Auckland, New Zealand: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) is delivering a series of webinars to strengthen the capacity of its members to conduct high-quality compliance audits from today.
Ninety-one staff (49 female and 42 male) from the government audit offices of the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu and Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia have registered for the remotely accessible capacity building training.
One of the course facilitators, PASAI Program Director, Susana Laulu, believes compliance audits are a powerful tool to uphold fairness and accountability in public institutions.
“Compliance audits help ensure that public officials and institutions are following the rules, laws, policies and executive directives they’re meant to uphold.
“A compliance audit can either reveal to the auditee what it needs to change or it can provide assurance to the public that the government entity is applying laws and regulations fairly and consistently – there is great value in either outcome,” she said.
PASAI has developed this training to improve the coverage of compliance audit activities and enhance public sector auditors’ capabilities in conducting a standalone compliance audit.
The training will include practical examples from the public sector to illustrate key concepts and the different phases of the compliance audit process as prescribed by the international standards.
Ms Laulu explained, “Our goal is to demystify compliance auditing and provide practical guidance that audit teams can apply immediately.
“It’s about giving auditors the confidence and clarity to ask the right questions and make meaningful findings.”
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:
Susana Laulu, Program Director PASAI
E: susana.laulu@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275
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