A performance audit team from the Auditor General of Namibia has been selected to receive a newly founded prize for best performance audit report produced by the AFROSAI-Es members. The reports title is “Service delivery to orphans and vulnerable children in the country”. The news was made public 12 April by the Swedish Auditor General Jan Landahl at the AFROSAI-E Governing Board Meeting held in the Lesotho capital Maseru.

The Auditor General of Sweden, Mr Jan Landahl, hands over the SNAO Trophy to the Auditor General of Namibia, Mr Kandjeke.

Click here to view the winning report.

Background

The prize is financed by the Swedish National Audit Office. The purpose of the prize is to promote the development of performance audit among African Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) and to highlight the efforts of the individual performance auditors. The prize can hopefully facilitate sharing of experience and benchmarking of best practice in performance audit within the region. The prize is awarded to one team in the region on a yearly basis.
The Swedish National Audit Office organised a review team consisting of four members from the Supreme Audit Institutions of the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and Sweden. These SAIs are all involved in partnerships with individual members of AFROSAI-E. This published Review Team Report is focused on the assessment and the qualities of the winning performance audit. The teams also comments on all the nominated reports that passed the formal assessment. Those comments are sent separately to each respective SAI and audit team.

Hi!

I have been working as the AFROSAI-E performance audit manager now for three and a half months. It has been hectic, interesting and challenging. Next year we shall work regional by revising AFROSAI-E PA manual and publicize a new guideline on maintenance. AFROSAI-E will also work bilateral on request from the member SAIs.

AFROSAI-E has, in cooperation with the Swedish National Audit Office (SNAO), launched the SNAO Prize for the best performance audit report of the year. I hope that you are in the process of finalising your submission to the competition. In response to feedback from performance auditors it was decided to effect two changes in the conditions. These two changes have been sent out to the SAIs.

• We have open up for all kind of performance audit topics instead of only report covering efficiency and/or waiting time issues.
• Legislated reporting requirements and/or the mandates of SAIs create difficulties to comply with the condition that the report should have been made public.