Two New Performance Audit Guides

At the Technical Update 23 – 25 November 2011 AFROSAI-E launched to new guides for performance audit in the region. With the assistance from the Swedish National Audit Office a guideline on performance audit on public procurement has been developed.The purpose is to encourage SAIs to do performance audits of public procurement and provide assistance for such audits.

The second guide presented deals with performance audit of government response to environmental problems. The guide has been developed by Louis Heunis in the AFRSOAI-E Secretariat. The purpose of the guide is to make it easier for SAIs to identify relevant environmental audit topics for performance audits and to provide links to INTOSAI materials on environmental audit and to reports produced in the region.

This material can be used to inspire and guide performance audits of environmental topics in the region. The plan for AFROSAI-E activities supporting the development of performance in the region was also presented, including among other things several new courses, guides and bilateral support on request.