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  Next Wednesday, June 3, the Webinar Cycle in Times of COVID-19 continues, in which we will develop the topic of International Organizations and their role in the face of the health crisis, which will address aspects of how large international organizations have come together to give a timely health response before the current crisis […]

The Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), with signatures of its President, Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru, Nelson Shack Yalta and its Executive Secretary, Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile, Jorge Bermúdez Soto, on May 27, 2020, subscribed a cooperation agreement with the Economic Commission for Latin America […]

The sixth session of the Webinar Cycle in times of COVID-19, called International Policy in the pandemic, was successfully held. During the session, the panelist, Paulina Astroza Suárez, spoke about the scope and effects of the measures taken by governments on the occasion of the health crisis, as well as the paradigm shift that has […]

To start the third cycle of Webinar Cycles in Times of COVID-19, on Wednesday, May 27 at 12:00 p.m. in Santiago (UTC-4), we will hold the sixth session called International Policy in Times of COVID-19, which will address aspects of the scope and effects of measures taken by governments, as well as the paradigm shift […]

Continuing with the success of the Webinar Cycle in times of COVID-19, this Wednesday, the fifth session took place, called: Audit of Organizational Culture. During the session, the panelist, Sharon Clark, highlighted the importance of organizational culture as the object of audit. In her presentation, Sharon defined organizational culture as the social knowledge shared within […]

The Capacity Building Committee (CCC) of the Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), in coping with the current health crisis and the challenges that are imposed on society at the personal and professional level, highlights training as a powerful tool to stimulate the motivation and creativity of professionals. In addition, it […]

On Wednesday, May 20 at 12:00 p.m. in Santiago (UTC-4), we continue with the Webinar Cycle in times of COVID-19 addressing aspects related to the audit of organizational culture. In this session, from the perspective of the audit, we will discuss organizational culture as the cause of practices and customs that can generate breaches of […]

This publication is intended for federal, state and municipal public managers and provides practical information to enable them to properly manage public funds during the crisis The Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) and Transparency International-Brazil will launch the Recommendations for Transparency of Urgent Recruitment in Response to Covid-19 This publication, prepared in partnership by the […]

With the active participation of more than 1,600 people, the fourth session of our Webinar Cycle in times of COVID-19, called “External Control and the Pandemic,” culminated in a discussion about the role of SAIs facing the threat of COVID-19. Mariela Azofeifa, Press Chief of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Costa Rica; and […]

On April 28, the Alliance for Integrity held the webinar “Integrity as a value in overcoming times of crisis: how to transform challenges into opportunities for your business?” in Latin America. As the current situation requires a multi-stakeholder approach, the event featured four expert speakers from the public and private sectors, as well as civil […]

On Wednesday, May 13 at 12:00 p.m. (UTC-4) in Santiago, we continued with the Webinar Cycle in times of COVID-19. Having addressed such relevant issues such as “Telework and mental health,” “Telework and effective communication,” and “Organizational management during the crisis,” we will now learn how the Supreme Audit Institutions currently cope with control work […]

During the third session of the Webinar Cycle in times of COVID-19, more than 1,500 people accompanied us, which once again reflects the great interest of the OLACEFS community in the experience and good practices that the SAIs are implementing in this period. Tania Hernández, Director of the Center for Fiscal Studies of the Office […]

On Wednesday, May 6 at 12:00 p.m. (UTC-4) in Santiago, we will hold the third session of the Webinar Cycle in times of COVID-19, in which we will address the issue of “Organizational Management in Time of Crisis.” In this session, panelists will discuss different experiences and good practices and how our organizations are addressing […]

More than 1300 people accompanied us in the second session of the Webinar Cycle in times of COVID-19, which addressed the issue of Teleworking and Effective Communication. The session was developed by Dr. Cristián Salazar, Civil Engineer in Computer Science from the Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile; Master and Doctor in Society of Information and […]

On Wednesday, April 29 at 12.00 Santiago time, we will develop the second session of the Webinar Cycle in times of COVID-19, in which we will deal with the topic of Teleworking and Effective Communication Teleworking is now a far-reaching reality in times of the pandemic. Now, beyond the individual impact, what happens to group […]

In these difficult times, due to the crisis caused by COVID-19, the implementation of the SDGs is more crucial than ever. The IDI SDG Audit Model (ISAM) will assist SAIs by offering an independent external view of SDG implementation and contributing to positive results through the interweaving of SDG principles (consistency, integration, leaving no one […]

With the participation of more than a thousand people and a high level of interaction, the first session of the Webinar Cycle in Times of COVID-19. With the participation of more than a thousand people and a high level of interaction, the first session of the Cycle of Webinars in Times of COVID-19 was held. […]

On Wednesday, April 22, at 12:00pm Santiago time, we will start the Cycle of Webinars in times of COVID-19. In this first webinar, called Teleworking and Mental Health in Quarantine, we will address the effects of teleworking on mental health, reviewing issues such as: tiredness, stress, anxiety, depression. Likewise, we will talk about the relationship […]

In the context of the health crisis affecting the world, the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile, together with the Executive Secretariat and the OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee, have organized a cycle of 11 webinars that aim to contribute to civil servants of the region’s SAIs in different areas. This series […]

The Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru and President of the Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), Econ. Nelson Shack Yalta, inaugurated the event “Cooperative Audit on Sustainable Public Procurement using data analysis,” organized by the Development Initiative of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions – INTOSAI (IDI) and […]

With a side event entitled Ibero-American Audit on Gender Equality, Preparing governments for the implementation of SDG5, the Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) and UN Women presented at the XIV Regional Conference of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. This Conference is the main intergovernmental forum on women’s rights […]

On December 4, the I High Level Regional Forum of Supreme Audit Institutions (FRAN) “Fight against Corruption, a Development Issue: Tools and Good Practices to Improve Government Control and Promote Good Governance,” was held in the city of Lima. The creation of the FRAN arises as an initiative of the Office of the Comptroller General […]

The Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru organized the Annual International Conference for Integrity – CAII 2019, which took place on December 2 and 3, 2019, with the theme “Detecting Corruption: Tools and Strategies for Action.” The event featured keynote speeches, panels and forums on the topics of corruption detection, open data, analytics, information […]

Within the development of the Coordinated Audit of Mining Environmental Liabilities – MEL, the second webinar was held at the facilities of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile on December 10, which aimed to provide background information on regional initiatives that address the treatment of MEL, in addition to a general evaluation of […]

OLACEFS participated in the “XXIV CLAD International Conference on State Reform and Public Administration,” which took place from November 12 to 15, 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. With the panel “OLACEFS’ contribution to the implementation of the SDGs in the region,” led by Econ. Nelson Shack Yalta, head of the Office of the Comptroller General […]

With a view to disseminating the results of the Coordinated Audit on Renewable Energies, the Public Works Audit Working Group (GTOP) of OLACEFS, in collaboration with the TCU of Brazil, held the “International Seminar on Renewable Energies: Advances and Opportunities for Sustainable Development” at the headquarters of the SAI of Brazil, in Brasilia, on November […]

The Presidency of OLACEFS, entrusted to the Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru, invites the members of the Supreme Audit Institutions, as well as the general public, to join the live broadcast of the Annual International Conference for Integrity – CAII 2019. This important event will take place on December 2 and 3, 2019 […]

From November 18 to 20, 2019, in the city of Lima, the 2020-2022 Tactical Planning Workshop and the Workshop on Socialization of Communication Strategies of OLACEFS and Interest Groups on Environmental Topics were held, events organized by the Presidency of the Organization, with the support of the German Cooperation, through the GIZ, within the framework […]

The OLACEFS’ Public Works Audit Working Group – GTOP, led by the Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile, is developing the coordinated audit on the governance mechanisms that Governments have generated for the integral management of the Mining Environmental Liabilities – MEL, an audit that is currently in its planning stage. It should be […]

The SAI of Peru, in its capacity as Presidency of the OLACEFS, is pleased to announce that a new edition of the Auditing Magazine is now available. This is an annual publication that presents research articles on issues of government control and auditing, prepared by constituents of the full and associate member SAIs of the […]

Between November 04 and 08, 2019, in Guatemala City, the Planning Workshop for the Coordinated Audit on Protected Areas was held, an initiative developed within the framework of the activities of the Special Technical Commission for the Environment (COMTEMA) of the Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), which is led by […]

On Monday, 25 November, the podcast series Data for Development – Latin Voices on the potentials and risks of a development based on digital data – presents the interview with the Auditor General of the SAI of Argentina and President of the OLACEFS’ Commission on Information and Communications Technologies (CTIC), Dr. Francisco Javier Fernández, who […]

In the context of the coordinated audit on renewable energies of the Public Works Working Group, the Federal Court of Accounts – Brazil (TCU), is organizing an International Seminar on Renewable Energies, which will be carried out on November 26, at the TCU facilities, in Brasilia, Brazil. It should be noted that the holding of […]

In order to promote ethics as a pillar of the Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI), the Task Force on Audit and Ethics (TFA&E) of EUROSAI makes its Guide for Supreme Audit Institutions for Implementing ISSAI 30 (INTOSAI Code of Ethics) available to the SAI community. The INTOSAI Code of Ethics (ISSAI 130) provides SAIs and the […]

The Chair of the Capacity Building Committee (CCC) of OLACEFS, in charge of the Court of Accounts of the Union of Brazil, with the technical and financial support of the German Cooperation, through the GIZ, informs that the International Seminar on Dam Safety: perspectives of the energy, mining and water resources sectors will be broadcast […]

On October 15 and 17, 2019, the federal auditor Adriano Juras, of the Court of Accounts of the Union (TCU) of Brazil, presented the talk “Audit Institutions facing Aichi Goals and the 2030 Agenda” in the III Conference of Protected Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Lima from October 14 to 17, […]

From October 15 to 18, 2019, the LXX Meeting of the Directing Council and the XXIX Ordinary General Assembly of the Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions – OLACEFS, in the city of San Salvador, El Salvador. The event brought together the heads and representatives of 20 full member SAI’s of OLACEFS, […]

The Legal Advisory Committee (CAJ) of OLACEFS, chaired by the Court of Audit of the Republic of El Salvador and the Presidency of the Regional Organization, held by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru, organizers of the 2019 Regional Research Contest “Strengthening government audit and control for the benefit of […]

10 of the 22 portals of the institutions that make up the Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) optimally meet the standards of transparency and information availability. This was revealed by the Index of Availability of Information to citizens on Institutional Management (IDIGI) 2019, which showed a substantial improvement over 2017, […]

The Capacity Building Committee (CCC) informs that the winning digital games of the Contest held between 2017 and 2018 are now available. To access the games, go to: Hasta la Vista: https://hvista.olacefs.com Minha pequena cidade: https://minhapequenacidade.com From now on, all of OLACEFS and citizens have full access to these two innovative initiatives. The games are […]

During the XXIX Ordinary General Assembly of OLACEFS, which is taking place between October 16 and 18, 2019 in San Salvador, El Salvador, there is participation of audit institutions from all over the world, in addition to international cooperation organizations and other stakeholders in the superior auditing. The topics around which the technical work of […]

As it has been doing for years, the Technical Commission on Good Governance Practices (CTPBG), chaired by the auditor general Jesús Rodríguez on behalf of the Office of the Auditor General of the Nation of Argentina, held the competition in which it calls on SAI officials to reflect on their work and their contribution to […]

  On September 16-20, 2019, at the Instituto Serzedello Corrêa (ISC), Superior School of the Federal Court of Accounts of the Union (TCU) of Brazil, the first edition of Geocontrol Week was held: International meeting on geotechnologies for the control and monitoring of the 2030 Agenda.     Geocontrol Week held a combination of three […]

The Organization of Latin American and Caribbean of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) is a coordinated work space, which allows us to seek proposals and solutions to the realities shared by the Audit Institutions (SAIs) of Latin America and the Caribbean. Due to the geographical location, the characteristics of the region and the negative impact of […]

The Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions has completed the process of consolidating the report of the coordinated audit on the preparation of governments for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 5, gender equality. In this audit process, 18 audit entities participated (16 SAIs of the continent, 1 subnational audit entity and […]

On September 27, in Moscow, within the framework of INCOSAI, the IDI-INTOSAI initiative hosted the parallel event called “can SAIs afford to ignore gender equality?” This instance –unprecedented in the framework of this forum– was attended by Tsakani Maluleke, Deputy Auditor General of the SAI of South Africa; Michael Aguinaldo, Chairman of the Commission on […]

In the context of the Annual Meeting of Supreme Audit Institutions of the MERCOSUR countries and Associates (EFSUR), the Seminar Feminization of Poverty was held on September 4 in Tarija, Bolivia. The activity was part of the training for the new coordinated audit that was presented by this OLACEFS sub-regional group: “Survey and evaluation of […]

The Chamber of Accounts of the Dominican Republic (CCRD) has published, on September 17, 2019, a video summary of the Face-to-Face Meeting of the Capacity Building Committee (CCC) of the Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions ( OLACEFS), which was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, between August 12 and 15, 2019. […]

On September 11, the Comptroller’s Office of Bogotá, a sub-national control entity of the Republic of Colombia, commemorated the 90th anniversary of its foundation. This anniversary was an opportunity to confirm its commitment to follow up on the implementation of the SDGs in Bogotá by organizing the International Forum on Stakes and Challenges of Sustainable […]

In compliance with its own functions, the Executive Secretariat continues to carry out a permanent monitoring of compliance with the activities and commitments assumed annually by each one of the committees, commissions and working groups, which aims to support the development of successful and efficient organizational management. In this context, the Executive Secretariat makes the […]