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PASAI director gets personal with performance auditors in Fiji

Suva, Fiji: Performance Audit Director for the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI), Mike Scott, visited the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) for the Republic of Fiji from 7 to 12 April to provide staff with in-person technical support on performance auditing.

Adding to guidance he provided staff earlier on the team’s yet-to-be-published ‘Climate Change Adaptation Actions’, ‘Affordable Housing’ and ‘Agriculture Assistance Program’ audits, Mr Scott reviewed progress and advised on best practice approaches to audit completion.

Mr Scott reviewed two of the OAG’s follow up reports on the government’s response to its audits of the ‘Management of Rural Electrification Program’ and the ‘Management of Land Reform Program’.

“Overall, my view is that OAG Fiji has a good and strong approach,” he said.

Mr Scott reviewed another two of the office’s completed performance audits, noting a logical overall structure and effective presentation of findings within each audit’s report, and suggesting ways to enhance the impact of the reporting.

Training of staff throughout the week included auditee relationship management, auditing government action on meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals outlined in its 2030 Agenda, annual work programme planning and the practical application of the OAG’s performance audit manual. The group included staff who are relatively new to performance auditing.

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 Performance Audit Director, Mike Scott (third from left, front row) with performance audit staff from the Office of the Auditor-General of the Republic of Fiji

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Contact information:

Mike Scott, Director Performance Audit PASAI
E: mike.scott@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275

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Pacific Island auditors general upgrading in-house systems to meet new audit management standards

Nadi, Fiji: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI), in cooperation with the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI), are supporting the staff of Pacific Island auditors general to set up a formal System of Audit Quality Management (SoAQM).

Seventeen staff (11 female and six male) from the six government audit offices of the Cook Islands, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tuvalu and Vanuatu have gathered in Fiji this week to participate in the five, full-day SoAQM programme workshop.

Senior staff from Norway-based IDI, Karma Tenzin and Mark Anthony Flores, and Fiji-based PASAI Director (South Pacific), Meresimani Vosawale-Katuba, are facilitating the training. IDI developed the SoAQM establishment ‘playbook’.

The in-person workshop from 8 to 12 April is the first part of the programme, which includes integrated professional education and an implementation phase for participating offices that continues to October 2025.

Ms Vosawale-Katuba explained, “The international standards of audit quality management these particular SAIs follow have recently been revised, taking effect from 1 January 2025.

“The new standards require a dynamic, scalable and risk-based approach to quality management. I’m confident that member offices participating in this programme will end up with fit-for-purpose systems embedded with self-correcting mechanisms.”

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).

SoAQM workshop participants and facilitators in Nadi, Fiji

IDI Senior Manager, Karma Tenzin

IDI Manager, Mark Anthony Flores

PASAI Director (South Pacific), Meresimani Vosawale-Katuba

SoAQM workshop participants during training

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Contact information:

Meresimani Vosawale-Katuba, Director (South Pacific) PASAI
E: Meresimani.VosawaleKatuba@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275

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