PASAI’s 41st Governing Board meeting

Auckland, New Zealand: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) held its 41st Governing Board meeting online on 7 March 2025, chaired by Desmond Wildin, Director of Audit for the Cook Islands.

PASAI’s Secretary-General and Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand, John Ryan, attended along with other Pacific Island-based board members, the recently appointed Auditor-General for Australia, Dr Caralee McLiesh, PASAI Secretariat staff and a representative from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

Board representatives from the sub-regions of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia shared major achievements of and challenges faced by the 20 audit offices in their respective groups.

PASAI Chief Executive, Esther Lameko-Poutoa, reported on the Secretariat’s progress implementing its operational plan since the Board last met in November 2024. She also provided a 5-year forecast of expenses.

The Governing Board created a working group to consider comprehensive feedback received on potential amendments to PASAI’s charter for adoption at its Congress this August.

Board members also considered various reports and updates to policies that were due for a routine review.

The Secretariat expresses its gratitude to the Governing Board members for their ongoing assistance and acknowledges the support of its development partners, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and DFAT.

Online attendees of PASAI’s 41st Governing Board meeting

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Contact information:

Esther Lameko-Poutoa, Chief Executive PASAI, Auckland, New Zealand
E: secretariat@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275

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Register for webinar on how SAIs can prepare for global trends

INTOSAI’s Supervisory Committee on Emerging Issues (SCEI) has published its Navigating Global Trends report, in part to support SAIs prepare for emerging issues.

The report highlights 7 global trends that will shape the future of societies and governments over the next 15 years:

• erosion of trust in institutions

• economic challenges

• digital transformation

• climate change

• demographic shifts

• global migration

• rising inequalities.

From 5:30 pm (NZT) on 19 March 2025, the SCEI will hold a webinar to:

• explore the findings of the report

• share insights with peers

• discuss the implications of these trends for the future of audit and governance.

We particularly encourage SAI staff responsible for strategic planning and audit planning to register for the webinar. The SCEI will also soon release a guide to help SAIs with limited strategic planning experience use the report.

A letter of invitation from the INTOSAI Chair to join the webinar (and share your foresight activities) as well as further details about the webinar are in the SCEI’s announcement.

Second quarterly report under new strategy now available

We have just published our second quarterly report for the 2024–25 financial year.

Current and past reports are available on our Quarterly reports page.

Professional ethics a focus for Pacific Island government auditors

Auckland, New Zealand: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) is collaborating with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) to deliver professional ethics training to government auditors, starting today.

This activity seeks to ensure those responsible for auditing the finances and performance of Pacific Island government agencies receive specialised professional ethics and integrity training.  

Ninety-nine staff (60 female, 39 male) from the government audit offices of American Samoa, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) National, FSM Chuuk, FSM Kosrae, FSM Pohnpei, FSM Yap, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu have registered to participate in the blended training program that covers the fundamental ethical principles governing the work of accountants and auditors working in the public sector.

PASAI Program Director and course facilitator, Sinaroseta Palamo-Iosefo believes ethics requires continuous learning and practice saying, “It’s not a task to be completed but rather a lifelong journey to be experienced.”

She added, “Ethics are the cornerstone of professional auditors, their work and their institutions.

“This year’s program is an initial step and will be built on each year to promote and encourage SAIs to establish systems and practices to ensure ethical behaviour is always demonstrated by all government audit staff.”

After today’s introductory workshop, participants will have until 10 February to complete a self-paced micro-course on PASAI’s online Learning Platform.

Small cohort interactive workshops will follow allowing participants to test how ethical principles apply to their working environments, share experiences and learn from expert facilitators and peers.

As part of its strategic priority on enhancing the internal governance of Pacific Island audit offices, PASAI will launch an organisational ethics component to this program later this year.

PASAI acknowledges the support of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

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Contact information:

Sinaroseta Palamo-Iosefo, Program Director PASAI, Auckland, New Zealand
E: sina.iosefo@pasai.org  P: +64 9 304 1275

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PASAI welcomes Sophia H Pretrick as new Program Director

Auckland, New Zealand: An experienced fraud investigator, Sophia H Pretrick, has joined the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) as a program director who will be based in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).

Ms Pretrick was most recently a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Transnational Organised Crime Program Officer. As the UNODC focal point for the north Pacific, Ms Pretrick’s role over the last 2 years included enhancing partnerships with member states and building awareness of emerging transnational crime trends.

This experience followed more than 20 years working as an investigator in various government audit offices around Micronesia. Ms Pretrick also led an integrity unit that investigated instances of fraud and identify theft relating to COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims for the FSM Department of Finance and Administration.

PASAI Chief Executive, Esther Lameko-Poutoa, is pleased that Ms Pretrick has joined PASAI’s cohort of program directors.

“With more than 20 years of experience in transnational crime, audit and public fraud investigations, Sophia’s skillset will strengthen the capacity of our member offices that conduct investigations and fraud awareness briefings,” she said.

In 2021, the United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, awarded Ms Pretrick with an International Anti-Corruption Champions Award in recognition of her tireless work to combat corruption and fight for accountability. This acknowledged her grassroots fraud awareness work and lead role in investigating high-profile cases that have led to criminal convictions.

In joining PASAI, Ms Pretrick expressed an eagerness to build on the legacy of her predecessor in the north Pacific-based Program Director role, former Guam Public Auditor, Doris Flores Brooks.

“I’m excited to support audit offices in their roles combatting and curbing corruption. Many Pacific Island nations pay a high price for government fraud, mismanagement and waste so I’m passionate about the independent role audit offices can play in investigating public complaints, anonymous tips and financial irregularities.

“Strong, independent audit offices are pillars of integrity that enhance public trust in government when they can operate effectively within a functional system,” she said.

Ms Pretrick has a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Park University in Missouri, USA and has a Master of Fraud and Financial Crime from Charles Sturt University in Australia. She has been a Certified Fraud Examiner since 2003.

PASAI acknowledges the support of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). 

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Contact information:

Esther Lameko-Poutoa, Chief Executive PASAI, Auckland, New Zealand
E: secretariat@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275

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Sophia H Pretrick

PASAI directors supporting Nauru

Yaren, Nauru: Program directors for the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI), Susana Laulu and Sinaroseta Palamo-Iosefo, are providing 2 weeks of in-person technical support to the staff at the Nauru Department of Audit.

The pair started work at the office on 20 January and are providing comprehensive support ranging from compliance audit capability building and fieldwork completion to HR, ethics systems and annual audit planning.

Auditor-General, Manoharan Nair, and his staff are relying on the PASAI directors’ technical expertise to enhance the audit office’s overall audit planning and ethics systems.

Ms Palamo-Iosefo said, “This visit will enable us to review and update the office’s Code of Ethics and develop the office’s annual audit program.”

The program directors will also help establish a comprehensive compliance audit methodology and conduct training sessions to equip staff with the necessary skills and knowledge to apply this methodology effectively.

Ms Laulu explained the training on compliance audit is practical and ‘on-the-job’ saying, “We will oversee and guide staff in conducting real compliance audit fieldwork on a local authority to ensure adherence to regulations and standards.” 

Another objective of the mission is to strengthen the audit office’s organisational leadership and people management practices.

“Audit offices can support staff competency development by refining job profiles, creating Learning and Professional Development plans and maintaining databases of staff progress towards professional certification,” Ms Palamo-Iosefo said.

PASAI acknowledges the support of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

PASAI Program Director, Susana Laulu (far right), facilitating a presentation on international compliance audit standards with staff from the Nauru Department of Audit

PASAI Program Director, Susana Laulu (second from left), supporting staff from the Nauru Department of Audit out conducting compliance audit fieldwork

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Contact information:

Susana Laulu, Program Director PASAI
E: Susana.Laulu@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275

Sinaroseta Palamo-Iosefo, Program Director PASAI
E: sina.iosefo@pasai.org  P: +64 9 304 1275

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Registrations now open for free online environmental auditing courses

Auditors can now register to participate in 2 courses being offered in 2025:

• Introduction to environmental auditing in the public sector (17 February – 16 March 2025)

• Auditing water issues (15 September – 12 October 2025)

Course materials are based on INTOSAI’s Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) guidance and the relevant experiences of WGEA members. Course lecturers are from the National Audit Office of Estonia.

Participants who successfully complete all tasks will receive a digital certificate from the University of Tartu.

The courses are fully online, free of charge and self-paced. Performance auditors can get more information and register online.

Upcoming holiday shutdown for Secretariat office

Our office will be closed between 25 December 2024 and 5 January 2025. We look forward to continuing our work of improving accountability and governance in the Pacific region early next year.

Kosrae and Yap State audit offices benefit from PASAI director visits

Auckland, New Zealand: Program Director for the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI), Mike Scott, visited Kosrae and Yap States in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) for 2 weeks of in-person technical support and advocacy that finished last Friday.

Earlier in the year Mr Scott had worked with staff at the Office of the Kosrae Public Auditor to plan some audits and provide guidance on how to document findings according to international standards. During his visit from 25 to 29 November he followed up on the progress of 2 audits with the respective audit teams.

The following week he supported staff at the Office of the Yap State Public Auditor to clear an outstanding review of expenditure on the Micronesian Games hosted by Yap in July 2018.

Mr Scott expressed confidence in the diligence of audit staff saying, “The small team has now sought information to inform this review from many avenues and overcome some difficult obstacles to do so. The audit office’s work on this review should be of interest and value to the Yap State Legislature and all bodies managing public funds in Yap when it is finalised.”

While there, Mr Scott and Yap State Public Auditor, Bryan Dabugsiy, met with Acting Attorney General, Quintina Letawerpiy. She resolved to consider legislative amendments proposed by the audit office 4 years ago as part of its efforts to obtain greater independence.

During the 2-week overseas mission, Mr Scott even managed a virtual meeting with the outgoing and incoming second secretaries of the New Zealand High Commission based in Honolulu, Hawaii.

As well as technical support and advocacy, Mr Scott worked with the public auditors from both Micronesian states to create and get agreement on bespoke capacity development plans that will guide each audit offices’ training and development activities into 2026.

PASAI acknowledges the support of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

PASAI Program Director, Mike Scott (second from right) and Kosrae Public Auditor, Palikkun Kilafwasru (far right) with audit staff

Left to right: Yap State Public Auditor, Bryan Dabugsiy; Staff Auditor III, Jessica Luktinag; and PASAI Program Director, Mike Scott

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Contact information:

Mike Scott, Program Director PASAI
E: Mike.Scott@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275

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PASAI welcomes Paki Ormsby as Deputy Chief Executive Operations

Auckland, New Zealand: The former Director of Policy at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat, Paki Ormsby, has joined the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) as its Deputy Chief Executive Operations – a role created under its new 10-year strategy.

In his role at the PIF Secretariat from 2017 to 2023, Mr Ormsby was responsible for the development and implementation of policy initiatives as directed by Forum Leaders including the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent and the 2018 Boe Declaration on Regional Security. 

From 2023 to 2024 Mr Ormsby worked as a consultant providing strategic advice to regional agencies including the Pacific Islands Development Program at the East-West Center, the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Pacific Fusion Centre. 

Earlier in his career Mr Ormsby held various roles at the New Zealand Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 

PASAI Chief Executive, Esther Lameko-Poutoa, is pleased to have Mr Ormsby join PASAI.

“Paki’s previous leadership and regional experience make him ideally suited for this new role. I look forward to Paki leading our operational functions to meet the expectations of PASAI’s membership as framed in our strategic plan,” she said.

Paki Ormsby

Prior to starting the role Mr Ormsby was able to attend PASAI’s in-person Governing Board meeting and Secretariat team training last month. 

“Our region’s progress is built on having robust public financial management systems which our communities can have confidence in. I look forward to supporting our PASAI members to further strengthen their capabilities and to ensuring that PASAI is meeting member expectations,” he said.

Mr Ormsby has a Bachelor of Political Science and a Post Graduate Diploma in International Relations & Security Studies from the University of Waikato. As a Freyberg Scholar, he undertook defence and strategic studies at the Australian National University. He is also a graduate of the senior executive level Transnational Security Cooperation course at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.

PASAI acknowledges the support of MFAT and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). 

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Contact information:

Esther Lameko-Poutoa, Chief Executive PASAI, Auckland, New Zealand
E: secretariat@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275

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Twelve Pacific Island government audit office staff trained as HR Champions

Auckland, New Zealand: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) in collaboration with the Swedish National Audit Office (Swedish NAO) have completed an 18-month program to develop human resource (HR) management capabilities of staff from Pacific Island government audit offices.

Twelve staff (9 female, 3 male) from 8 supreme audit institutions (SAIs) in the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu have today completed the last of 6 modules in a comprehensive HR Champions program.

The program finished with a 5-day, in-person workshop in Auckland, bringing participants together for a final time after an initial gathering in May 2023.

The program facilitators included senior advisors from Swedish NAO, Ingela Ekblom and Carolina Bjerström, and PASAI Program Director, Sinaroseta Palamo-Iosefo.

Of the partnership, Ms Palamo-Iosefo said, “Swedish NAO is very active internationally in capability development and since 2020 its HR experts have supported many audit offices in our region to develop their own HR strategies and operational plans.

“Their support and expertise have been invaluable to run this broad program that asked a lot from its participants.”

Historical SAI Performance Measurement Framework assessments identified that most Pacific Island audit offices were not well-resourced to coordinate and manage human resource issues ranging from recruitment, appraisal and staff well-being to professional development and training.

Through the HR Champions program, participants have addressed some of the gaps identified in their respective SAIs’ assessments.

The program aimed to create a regional pool of staff capable of supporting their own SAIs and those of others in the region in a self-sustaining model, minimising a reliance on external expertise for HR support.

For Ms Ekblom, ensuring the training had tangible benefits was paramount.

“For us, it wasn’t enough to merely present international good practices – participants had to devote about 20% of their working time to demonstrate how they had succeeded in implementing HR strategies that were practical for their local context.

“We are really impressed with the deliverables and knowledge acquired by the participants,” she said.

PASAI acknowledges the support of Swedish NAO, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

Program participants and facilitators

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Contact information:

Sinaroseta Palamo-Iosefo, Program Director PASAI, Auckland, New Zealand
E: sina.iosefo@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275

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PASAI’s 40th Governing Board meeting

Auckland, New Zealand: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) held its 40th Governing Board meeting on 7 and 8 November 2024, chaired by Desmond Wildin, Director of Audit for the Cook Islands.

PASAI’s Secretary-General and Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand, John Ryan, attended along with other Pacific Island-based board members, PASAI Secretariat staff and representatives from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

The Governing Board participated in interactive presentations on the Secretariat’s proposed programs of work such as audit quality management and organisational development.

PASAI Chief Executive, Esther Lameko-Poutoa, received positive feedback about the planned use of bespoke Capability Development Plans to ensure assistance to supported members aligns with PASAI’s new 10-year strategy and the priorities acknowledged by each SAI.

The Governing Board endorsed the programs which will lead to the finalisation of PASAI’s monitoring, evaluation and reporting framework and noted the Secretariat’s progress implementing its operational plan since last meeting online in early September.

Board members considered various reports and received updates on a regional cooperative audit on climate change adaptation action and upcoming changes to incorporated societies legislation that will affect PASAI.

Board members and staff also had a fruitful governance training session with facilitator, Caren Rangi ONZM.

The Secretariat expresses its gratitude to the Governing Board members for their ongoing assistance and acknowledges the support of its development partners, MFAT and DFAT.

Attendees of PASAI’s 40th Governing Board meeting

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Contact information:

Esther Lameko-Poutoa, Chief Executive PASAI, Auckland, New Zealand
E: secretariat@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275

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First quarterly report under new strategy now available

We have just published our first quarterly report for the 2024–25 financial year.

Current and past reports are available on our Quarterly reports page.

12th Meeting of the PASAI RWGEA communiqué now available

The Regional Working Group on Environmental Auditing (RWGEA) met in Canberra, Australia from 17 to 19 September 2024. The communiqué records the common themes emerging from the presentations and discussions from this hybrid event.

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), in partnership with the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Audit Office and PASAI, hosted the meeting.

Related media release: Pacific environmental auditors collaborate in regional meeting

Meeting attendees

ClimateScanner© Global Assessment of the Government of Guam's Actions Related to Climate Change

Hagåtña, Guam: The Guam Office of Public Accountability (OPA) has released the flash report of the ClimateScanner© assessment of the Government of Guam’s (GovGuam) actions related to climate change. Our objective was to report the results of the assessment, and the scope of the assessment is from the adoption of the Paris Agreement in December 2015 through August 2024.

The ClimateScanner© Global Assessment is a priority project of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), currently chaired by the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) Brazil, the Federal Court of Accounts. ClimateScanner© is an initiative in which member SAIs participate in an assessment of their respective governments’ actions related to climate change. As the SAI for Guam, the OPA was invited to participate in this initiative to assess GovGuam’s actions towards climate change.

Government of Guam ClimateScanner© Assessment Results

There were 66 items for assessment. Results show that of the 66 items, GovGuam was rated at Advanced Implementation for 49 items, Intermediate Implementation for six items, and Early Implementation for five items. Six items were not applicable to GovGuam (explained in the Finance Axis section of this report).

Conclusion and Recommendations

This is the first-ever assessment of GovGuam’s action for climate change. These results will be consolidated with results from other participating member SAIs and presented to the Conference of Parties 29 at the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in November 2024. The assessment did not evaluate for the effectiveness of GovGuam’s climate change actions. It is OPA’s observation that improvements can be made on the transparency of GovGuam’s efforts in addressing climate change. We recommend for GovGuam to establish an overarching law or a legal or regulatory framework on climate change that would include reporting requirements and the centralization of GovGuam’s climate change action to increase public awareness, stakeholder engagement, and monitor progress.

GovGuam officials generally agreed with our conclusion and recommendation. They welcome a full performance audit on GovGuam’s effectiveness in addressing climate change action be conducted by OPA. An environmental performance audit will be considered as part of the Annual Audit Work Plan.

“I am very pleased that we participated in this global assessment, because now the rest of the world can see that Guam has been actively pursuing climate change action. I want to thank the government of Guam officials who provided evidence and most of the information that was needed to complete this assessment,” says Public Auditor Benjamin J.F. Cruz. “These results will guide the Office of Public Accountability with environmental performance audit projects for effectiveness, efficiency, and equity in climate change action.”

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 For more information, please contact Selina Onedera-Salas at (671) 475-0390 ext. 207 or at sonederasalas@ugamopa.com.

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You can also download the flash report from www.opaguam.org.

Register now for IMPACT 2025

The Office of the Auditor General for Western Australia invites you to attend IMPACT 2025, the International Meeting of Performance Audit Critical Thinkers.

Established in 2016 as an initiative of the Australasian Council of Auditors-General (ACAG), the responsibility to host this biennial conference dedicated to public sector performance audit rotates among member offices.

Themed Performance Auditing with Insight, Influence and Independence, the 2025 conference will take place in Perth, Western Australia from 1 to 2 April. This in-person conference offers you a unique opportunity to share ideas and innovations with other auditing offices, discuss emerging topics and devise solutions to performance auditing issues in a time of increasing complexity and rapid change.

Tickets are now available via the conference website.

The highly competitive ACAG Performance Audit Awards winners will be announced during the conference dinner function, overlooking the beautiful Swan River and Government House gardens. Tickets to the dinner function are included in your conference registration; however, there are limited dinner seats available, so please book early to ensure you don’t miss out.

For all event enquiries, please contact impact25@eventandconferenceco.com.au.

Annual Report now available

The PASAI Annual Report 2023–24, along with copies of past reports, is now available on the Annual Reports page. It was approved by members at PASAI’s Annual General Meeting on 6 September 2024.

Financial statements for the year ending 30 June 2024 are also appended to the report.

Pacific environmental auditors collaborate in regional meeting

Canberra, Australia: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) this week brought together government auditors from Australasia and the Pacific Islands for a 3-day meeting of the Pacific Regional Working Group on Environmental Auditing themed ‘Auditing in the blue economy’.

The Australian National Audit Office hosted the hybrid event from 16 to 19 September in Canberra, Australia. Acting Auditor-General of Australia, Rona Mellor PSM, and Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand and Secretary General of PASAI, John Ryan, opened the proceedings.

Staff from state, territorial and national audit offices who are involved in environmental audit work, climate reporting and sustainability assurance attended meeting sessions in person or online.

Pacific Ocean Commissioner, Dr Filimon Manoni, gave the keynote address at the meeting, which had sub-themes of ‘Oceans and waterways’ and ‘Climate change and natural disasters.’

Participants heard from international guest speakers and panellists on topics including engaging with legislatures and creating impact. The Public Auditor of Guam, Benjamin JF Cruz, shared his perspective on engaging with senators.

The Secretary General of the international working group on environmental auditing, Dr Vivi Niemenmaa, facilitated a practical seminar on auditing government action on climate change.

PASAI Program Director, Mike Scott, facilitated a panel discussion exploring audit quality in the Pacific and challenges in environmental auditing, followed by a Q and A session. Quality Assurance Manager at the Office of the Auditor-General of the Republic of Fiji, Risiate Baba, was a panel member and shared his office’s approach to assuring audit quality, emphasising that as auditors, “We do not compromise on quality.”

Mr Scott also spoke about auditing public sector performance at a session focused on the blue economy, noting how important the blue economy is to Pacific nations as coastal communities.

Audit Manager at the Office of the National Public Auditor for the Federated States of Micronesia, Miriama Naivalu, shared findings from audits related to sustainable fisheries. Fishing and licence fees comprise 52% of the state revenue.

Audit Manager at the Tonga Office of the Auditor General, Cathreen Mafi, also shared findings from an audit on Tonga’s preparedness for implementation of Sustainable Development Goals.

And Senior Auditor at the New Caledonia Territorial Chamber of Accounts, Jacques Wadrawane, spoke during a session on audits about natural disasters.

Representatives from some of the 9 Pacific Island audit offices who are currently working on a collaborative audit on climate change presented on their work, focusing on sea level rise/coastal erosion, water security and climate change adaptation planning.

PASAI acknowledges the support of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

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Contact information:

Mike Scott, Program Director PASAI, Auckland, New Zealand
E: mike.scott@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275

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PASAI strategy 2024–2034 now available

The PASAI strategy 2024–2034 sets out our strategy for the 10 years to 2034. This strategy, which builds on the success of the previous strategy, was developed using feedback from development partners and comprehensive discussion with, and feedback from, SAI heads. It also responds to the findings of an independent evaluation of our work.

To learn more about our new vision, mission, values and strategic priorities, visit our new strategy page.

Report on the fourth quarter of activities now available

We have just published our fourth quarterly report for the 2023–24 financial year.

Current and past reports are available on our Quarterly reports page.