IDI-ASOSAI Quality Assurance Programme
During the 38th meeting of the ASOSAI Governing Board, ASOSAI and IDI agreed to cooperate on a programme for strengthening the quality assurance function. To start the project, both ASOSAI and IDI jointly conducted a capacity building needs assessment in the ASOSAI region. One of the findings was the need for strengthening quality assurance (QA) systems in several SAIs. Consequently, it was agreed with ASOSAI in September 2007 that a programme for strengthening quality assurance processes in selected member SAIs would be designed and delivered based on the results of the above-mentioned need assessment study and the willingness of SAIs to participate and commit to the programme.
Before starting these activities, IDI and ASOSAI in cooperation with the National Audit Authority of Cambodia agreed to hold a 3-day “strategic planning meeting” for Quality Assurance Programme from 3rd to 5th December 2007 at Hotel Cambodiana, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The objectives of this strategic planning meeting was to:
1. Agree on the desired outcomes of the IDI-ASOSAI Quality Assurance Programme
2. Agree on the activities required to achieve the desired outcomes
3. Agree on the level of SAI staff that should participate in the rest of the program
4. Sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with each of the participating heads of SAIs (or senior representative) to ensure commitment of the target SAIs, ASOSAI and the IDI to make this important Quality Assurance Programme a success.
During the meeting, delegates from 10 SAIs singned cooperation agreement for implementing activities in 2008. The meetings concluded successfully achieving their goals of agreeing on the programs’ outcomes, activities, schedules, and participating criteria.
ASOSAI Sponsored Workshop On Financial Audit in an IT Environment
The ASOSAI Sponsored Workshop on Financial Audit in an IT Environment was delivered in Lahore, Pakistan from December 3 to 14, 2007 The workshop was attended by 27 participants from 25 SAIs. The Office of Auditor General of Pakistan rendered administrative support to the workshop.
The Financial Audit in an IT Environment Workshop was designed by an instructors’ team comprising of two instructors from SAI India, four ASOSAI Training Specialists rrom SAIs of Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia and Philippines and a Subject Matter Expert from SAI Indonesia.
The instructors’ team meeting was held in Jakarta in Indonesia, from September 17 to 28, 2007, with administrative support of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia. The course materials were developed by modifying course materials of the regional workshops implemented in the past, adding subsequent developments in the related auditing fields.
The team’s design work was assisted by Mr. Alief Handoko, the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia as a Subject Matter Expert (SME). The course materials were then further enhanced by the above training specialists and instructors at their respective SAIs, and during a three-day pre-workshop meeting in Lahore, Pakistan.
E-Enabled Blended Training Programme for Trainers (EBTPT)
During the 38th meeting of the Governing Board of ASOSAI which was held in Kuwait in September 2008 under the training activities IDI came up with the proposal for an e-enabled blended training programme for trainer in 2008. The proposed programme was a combination of e-learning technology and traditional classroom training to create a new pool of 40 new master trainers possessing competence in both adult training techniques and audit. The proposed components of the programme were as follows:
1) Selection of participants from eligible members SAIs who are not the members of another region.
2) Design and delivery of the e-learning component of the blended training programme and
3) Two-week classroom workshop for training in adults learning techniques for which e-learning may not be the appropriate mechanism
It was further proposed in the aforesaid meeting of the Governing Board that the pool of master trainers created as a result of the above activities would be used to deliver ASOSAI-wide programmes in future. The IDI would co manage all the above-mentioned components including the funding above to components. However, funds for component (3) above would be financed by ASOSAI from its own fund with a training budget. The Governing Board approved the proposal to launch the e-enabled BLTT and to provide funds from ASOSAI.
