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Collaboration between IDI and CAROSAI started in IDI’s earliest days. It has grown over the years to become deeper, closer, and more diversified. Factors contributing to this are the mutual trust and enhanced communication the two organisations have built. IDI-CAROSAI collaboration is outcome oriented. It is built to last and to produce sustainable results. Another significant aspect of the cooperation is that CAROSAI is mainly constituted of SIDS ( Small Islands Developing States) and IDI support is tailored to address the needs of these SAIs.

As a result of IDI-CAROSAI cooperation, many SAIs’ pools of specialists have been created in various areas like Training Specialists, eLearning specialists, LMS administrators, and ISSAI facilitators in Financial, Compliance and Performance Audit. SAIs benefit from these pools of experts as they can rely on them to strengthen their own capacities. They are also used by CAROSAI and by IDI to support other SAIs from the region and worldwide.

IDI supports SAIs to conduct relevant audits like SDGs audits, climate change adaptation audits, compliance audits of procurements, performance audits, and financial audits. Many of these audits led to SAI-issued quality assurance reports. Cooperation with IDI also helps reinforce organisational and institutional capacities of SAIs. Through their participation in IDI-CAROSAI initiatives, many SAIs were able to develop strategic plans, stakeholder engagement strategies, crises management policies, and human resource management strategies. Others worked with IDI to conduct SAI PMF and other types of assessments.