Training attended by about 65 employees from 6 government entities.
The National Audit Office (NAO) held a set of training programs for about 65 employees from 6 government entities on the audit types that the NAO conducts which are financial, performance, compliance, forensic and information systems audit.
These programs are part of the strategy to strengthen cooperation and partnership with the entities subject to the NAO’s audit to enhance and develop the skills of their employees.
The lectures were presented by a group of trainers and specialists at the National Audit Office, namely Mr. Maitham Saeed, Director of Information Systems Audit, Mrs. Karima Alshaikh, Audit Manager at the Administrative Audit Directorate, Ms. Zahra Almezaal, Audit Manager at the Performance Audit Directorate, Mr. Mohamed Alaradi, Audit Manager at the Administrative Audit Directorate and member of the investigative audit team, Ms. Zain Alsaad, Audit Manager at the Regularity Audit Directorate, Mr. Salman Albusmait, Audit Supervisor at the Information Systems Audit Directorate, and Mr. Hasan Shehab and Mr. Husain Ahmed, Auditors at the Regulatory Audit Directorate.
The first program was attended by employees from the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Labour, and discussed financial Audit with focus on financial analysis, fixed assets control, contract control, how to prepare supervisory reports and the mechanism for dealing with financial audit reports.
The second program dealt with performance and compliance audit with participation of employees from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Labour. It reviewed topics such as planning for and implementing performance and compliance audit tasks, the positive approach when implementing audit tasks, the stages of preparing audit reports, the follow-up on the implementation of recommendations and the mechanism for dealing with audit reports.
The third programme on information systems and investigative auditing was attended by officials from the Ministry of Finance and National Economy, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture and the Civil Service Bureau.
It discussed the concept of managing information systems, their audits, audit areas and audit stages as well as investigative auditing and its importance in dealing with suspicions of corruption and achieving cooperation with the concerned authorities.
It also discussed professional and legal standards related to cases of fraud and corruption in the public sector, the role and responsibilities of the auditor in this regard, indicators of fraud and corruption and observations that include suspicions of criminal activity and the mechanism for dealing with them.
