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 PSC  Status of the work in the Strategy Project Team  CAS  Status of the work in CAS 2 Awareness raising CAS september 2011

3 VISION SAIs around the world should perceive the ISSAIs as their primary source of guidance to public sector auditing, and the audit community per se should have a clear perception of INTOSAI’s approach to public sector auditing MISSION The PSC is aiming to ensure that SAIs and relevant external partners are familiar with the ISSAI Framework and the benefits associated with the application of auditing standards that have been developed specifically for public sector auditing Awareness raising CAS september 2011

 Cooperation Cooperate with relevant partners to raise awareness of the ISSAIs and INTOSAI GOVs  Coordination Coordinator of awareness raising activities 4 Awareness raising CAS september 2011

 Communication Ensure a certain level of co-ordination and consistency of approach for communication of awareness-raising information about the ISSAIs/INTOSAI GOVs and the ISSAI Framework throughout the INTOSAI family 5 Awareness raising CAS september 2011

 Knowledge sharing Promote effective knowledge sharing among SAIs in particular in regard to experience gained within implementation of the ISSAIs and INTOSAI GOVs 6 Awareness raising CAS september 2011

Evaluate progress  Follow up survey in late 2013 to measure progress made in the past three years  Introduce some indicators:  No. of national workshops/seminars  No. of regional workshops/seminars  No. of ambassadors/champions  No. of downloads from the issai website (awareness-raising power point presentation) 7 Awareness raising CAS september 2011

An Awareness-Raising Project Team with representatives from CAS, PAS, FAS, IDI, CBC and the PSC Secretariat is established to convert the strategy into detailed action plans Representing CAS: CAS chair & South Africa 8 Awareness raising CAS september 2011

to address a diversity of issues, including but not restricted to: 1. Roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders. 2. Identification of target audiences and approach (workshops, conferences, presentations, printed 3. material, e-learning, viral networking, etc.). 4. Definition of the unique selling points of the ISSAIs. 5. How to utilize the IDI database of local trainers. 6. Language as an obstacle to awareness raising (website, etc.). 7. Output indicators 9 Awareness raising CAS september 2011

 Presented a Top Level presentation  Tageting Top Management  focus on  INTOSAI  PSC – structure and tasks ISSAI framework  Adoption and Implementation  Put up an activity/opportunity calender 10 Awareness raising CAS september 2011

11 Awareness Sustaining results Applying Learning Priority needs

Adherence to the ISSAIs  promotes transparency in the public sector and adds Credibility to our work as auditors;  improves the effectiveness and efficiency of the work of SAIs and provide the basis for high Quality audits;  increases the perceived level of Professionalism of SAIs. 12 Awareness raising CAS september 2011

 Awareness campaign very successful – many SAIs buy into the concept of ISSAIs  SAIs are moving on rapidely – urgent need for awareness raising and training material  seminars, dissemination of materials, translations and many other initiatives 13 Awareness raising CAS september 2011

 A need to speed up the work and include aspects of ISSAI implementation support;  address middle management + operational level  focus on all levels in the framework (not only level 4);  Level 1 and 2  public sector accounting standards as relevant as auditing standards - INTOSAI should play a more active role  gather experience on the ISSAI implementation progress in the PSC Secretariat and further knowledge sharing via the PSC website – and pass on knowledge and experience to the INTO-SAI regional secretariats;  translate the awareness-raising material into French, Spanish and Arabic, in particular;  ensure linkage to the work on “Value and benefits of SAIs”. 14 Awareness raising CAS september 2011

Plan; All members of CAS are to work in their SAIs and regions to collect practices and share training material and some members already have participated at several regional and local arrangements to promote the new international standards and discuss issues concerning implementation Status;  Introducing the framework in our own SAIs  Changing the SAIs laws and regulations to allow for compliance audit  Arranging and taking active part in workshops and seminars - local or regional Awareness raising CAS september

Plan; 1. CAS focus in the awareness raising and implementation process 2. Produce best practice/lessons learned 3. Develop a Communication Kit on ISSAI 4000-series 4. How to make use of the information in IDIs Stocktaking related to Compliance Audit - SAIs need in capacity building 5. Look at questions /special issues to raise in seminars etc 6. Translations on the CAS web site Sub-group: South-Africa, Namibia, Norway Status 1. Contributed to the Top managment presentation – will contribut to the managment level presentation (3-4 slides on the essens of compliance) 2. Starting the process – papers here – make use of our web-site 3. URGENT NEED 4. Use the report in preparations of the communication kit 5. Use our own experiences and respons from seminar etc to form to focus issues to give input both to best practice and to maintenance 6. Ressources Awareness raising CAS september

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