Professional SAIs. Credible results. Public trust.
The Capacity Building Committee is the INTOSAI advocate and custodian for SAI capacity development.
We facilitate initiatives in support of SAIs and regions building their capacities and enhancing their capabilities.
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Ensuring professionalism of SAIs
To optimize the performance of, and trust in, public auditing, SAIs must focus on continuous improvement, competent personnel, professional standards, and ideal work environments. These pillars foster excellence and empower SAIs in fulfilling their mandates.
Please find CBC documentation and guidance
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Ideal working environment
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Professional standards and guidance
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Competent people
Core to the audit profession are competent auditors, needing continuous competency development to apply standards in line with their SAI mandate.
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Assessment and ongoing improvement
SAIs should assess and improve compliance with professional standards, measuring holistic performance, ideally via the SAI Performance Measurement Framework.
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16-20 September intense meeting week hosted by SAI Romania
Building Effective, Accountable and Transparent Institutions for the Public Good There will be a busy meeting week in Bucharest, Romania, on 16-20 September. The meetings of IDC (INTOSAI-Development Cooperation), PFAC (INTOSAI Policy, Finance and Administration...
Our News
e-SAI PMF application available to support SAIs
e-SAI PMF is an online application that will support SAIs and SAI PMF assessors to conduct rapid, high-quality, and efficient assessments through all the key stages of an assessment process. E-SAI PMF is currently available in English, Spanish and French. To learn...
ACCC webinar recording available: Visit to SAI Ukraine
In a very strong and moving ACCC event our colleagues at the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine (ACU) shared how they manage to stay strong and maintain their work operations and everyday life through the extremely challenging times of an ongoing war. The webinar received...
Professional Trajectories: A New Approach to SAI Capacity Development at TCU
The Federal Court of Accounts of Brazil (TCU) has recently launched a new initiative to enhance the competencies and skills of its auditors. The Professional Trajectories are learning pathways that guide the development of auditors in different areas of expertise,...
ACCC webinar: A visit to SAI Ukraine – registration open now!
Wednesday, 27 September, at 10-11 am CET. The CBC workstream for Auditing in Complex and Challenging Context - ACCC - invites you to a webinar with the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine (ACU), "Visit to SAI Ukraine". Our colleagues at the Ukrainian SAI will share how they...
Save-the-date 27 September: ACCC webinar – “A virtual visit to SAI Ukraine”
Join CBC for this special event, arranged by the workstream ACCC (Auditing in Complex and Challenging Contexts) in close cooperation with SAI Ukraine (Accounting Chamber of Ukraine - ACU). Date: Wednesday 27 September, 2023. Time: 10.00 am CET. Please find the details...
PASAI blog: Partnership is pivotal to SAI capacity building
By Sinaroseta Palamo-Iosefo, Director Practice Development, PASAI Last month, I had the privilege of attending the INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee (CBC) Annual Meeting in Kingston, Jamaica. Other meetings held jointly with the CBC meeting were the INTOSAI Donor...
Our Workstreams
Each workstream uniquely contributes to enhancing public sector auditing. Explore their roles in capacity building, upholding professional standards, and innovating for public administration improvement.
Audit of Donor Funds
The workstream supports CBC’s strategic objective 2.5: “Engage strategically with the wider international development community in the interest of SAI capacity development.”
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CBC Guides and Occasional Papers
The INTOSAI CBC Meeting in Stockholm in 2015 established a working group to manage the CBC guide series.
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Peer-To-Peer Cooperation
Peer-to-peer cooperation is the preferred mode of capacity development for a majority of SAIs. Long term peer-to-peer partnerships between SAIs build on common experiences, missions and identity.
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Regional Forum For Capacity Development
It is CBCs ambition to create a space for exchange of ideas about current strategic issues affecting regional organizations, and explore workable solutions, involving all relevant stakeholders.
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SubCommittee on Peer Reviews
To find Peer Review Materials (Peer Review Reports, Memorandums of Understanding, etc.) please click below:
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TFIAP
In 2016 the INTOSAI Governing Board established the Task-force on INTOSAI Auditor Professionalisation (TFIAP) to do development work on the concepts of auditor competence in INTOSAI.
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ACCC
The aim of ACCC is to develop different methods to support public sector auditing in complex and challenging contexts as well as donors and partner organizations supporting development in this area.
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IntoSAINT
IntoSAINT is a tool to assess the vulnerabilities and the maturity of the integrity controls of SAIs.
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SAI PMF
The SAI PMF enables SAIs to sustainably improve their performance and impact, thereby contributing to the INTOSAI’s mission of fostering continuous improvement in SAI performance.
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Subcommittee on Cooperative Audits
The Subcommittee on Cooperative Audits, known before as Subcommittee 2: Develop advisory and consultant services, was created in 2006 under the scope of the Capacity Building Committee of INTOSAI.
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TFCP
The goal of the task force is to share good practices of citizen participation and civil society engagement in the work of SAIs…
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Our Blog
Embracing blended learning as our new normal
E-learning is by no means a new concept. In fact, computer-based learning programmes have been around for over 60 years. But it was the introduction of the internet in the late 20th century, that really enabled e-learning to thrive. In the AFROSAI-E region, e-learning...
Business continuity during crisis
As we reflect on the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on our citizens and our staff, the impact on economies around the globe has been dire with organisations having to close as they are unable to continue delivering on their business objectives, taking away many...
Grass can be green on both sides of the fence
They say that grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. In fact, it has always been like that if you come from Finland and you look over the Baltic Sea and see Sweden’s shores. Swedes always tend to beat us in Ice Hockey, they have Abba, and their homes...
Coronavirus: How should SAIs respond?
The global coronavirus pandemic is leaving us all stunned. Each day we hear of new countries having to close borders, place citizens under lockdown, and launch major new publicly funded initiatives to ensure businesses survive and people are fed. It is easy to feel...
Success factors for applying what has been learned?
In October 2019 I attended AFROSAI-E’s Technical Update in Cape Town, a knowledge sharing- and networking event for the English-speaking countries of the African region, with close to 180 participants. The event offered the participants guidance on new technical...
Capacity Building should be an integral part of any SAI’s strategy
Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) rightly continue to face high expectations in their work of holding governments accountable for their stewardship of public funds, ensuring governments’ integrity and transparency, as well as providing value-adding recommendations to...