EUROSAI. Magazine N18 - 2012

> 50 < ISAAI SPOTLIGHT EUROPEAN ORGANISATION OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS www.eurosai.org No. 18 - 2012 The 3 i Product Development Meeting was held in Oslo in July-August 2012 . The ISSAI experts and mentors were exposed to UNITAR e-learning platform, design, development and delivery of online courses. The ISSAI Compliance Assessment Tools were drafted. Three e-learning courses for iCATs were developed. Thereafter preparations have been underway for the nomination of participants for ISSAI Certification Programmes. Invitation packages were sent to 87 SAIs in five INTOSAI regions calling for nominations. These online e-courses are being held from 22 October to 7 December 2012 and at least 261 participants are being trained. Three Management workshops for the 3 i Programme are being conducted in November-December 2012 for SAIs belonging to CAROSAI, AFROSAI-E and PASAI. 3 i Programme and EUROSAI Some of the SAIs in EUROSAI are classified as developing countries and are eligible for donor support. Some of them also have dual membership. IDI will partner with eligible SAIs in EUROSAI for regional and SAI level activities of this programme. These SAIs are Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. 3 i Management Workshop for EUROSAI This workshop is planned to be held in Sarajevo, Bosnia in February 2013 foreligibleSAIs inEUROSAI.Itwillbeheldonthe same lines as the other regional 3 i Management workshops. Long Term Strategy for ISSAI Implementation Theprogrammedescribedintheprevioussectionsisonlythe first phase of the 3 i programme. Implementing ISSAIs in a SAI would require a comprehensive look at the institutional, organizational and professional staff capacity of the SAI. It is expected to be a strategic change management process, very akin to the capacity building process in an SAI. As such the support for ISSAI implementation needs to be looked at from a long term perspective to support development of institutional and organizational capacity in terms of supporting SAIs in terms of improving their independence and legal framework, assisting in enhancement of leadership and SAI governance, promoting accountability and transparency mechanisms in SAIs and helping the SAIs in strengthening their strategic partnerships with key stakeholders like Parliaments, audited entities, media and civil society organizations. Besides the institutional aspects of ISSAI implementation, SAIs would also require support in implementing ISSAIs pertaining to individual audit areas, including present areas of continuing significance e.g. environment audit and new emerging audit areas of INTOSAI focus. It is envisaged that these considerations for ISSAI implementation would form the basis of the IDI’s future strategic plan 2014 - 2021 . n The ISSAI Certification Programme is available at www.unitar.org/idi 3 i n The 3 i Product Development Meeting was held in Oslo in July-August 2012 . The ISSAI experts and mentors were exposed to UNITAR e-learning platform, design, development and delivery of online courses. n n This workshop is planned to be held in Sarajevo, Bosnia in February 2013 for eligible SAIs in EUROSAI. n