2017-2019 Sustainability Strategy (attachments). In addition, responsibility for the strategic governance of […]

The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru (CGR) launched the Integrity Self-Assessment Workshop (IntoSAINT) on December 5, 6, 7, 2016, in the city of Lima. The workshop was moderated by Melissa Narro and Francisco Parral, officials of the Superior Audit Office of the Federation of Mexico (ASF), the cooperating SAI. The […]