Auckland, New Zealand: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) continued its support to Pacific Island government audit offices to set up a formal system of audit quality management (SoAQM) with an in-person workshop this week.
Six staff (3 female and 3 male) from the government audit offices of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the FSM State of Kosrae and Tonga gathered in Auckland to participate in the 4-day workshop which ended today.
PASAI, in cooperation with the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI), is already helping 5 other offices establish fit-for-purpose SoAQMs that promote continuous improvement with self-correcting mechanisms.
Program Director, Meresimani Vosawale-Katuba facilitated the training alongside Matthew Geddes (Director, Quality Assurance [Annual Audits] from the Office of the Auditor-General of New Zealand) and Stuart Cormack (Manager Methodology from Audit New Zealand).
Ms Vosawale-Katuba explained, “In this workshop we explained how to get an office aligned with the recently revised international standards of audit quality management with processes such as quality risk management, monitoring and remediation, and the evaluation of the SoAQM.
“We also equipped participants to carry out their own Needs Analysis Assessments.”
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 Auckland, New Zealand
SoAQM workshop participants and facilitators during training
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Contact information:
Meresimani Vosawale-Katuba, Program Director PASAI
E: Meresimani.VosawaleKatuba@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275
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