EUROSAI. Magazine N21 - 2015

EUROPEAN ORGANISATION OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS REPORTS OF EUROSAI GOAL TEAMS, WORKING GROUPS, TASK FORCE AND MONITORING COMMITTEE 33 www.eurosai.org · N.º 21 - 2015 The Swiss Federal Audit Office as the audit co- ordinator consolidated the national audit results and led drafting of a joint audit report, which was presented during 10 th meeting. In 2015 WGIT has started another parallel audit carried out by several European SAIs – on data protection. The audit will be co-ordinated by the Court of Audit of Belgium. The EUROSAI IT Working Group is actively analysing the current audit needs in the area of IT audit and basing on them shall take actions to co-ordinate other parallel audits. Information Systems to Support Audit Process (ISSAP) The ISSAP project, initially proposed and led till 2015 by the European Court of Auditors, had three main objectives: to align innovation among members and promote creativity, to share best practices and to evaluate different tools and technical solutions, to maximise the re-use of existing analysis, business cases etc. In order to maximise efficiency, the project was divided into three goals: • • To provide a common understanding of global/local aspects of an Audit Work define Audit IT Support functional blocks. • • To improve knowledge collection, sharing and dissemination in SAI. • • To improve IT/business alignment in SAI. During 10th meeting Group group summed up the results of the project and decided about the closing. Trainings The Group not only organizes trainings and workshops, but also willingly participate in them. In December 2014, members of the EUROSAI IT Working Group participated in the training organised to present the INTOSAI WGITA and IDI Handbook on IT Audit and basing on this tool to provide practical guidance to auditors assisting them in planning and implementing IT audits carried out in accordance with the international standards. During 10 th meeting in Warsaw an inspiring event was the speech of representative of the Netherlands concerning the open data and invitation for new project in EUROSAI Goal Team 1. Participants also watched with interest the presentation of the representative of France on data protection and were inspired to participate actively in this project later in 2015. Distribution of knowledge and best practices The EUROSAI IT Working Group strives to co-ordinate exchange of knowledge and experience between all EUROSAI members, everyone is invited to cooperation. Do not hesitate to have a look at our website www.eurosai-it.org .