INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee :

ARABOSAI Profile

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LIMA, 9 - 11 September 2014

Abdellatif CHEBBICourt of Accounts of Tunisia

General Overview about ARABOSAI

Established in 1976 in CAIRO The organization regulation of 1976 were

replaced by the organization charter adopted in 1983

Number of SAIs : 22 Official language : Arabic (other used

languages : english, french )

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ARABOSAI Organization

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Funding of ARABOSAI

ARABOSAI Strategic plan committee

established in 2008 (Decision N° 94/2008 of EB) 6 members committee

main objectives

Encourage SAIs to implement CD Strategies Encourage SAIs to adopt QAS Develop the general training guide & encourage

SAIs to adopt it Encourage SAIs to adopt new tools in their

Audits & mainly IT tools

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ARABOSAI Strategic plan committee

main objectives Encourage SAIs to create & develop training Units & implement training plans Encourage the SAIs to recruit highly qualified members, develop their skills & work on their retention Encourage SAIs to take benefit from its experts & mainly those certified from IDI Encourage SAIs to collaborate & share knowledge with national professional organizations ( Audit bodies, Universities…)

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ARABOSAI Strategic plan committee

Main Activities achieved○ First strategic plan : 2008 – 2012○ Second strategic plan : 2013 – 2017

enhance accountability and develop professional standards

develop capacity building of SAIs promote cooperation and exchanging of

experiences Typical Regional organization

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ARABOSAI Institutional Capacity Development Committee

Established in 2008 8 members Main Objectives

○ Capacity building of SAIs members○ Promote & enhance exchange &

sharing of experiences ○ Identify procedures, tools &

approaches for capacity building○ Support scientific research aiming to

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ARABOSAI Institutional Capacity Development Committee

Main Activities achieved

○ Prepare three years action plan for institutional capacity development

○ Determine annual detailed programs

○ Assess the result of implementation of annual scientific meetings and training programs

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ARABOSAI Institutional Capacity Development Committee

Main Activities achieved

○ Assess the results of competitions of scientific research based on committee evaluation reports and propose awards to winners

○ Prepare evaluation report of the past three years action plan implementation

○ Evaluate the results of the environmental working group

○ Propose cooperation areas in training with international and regional organizations

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ARABOSAI Professional and auditing standards Committee

Established in 2008 6 members Main Objectives

○ Promotion and sharing INTOSAI standards

○ encourage members to comply with INTOSAI and professional standards and best practices

○ Support scientific research to develop SAIs capacity building

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Main Activities achieved

○ Translation of ISSAIs in Arabic language and publication in the auditing magazines

○ Signature of memorandum of understanding between SG and IDI to achieve compliance of ARAB SAIs with INTOSAI standards within 3 years

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ARABOSAI Professional and standards auditing Committee

E-learning: A door on the Future for ARABOSAI

E-learning: A door on the Future for ARABOSAI

E-Learning justification

e-learning as a trend…

E-Learning justification …but also eLearning a strategic

choiceArabosai Strategic Plan 2013-2017: Adopt Systematic Approach of training

E-learning: an indispensable tool of this methodology

eLearning justification

E-Learning justification

Current situation in ARABOSAI

Content

ARABOSAI Project

ARABOSAI Project…but there are big challenges to face

Content

Requirements

Requirements: eLearning Platform

Implement Learning Management System (LMS)

Requirements: professionnel capacities

Building Capacities in eLearning: Creating Regional eLearning Specialist group

Specialists using eLearning platform Specialists Desing, Development,

Delivery and Evaluation eLearning courses

Requirements: Partnerships

With IDI Unitar Other regions or SAIs with

success stories in eLearning

Requirements: What else?Technology capability must be assessed before installing any eLearning system

Is there a defined strategy for eLearning? Does the organization have a LMS? Has everyone Internet access? Are there the right skills to install and deploy

an eLearning system? Are the IT and training departments aligned? Do the different segments of the organization

coordinate?

Requirements: What else?

And the story continues…

Thank you for your kind attention

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