Auckland, New Zealand: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) is delivering a series of 12 webinars covering key performance audit concepts for its members from today.

Fifty staff from the government audit offices of American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) National office, FSM Kosrae, FSM Pohnpei, Fiji, Guam, the Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Samoa and Tonga have registered to participate in the remotely accessible capacity building training.

The first webinar will cover “What is performance audit, and economy, efficiency, effectiveness and equity?”

The remaining webinars will cover concepts from performance audit standards that underpin good practice from planning to reporting and follow up.

PASAI will typically release webinars in the series twice a month into late August 2024. A video, together with a practice sheet on the relevant concept covered, will be made available to participants on PASAI’s online Learning Platform. There will also be a quiz to complete on the key points covered in each webinar.

Additionally, in late April 2024, PASAI will facilitate an in-person workshop in Fiji to strengthen performance audit practice across member audit offices.

PASAI Director Performance Audit, Mike Scott, was delighted by the response of member audit staff who want to ensure they apply best practice to their performance auditing of government expenditure and service provision.

“Through the webinars and the workshop, our members will share and build understanding together of good performance audit practice, and how they can use performance audits to promote transparency, accountability and value for Pacific people,” he said.

PASAI acknowledges the support of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

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Contact information:

Mike Scott, Director Performance Audit PASAI
E: mike.scott@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275

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