Apia, Samoa: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) is training Pacific Island auditors to perform high-quality financial audits of public agencies.
Twenty-three senior staff (17 female, 6 male) from supreme audit institutions (SAIs) in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu are participating in the 5-day, face-to-face workshop from 13 to 17 April 2026.
PASAI Program Director, Susana Laulu, is co-facilitating the workshop with senior staff from the Office of the Auditor-General of New Zealand.
The training, which combines instruction, examples, real-life applications and a practical element, is part of PASAI’s program to strengthen the ability of Pacific Island government auditors to perform high-quality financial audits.
Participants prepared for the workshop by identifying audit areas they want to make improvements on and bringing relevant documents to use in the course’s practical exercises.
Ms Laulu explained, “We want to give participants an opportunity to identify areas where improvements could be made in their key working papers related to planning, materiality, risk assessment, risk response, concluding and reporting.
“By the end of the workshop, participants should have the practical skills needed to confidently document their audit approaches and perform reviews of key components of the audit file.”
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).
Participants and co-facilitators of the workshop
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Contact information:
Susana Laulu, Program Director PASAI
E: susana.laulu@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275
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