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EUROSAI IT Working Group Report on Activities June 2011 to September 2012. Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl. Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012. About the IT Working Group. 31 May 2002: The IT Working Group was established by the V th EUROSAI Congress in Moscow
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EUROSAI IT Working GroupReport on Activities June 2011 to September 2012 Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012
About the IT Working Group • 31 May 2002: The IT Working Group was established by the Vth EUROSAI Congress in Moscow • Membership 2012: 31 SAIs • Chair 2002-2008: Ms. Saskia Stuiveling, SAI of the Netherlands • Chair 2008-present: Mr. Kurt Grüter, SAI of Switzerland Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012
Workplan 2011-2014 Two strategic areas as approved by the EUROSAI Congress in Lisbon, June 2011: I. E-Governance and electronic service delivery II. Developing the capacity of SAIs to meet their strategic goals Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012
Collaboration with Goal Team 3 • It is important to carefully consider how the existing Working Groups and Task Forces should relate to the goals, activities and reporting of Goal Team 3 („Knowledge Sharing”) of the EUROSAI. • A meeting between the SAIs of Czech Republic, Norway, Poland and Switzerland took place in Spring 2012. • EUROSAI Seminar “Application of software tools in audits”, Prague, 18-19 September 2012. • Goal Team 3 and the IT Working Group strive to coordinate their future activities and training programmes in an optihe best way. Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012
E-Government Subgroup • The E-Government subgroup, now under the lead ofSupremeAudit Office of Poland, isgoing to meet in Warsaw on 15-16 November 2012. • The E-Governmentsubgroup met in Octoberlastyear and came to anagreement on the projectshape and the actionprocedure • The E-Government subgroup has as mission to complete testing the redeveloped Framework and make it available to the EUROSAI membership. • The planned activities for the fourth work period are the implementation of a process for the operational phase of managing the E-Government framework (Control Space). Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012
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Expected Advantages • Wideruse of otherSAIs’ audits: • giving the auditors’ communitydeeperinsightsinto the SAIs’ reports • providingriskanalysiscasesbased upon broad and versatileauditexperience • enhancingaudit life-cycleapproach • ITWG vocabularystabilised • Support for EUROSAI Strategic Goal 3: Knowledge Sharing • Encourage cooperation and exchange of experience among EUROSAI members, within INTOSAI and with external partners. • The E-Government subgroup, now under the lead ofSupremeAudit Office of Poland, isgoing to meet in Warsaw on 15-16 November 2012 and we hopethat by thistime the toolwillcome out from the proptotypephaze. Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012
E-Government Resolution • In line with strategic goal 3, “Knowledge Sharing” the VIIIth EUROSAI Congress in Lisbon approved the following resolution: The EUROSAI members are encouraged to provide the EUROSAI IT Working Group with significant IT related audit reports with at the least an executive summary in English. • Kindly contribute! Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012
Working Group on Information Technologies Subgroups • IT Self-assessment (ITSA) Subgroup (which belongs to the strategic area II) not only fosters communication within an individual SAI but also highlights the common problems often shared by different SAIs. • Subgroup “Information System to support the Audit Process” with a mission to discuss and exchange views about introducing and operating improved Audit Management software. • The IT Audit Self-assessments (ITASA) (which belongs to the strategic area II) dealing with questions such as : Do you apply the audit standards correctly? Do you include IT risks when auditing financial statements? • ITSA and ITASA are the self-assessments developed by methodology of the EUROSAI Working Group. Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012
Rollout of ITSAs into ARABOSAI and AFROSAI • Sharing experiences with other INTOSAI regions. The ITSA method was introduced in the AROBOSAI and AFROSAI regions. • The SAI of the Netherlands is the leader for AFROSAI-E and ARABOSAI. • The SAI of Switzerland is the leader for AFROSAI-F. • In May 2011: ITSA was performed in Senegal, by the SAIs of France and Belgium. The SAI of Cameroun, which was invited as observer, apologised for not being able to participate. • Because of the political situation, no new ITSAs have been conducted in the ARABOSAI countries. Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012
Training • The idea of organising a training event in connection with the ITWG meeting in Paris is postponed till 2013. • The Chair will notify member SAIs in time about the training plans for the next year. • The SAIs may also take the initiative and send the Chair further topics of interest for training events prior to the 2013 meeting. • In Istanbul participants were requested to inform other member SAIs of any relevant national training event which is open to participants from other institutions. Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012
Distribution of knowledge and best practices • The Chair has the mission to coordinate the sharing of relevant auditing information to all EUROSAI members. • The Chair strives to keep the IT Working Group website up-to-date (www.eurosai-it.org). • All the reports received, with at least an English summary, are published under “Publications” in the public section and forwarded to SAI of Poland(leader of E-Government subgroup). Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012
Thank you for your attention Jacek Jezierski SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF POLAND www.nik.gov.pl Tibilisi, 17 Septmeber 2012