The Training and Development Committee of the Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf recommended the adoption of new training programs and their addition to the training plan for the year 2021-2022.
During their recent 30th meeting held via video conference, the committee members agreed on three new programs: “Performance Audit of Public Policies”, “Risk-Based Audit in accordance with the COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organisations) Initiative” and “Accrual-Based Government Accounting considering IPSAS (International Public Sector Accounting Standards)”, which will be submitted for approval to the heads of the SAIs in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
According to the plan, these new programs will be added to already previously approved programs, which included "Auditing Government Procurement", "Auditing Public Debt" and "INTOSAI (International Organization of Supreme Audit Institution) Professional Standards Framework and related developments".
The meeting also approved the NAO’s initiative to prepare a 3-year strategic training plan and the other SAIs from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries will have the opportunity to add their comments and ideas.
The Committee welcomed the invitation of the General Bureau for Auditing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to hold the third symposium for the SAIs in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries in January 2023 under the title “Challenges Facing the Supreme Audit Institutions after the Corona Pandemic.”
The meeting was attended by the following representatives from the National Audit Office of the Kingdom of Bahrain: Aysha Adam, Director of Human and Financial Resources, Abdulrahman Bukhammas, Head of Training, and Yusuf Almahmood, Superintendent, International Cooperation.
