annual meeting of the working group on public debt september 10- 12, 2012 helsinki, finland

Annual Meeting of the Working Group on Public DebtSeptember 10- 12, 2012

Helsinki, Finland

PROGRESS REPORT

Superior Audit Office of MexicoTask Force ‘s Chair

Task Force’s Creation

INTOSAI Governing Board 60th meeting (November 2010), Johannesburg

Purpose: To create an updated and specialized database, regarding

relevant and specific information on SAIs around the world: Organizational Structure,

Management Features,

Mandate and Legal Attributions

Reporting Methods,

among others thematic areas.

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Contents

Progress Report.

• Mandate.• Reference.• Membership.• Dissemination

Activities.• Liaison with other

INTOSAI entities.• External co-

operation.

Current Status.

• Questionnaire.• Electronic tool.• Awareness raising

activities.• Platform for SAIs

Information.

Mandate

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Electronic Tool

Procedure to identify, gather,

organize, update, and disseminate

SAI’s data

SAIs’ Information

Database

Membership

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INTOSAI General Secretariat

INTOSAI Development Initiative

SAI of India

SAI of Indonesia

SAI of Mexico (Chair)

SAI of Morocco

SAI of Peru

SAI of the Russian Federation

SAI of South Africa

SAI of the United States of America

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KSC Chair

PSC Representative

CBC Chair

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Dissemination of the Task Force’s Activities and Products

http://www.intosaiksc.org/

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Dissemination of the Task Force’s Activities and Products

Reporting III KSC Steering Committee Moscow, October 5 & 6, 2011

XXI OLACEFS General AssemblyCaracas, October 18-22, 2011

62nd INTOSAI Governing Board Vienna, October, 27 & 28, 2011

5th WG on the Value and Benefits of SAIs Mexico City, June 11-13, 2012

Liaison with other INTOSAI bodies Capacity Building Committee

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Thematic Section No. 7Capacity Building

SAI of MoroccoCBC Chair

CBC’s Building Capacities in SAIs: A Guide

Liaison with other INTOSAI bodies INTOSAI General Secretariat

Information Sharing Network for the SAIs to exchange: Information, in kind assistance, knowledge services, and capacity building

activities.

SAIs’ Information Database

Thematic Section No. 8

“SAIs’ Capacities, Knowledge and

Information Exchange”

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Liaison with other INTOSAI entities INTOSAI Development Initiative

WGVBS’s Task Team

Task Force

IDI+

SAI of Mexico

Coordination Agreement

Performance Measurement Framework

SAIs’ Information Database

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Liaison with other INTOSAI entities INTOSAI Development Initiative

SAI PMF

• Guiding material

• Framework for the conduction of SAIs’ Performance

Assessments

SAIs’ Information Database

• Database

• Procedure to systematically gather, organize, update and

plot key data

• Maximization of synergies and reduction of overlapping.

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Liaison with other INTOSAI entities INTOSAI Development Initiative

SAIs’ Information Database

Sources of Information

SAI PMF

SAIs’ Performance Assessments

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Liaison with other INTOSAI entities Capacity Building Committee

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• SAI Capacity Development Database.

Advisory Committee

• IDI.• SAI of Mexico.

Members• Identification

of overlaps.• Proper

coordination.

Outcome

Initiative to objectively

account of the SAIs´ mandate, organization & performance

Demonstrate the value and

benefits of SAIs.

Impact SAIs’ Credibility,

Competence & Reputation

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Liaison with other INTOSAI entities WGVBS

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Liaison with other INTOSAI entities WGVBS

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Capacity Building Committee

INTOSAI General Secretariat

IDI

WGVBS

Chairs of PSC, CBC & KSC

Liaison with other INTOSAI entities Goal Chairs

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External Co-operationOECD

• Potential collaboration:

– The development of an online and interactive database to present survey data on SAIs’ audit practice, mandate and organization.

– The dissemination of the survey results to OECD member countries and committees with which the data relates.

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External Co-operationOECD

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External Co-operationOECD

• Justification:– “Exchange of knowledge on the use of innovative

ICT tools to facilitate the transformation of statistics into knowledge” (MoU INTOSAI-OCDE, 2009).

– “Promotion of partnerships (…) with other organizations and academic/research institutions (…) consistent with INTOSAI’s independence requirements” (Task Force’s ToR, 2011).

Task Force’s Objectives

• SAIs’ organizational structure, management features, mandate and legal attributions, sovereignty, performance, among others.

1. Identification of the most relevant themes and pertinent variables

• Gathering of data from SAIs.• Publication of information for use by all INTOSAI

members and general public.

2. Development of a user-friendly tool

• Stemming from the approved themes and variables.• Measures for its timely completion. • Basis for the SAIs’ information database.

3. Drafting of a comprehensive survey

• Strengthening of the TF’s impact and benefits to SAIs.• Awareness raising.

4. Dissemination of the Task Force’s activities and products

• Smooth operation of the Task Force’s products.• Transfer of responsibilities after completing the mission.5. Administrative Arrangements

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Questionnaire

Task Force’s Objectives

• SAIs’ organizational structure, management features, mandate and legal attributions, sovereignty, performance, among others.

1. Identification of the most relevant themes and pertinent variables

• Gathering of data from SAIs.• Publication of information for use by all INTOSAI

members and general public.

2. Development of a user-friendly tool

• Stemming from the approved themes and variables.• Measures for its timely completion. • Basis for the SAIs’ information database.

3. Drafting of a comprehensive survey

• Strengthening of the TF’s impact and benefits to SAIs.• Awareness raising.

4. Dissemination of the Task Force’s activities and products

• Smooth operation of the Task Force’s products.• Transfer of responsibilities after completing the mission.5. Administrative Arrangements

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Applications and Functions:

• Development as an electronic tool.• Design similar to the INTOSAI Website,• Availability in the INTOSAI working languages,• Restrained access using password when entering the required

data,• Unlimited access to complete the survey,• Inclusion of clarifications or definitions (INTOSAI Glossary).• Immediate availability of entered information.• Personalized search.• Availability of statistics-related functions.

Development of a user-friendly tool

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Task Force’s Objectives

• SAIs’ organizational structure, management features, mandate and legal attributions, sovereignty, performance, among others.

1. Identification of the most relevant themes and pertinent variables

• Gathering of data from SAIs.• Publication of information for use by all INTOSAI

members and general public.

2. Development of a user-friendly tool

• Stemming from the approved themes and variables.• Measures for its timely completion. • Basis for the SAIs’ information database.

3. Drafting of a comprehensive survey

• Strengthening of the TF’s impact and benefits to SAIs.• Awareness raising.

4. Dissemination of the Task Force’s activities and products

• Smooth operation of the Task Force’s products.• Transfer of responsibilities after completing the mission.5. Administrative Arrangements

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Fulfillment of Mandate

Electronic Tool

Mechanisms to inform on the

project benefits

Survey

Dissemination of the Task Force’s activities and products

Dissemination of the Task Force’s activities and products

Consideration of the proposed

“INTOSAI Guideline to Communicate and

Promote the Value and Benefits of SAIs”

(WGVBS’s Project 3)

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Dissemination of the Task Force’s activities and products

INTOSAI Members

Survey completion Awareness on the initiative benefits

Maximum use of the SAIs’ Information Database

Awareness-raising activitiesGeneral Secretariat

INTOSAI Journal and Regional Publications

Regional Working Groups

Strategic Goal Chairs

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Dissemination of the Task Force’s activities and products

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SAIs as Spokespeople

Regional events

Regional journals

Websites

Meetings of INTOSAI

Committees

Current Scope

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Electronic Tool

Procedure to identify, gather,

organize, update, and disseminate

SAI’s data

SAIs’ Information

Database

• SAIs’ Information Database

SAIs’ contribution

• Best practices• Criteria for

benchmarking• New developments

SAIs’ continuous improvement • Better

products and services

Public auditing’s

stakeholders

SAIs’ Information Database

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Current Scope

Potential Scope

PLATFORM FOR INTOSAI INFORMATIONOther Committees’ databases & surveys, which meet specific criteria

(relevance & systematic conduction) Centralized structure

Drafting of ProcedureIdentify, organize, gather, update and disseminate SAIs indicators

Database Development + Electronic ToolStatistics-related functions

Definition of a set of themes and variables + Survey Performance Mandate Organization et al.

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Platform for INTOSAI InformationPreliminary Analysis

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KSC Steering Committee’s and INTOSAI Governing Board’s approval to conduct a technical study

Liaison with 4 INTOSAI bodies: WGEA, WGPD, PAS & CBC Subcomm. 3

Identification of INTOSAI initiatives benefiting from the SAIs’ Information Database

Task Force’s analysis and potential presentation before the KSC SC & INTOSAI GB

Second Working MeetingVienna, August 23, 2012

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Endorsement of the comprehensive survey.TF’s Objective 3

Progress report and discussion on the Electronic Tool.TF’s Objective 2

Definition of the awareness-

raising activities to be

implementedTF’s Objective 4