Yearly Archives: 2020

2020

Jesús Rodríguez, president of the General Audit Office of the Nation and of the Technical Commission of Good Governance Practices CTPBG-OLACEFS, virtually began last Friday, October 9, the first session of the “Post-Pandemic Governance” cycle. The president of the CTPBG stressed that the meeting takes place within the framework of three axes that seek to […]

The OLACEFS General Assembly constitutes the highest instance of the organization and meets annually; however, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 year will be held extraordinarily, virtually, on October 28, 2020. For more information contact the Organizing Committee by email: [email protected] Below, you can find the documentation for the event:

Now available! You can access the MOOC course (Massive Open Online Course) on Performance Auditing, promoted by OLACEFS, through the Capacity Building Committee (CCC). This initiative is free and will allow you to learn the main characteristics of performance auditing and its development cycle, including the application of various techniques in the different phases of […]

The OLACEFS’ Working Group on Disaster Management Auditing in the Framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (GTFD) composed of the SAIs of Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Perú, Dominican Republic, the Courts of Accounts of Buenos Aires, Argentina and Ceará y Tocantins, Brazil, and chaired by the […]

The Technical Commission on Good Governance Practices (CTPBG) of OLACEFS invites reflection through the cycle of Post-pandemic governance Webinars, which will take place on October 9, November 13 and December 11, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. from Buenos Aires, Argentina. This cycle will focus on three axes: Social Process, Integrity and Public Policies. The first meeting […]

The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru will share the experiences obtained in the application of the model of concurrent control based on a preventive approach to the fight against corruption and functional misconduct with authorities and representatives of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) of various countries. The concurrent control applied by […]

The sixth edition of the International Seminar on Data Analysis in Public Administration will be held on September 29 and 30, 2020. This edition will be the third with the presence of international exponents. The objective of the Seminar is to promote the exchange of experiences and good practices related to the use of data […]

The Office of the Comptroller General of Accounts of the Republic of Guatemala cordially invites all members of our Organization to participate in the Webinar entitled “Performance Auditing, an objective tool for the implementation and follow-up of the SDGs to guarantee trust in Governance,” to be held next Tuesday, September 29, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. […]

The Citizen Participation Commission (CPC) of OLACEFS, is pleased to invite you to the Webinar “Social control and audit of SAIs in times of a pandemic” to be held on Wednesday, September 23 at 11:00 am-Peru (GMT-5). This webinar aims to share experiences on the importance of transparency and citizen participation for social control within […]

The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Paraguay invites you to the debate with Civil Society Organizations on the “Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean,” which will take place on September 15, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. in […]

From September 9 to 11, the IX EUROSAI-OLACEFS Joint Conference will be held, which this year will take place entirely virtually, under the topic “The Covid19 pandemic: a unique opportunity for Supreme Audit Institutions to highlight the impact of their work.” In this way, the event invites debate and shared knowledge regarding the current situation […]

With the active participation of more than 900 people, the ninth and last session of the Cycle of Webinars of Committees, Commissions and Working Groups of OLACEFS was held this Wednesday, September 2. The session entitled Auditing Disaster Management in Latin America and the Caribbean, began with the speech of Dr. José Sarukhán, Doctor in […]

We invite the SAI community and stakeholders to participate in the last session of our OLACEFS Webinars cycle, entitled Auditing Disaster Management in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held on Wednesday, September 2, at 12:00 in Santiago (UTC -4). The session will discuss different aspects related to the audits carried out under disaster […]

The Capacity Building Committee (CCC) of the Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), met on August 20, under the moderation of its President, Minister Augusto Nardes, of the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU-Brazil), to discuss topics of interest to the OLACEFS. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and considering the […]

The eighth session of the OLACEFS Webinar Cycle, which took place on August 26, aimed to generate a debate regarding the use of analysis of large databases or macro data (Big Data Analysis), as well as the use of artificial intelligence in the development of government audits in the OLACEFS Region. It is a reality […]

In the webinar on the “Role of Supreme Audit Institutions in preventing and mitigating the effects of corruption linked to the trafficking of wildlife” of August 19, 2020, the participants had several consultations that aimed at clarifying the operation of environmental crime, the initiatives and tools of environmental organizations to mitigate the illegal trade of […]

In the eighth session of our OLACEFS Webinar cycle, we will talk about Artificial Intelligence and Big Data analysis, and it will take place next Wednesday, August 26 at 12:00 in Santiago (UTC -4). The session will address issues related to the advantages and limitations of Big Data in government audits and the different experiences […]

On Wednesday, August 19, the sixth session of the Webinar Cycle of Committees, Commissions and Working Groups of the OLACEFS was held. With the active participation of more than 800 people, the session entitled The role of Supreme Audit Institutions in the prevention and mitigation of the effects of corruption linked to the illicit trafficking […]

We cordially invite the SAI community and the interested public to participate in the seventh session of our OLACEFS webinars cycle entitled, The Role of Supreme Audit Institutions in the Prevention and Mitigation of the Effects of Corruption Linked to Illicit Wildlife Trafficking, which will be held on Wednesday, August 19 at 12:00 p.m. in […]

The Capacity Building Committee (CCC) of the Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), on Thursday, August 20, will hold the webinar entitled Governance and Capacity Building: Towards Public Management Excellence, which is part of the annual meeting of the Committee. The meeting will be moderated by Minister Augusto Nardes, as Chairman […]

On Wednesday, August 12, the sixth session of the Webinar Cycle of Committees, Commissions and Working Groups of the OLACEFS was held. With the active participation of more than 800 people, the session entitled Citizen Control in Times of a Pandemic was held in which issues were addressed related to the exercise of citizen control […]

We invite the SAI community and stakeholders to participate in the sixth session of our cycle of OLACEFS Webinars entitled, Citizen Control in Times of a Pandemic, which will be held on Wednesday, August 12 at 12:00 p.m. in Santiago (UTC-4). This session will address topics related to the exercise of citizen control and the […]

The Spanish version of the first guide in the series “Collaborating for Change” promoted by the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF) and Women Deliver is now available. This document illustrates how civil society organizations and Audit Institutions can hold the government accountable in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The document is available […]

On Wednesday, August 5, the fifth session of the Webinar Cycle of Committees, Commissions and Working Groups of the OLACEFS was held. With the active participation of more than 900 people, a session called Protected Areas, Health and Social Isolation was held during the pandemic. The activity began with a speech from Adriano Juras, Federal […]