International Journal of Government Auditing

Henrik Otbo, Auditor General of Denmark and Chairman of INTOSAI's Professional Standards Committee (PSC), presented the PSC report to the Governing Board and the XX INCOSAI in November 2010. The report affirmed the PSC's purpose -- promoting strong, independent, and multidisciplinary SAIs and encouraging SAIs to lead by example and develop appropriate and effective professional standards. During the past three years, the PSC and its subcommittees focused on developing and promoting the Intern...

Goal 2 Report: Institutional Capacity Building

In presenting his report to the congress, Capacity Building Committee (CBC) chair Ahmed El-Midaoui, First President of the Court of Accounts of Morocco and goal 2 chair, noted that capacity building is central to the INTOSAI strategic plan's vision of strengthening SAIs globally. To help achieve this, INTOSAI's strategic goal 2 focuses on institutional capacity building. Its objective is to build the capabilities and professional capacities of SAIs through training, technical assistance, deve...

Goal 3 Report: Knowledge Sharing

Vinod Rai, Comptroller and Auditor General of India and chair of the Knowledge Sharing Committee, presented his report to the Governing Board and the XX INCOSAI. According to the INCOSAI strategic plan, the purpose of goal 3 is to encourage SAI cooperation, collaboration, and continuous improvement through knowledge sharing, including providing benchmarks, conducting best practice studies, and performing research on issues of mutual interest and concern. In addition to Rai's report, the indiv...

Goal 4 Report: Finance and Administration Committee

Osama Faquih, chairman of the INTOSAI Finance and Administration Committee, reported on the committee's efforts since the XIX INCOSAI in Mexico. As specified in the strategic plan, the committee's mandate is to help the chairman of the board and the board itself to organize and govern INTOSAI in ways that promote economical, efficient and effective working practices, timely decision-making, and effective governance practices, while maintaining due regard for regional autonomy, balance and the...

Invitation to Xxi Incosai

The Johannesburg Accords

INTOSAI members have always committed themselves to a process of sharing knowledge and experience to ensure the strength and growth of public sector external auditing globally. Nowhere else is this commitment more evident than when the INTOSAI community meets once every three years during an INCOSAI event to discuss matters of mutual benefit, report on activities of the past three years and look forward to opportunities that lie ahead. XX INCOSAI, held in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2010, r...

Xx Incosai at a Glance