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November 18-19, 2024

IDI Global Summit 2024: SAIs Contributing to Digitalisation and Sustainability

IDI Global Summit 2024

SAI Audits Contributing to Digitalisation and Sustainability

The Global Summit brings SAI Leaders, professionals, and key stakeholders from across the INTOSAI community, including professional bodies, civil society, legislative bodies, international organisations, and academia. It provides an opportunity for SAI Leaders to reflect on their vital role in keeping their SAI relevant to the global developments in digitalisation and sustainability. The Summit is also packed with interesting conversations, experience sharing and reflections on strategising and working together to address relevant topics in areas of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, inclusion and equality, climate action and technology.

This event is hybrid event. Interpretation services will be provided in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French for in-person and online attendees.

DATE
TIME
LOCATION
Tbilisi, Georgia
TOPICS
Digitalisation Professional Development Sustainability

Session 1: Demonstrating value by contributing to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)

1.1 Auditing Policy Coherence & Leave No one Behind’ in the 2030 Agenda

Aránzazu Guillán Montero, Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer, United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DPIDG /UN DESA)

Archana Shirsat, Deputy Director General, INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI)

1.2 Continuing relevance of the SDG implementation audits of sustainable public procurement and resilience of national health systems

Yu Zhang, World Health Organization

Redda Seifeldin, World Health Organization

Maria Gabriela Perez Broy, General Supervisor of the Audit Directorate of Public Resources Destined to Indigenous Peoples and Vulnerable Groups, SAI of Guatemala

Trinidad Inostroza Castro, President of the Permanent Advisory Council for the Modernization of the State of Chile

Yokasta Guzmán Santos, International Consultant in Public Procurement

Moderator: Adriano Juras, Manager, IDI

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Session 2: Uniting voices for an equal future: Why does a focus on equality and inclusion matter in SAI Audits?

2.1 Strategising for auditing inclusion

Alexis Kamuhire, Auditor General, SAI Rwanda

Moderator: Maria Lúcia Lima, Senior Manager, IDI

2.2 Harnessing data to explore intersecting marginalisation

Tamar Sabedashvili, Deputy Country Representative, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN Women

Srinivas Gurazada (Srini), Head, PEFA Secretariat and the Global Lead Public Financial Management

Corinne Mitchell, Executive Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford

Sally Torbert, Policy Manager, International Budget Partnership (IBP)

2.3 Auditing for equal futures

Hussain Niyazy, Auditor General, SAI Maldives

Mariella Fernanda Hahn Carreño, External Control Planner, SAI Chile

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Role of SAI Leaders in demonstrating SAI relevance to digitalisation and sustainability – Leadership Conversations

Bruno Dantas Nascimento, President of the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU)

Marta Acosta, Auditor General, SAI Costa Rica

Tsotne Kavlashvili, Auditor General, State Audit Office of Georgia

Amadu tidjane Baldé, President of the Court of Auditors of Guiné-Bissau

Nancy Gathungu, Auditor-General, Republic of Kenya,

Hussain Niyazy, Auditor General, SAI Maldives

Erick Paul, Auditor General, Pohnpei State

Abubaker Hussein Omar Al-Saggaf, President, Central Organization for Control and Auditing (COCA),Yemen

Alexis Kamuhire, Auditor General, Rwanda

Hussam Alangari, President, the General Court of Audit (GCA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Carla Pike, Director of Audit, National Audit Office St. Kitts and Nevis

Monthien Charoenpol, Auditor General, Kingdom of Thailand

Moderator: Einar Gørrissen, Director-General of the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI)

Moderator: Archana Shirsat, Deputy Director General, INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI)

 

Session 3: Creating a global picture of SAIs contribution to SDG implementation, follow-up and review

UNDESA team will facilitate a session to gather inputs for the forthcoming World Public Sector Report 2025

Aránzazu Guillán Montero, Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer, United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DPIDG /UN DESA)

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Session 4: Auditing for a liveable planet

4.1 How effective is governance, accountability and inclusion of Climate Change Adaptation Actions

Hussain Niyazy, Auditor General, SAI Maldives

Manon Nouvian, Trainee Auditor, SAI Ireland

Cezar Batalha, Director of Agriculture, Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (TCU)

Carla Pike, Auditor General, SAI St. Kitts and Nevis

Moderator: Vivi Niemenmaa, Secretary General of the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing

4.2 Shaping tomorrow: Scanning for future trends in global climate action

Dashiell Velasque da Costa, Senior Specialist, SAI of Brazil

Vivi Niemenmaa, Secretary General of the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing

4.3 Role of SAIs in Auditing Sustainability Reporting by the Public Sector

Bernhard Schatz, Public Sector and Sustainability Reporting Leader, PwC Austria

Moderator: Archana Shirsat, Deputy Director General, IDI

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Session 5: The impact of digitalisation: Addressing challenges and seizing opportunities for Supreme Audit Institutions

5.1 Expanding horizons of technology audits

Chris Dimitriadis, Chief Global Strategy Officer, Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)

Elena Gabriela Ardelean, Founder, AI4DevelopmentAgency

Farahnaaz Khakoo-Mausel, Assistant Director General, SAI USA

Moderator: Shefali Andaleeb, Director General of International Relations Division, SAI India

5.2. Empowering SAI auditors with advanced technologies

Anzor Mekhrishvili, Director and Head of Digital Advisory, BDO and SAI Georgia

Marta Acosta, Auditor General, SAI Costa Rica

Mohamed Abd El-Ghany, Vice-President, SAI Egypt

Nancy Gathungu, Auditor General, SAI Kenya

Moderator: Audra Williams Brown, IT Auditor, SAI Jamaica

IDI STAFF

Archana Shirsat
Archana Shirsat
Deputy Director General
Professional & Relevant SAIs
Einar Gørrissen
Einar Gørrissen
Director General
Maria Lúcia Lima
Maria Lúcia Lima
Senior Manager
Professional & Relevant SAIs
Adriano Martins Juras
Adriano Martins Juras
Manager
Professional & Relevant SAIs

Initiative

Topics

DigitalisationProfessional DevelopmentSustainability