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Global Summit on SAI Audits Contributing to Digitalisation and Sustainability 2024

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18-19 November 2024

Tbilisi, Georgia

Hybrid Event

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.

Agenda Overview

Meet the panellists

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

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President of the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), in office as Minister since 2014. He is the Chair of INTOSAI since November 2022. He holds a PhD in Law and a LL.M, both from The Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. Former Head of the Legislative Counsel Office of the Federal Senate, former Counselor of the National Council of Justice (CNJ) and of the National Council of the Prosecutor’s Office (CNMP).

He was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, focusing his studies on mediation between Public Administration bodies before the Audit Courts. He was also Visiting Research Scholar at Cardozo School of Law (New York), and at Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law (Luxemburg).

He is a professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro and in the Master's and doctoral programs at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation and University. He was also part of the Committee of Legal Experts appointed by the Federal Senate to draft the current Code of Civil Procedure, passed 2015.

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

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

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Aránzazu Guillán Montero is a Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer at the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government in the United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DPIDG /UN DESA).

Before joining DESA, she was a Senior Program Advisor at U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (Norway) with a focus on mainstreaming anti-corruption into sector programs and strengthening people’s engagement in anti-corruption. Previously, she worked for the World Bank, both in operational work and capacity development, on public sector management reform, transparency, access to information and accountability in Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia and South-East Europe. Aránzazu holds a PhD in Government and a Master in Public Policy from Georgetown University (USA).

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

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Yu Zhang works in the Health Systems Resilience & Essential Public Health Functions Team, World Health Organization Headquarters. He has education backgrounds in global health, disease risk management, biomedical engineering, and economics. He has years of experience in supporting countries and partners in strengthening institutional capacity for essential public health functions. He also provided technical expertise in IDI Cooperative Audit of Strong & Resilient National Public Health Systems (linked to SDG 3.d), and ASOSAI Capacity Development Program 2023 Workshop on Audit of Infectious Disease Prevention Programs in post COVID-19 situation linked to health system resilience.

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

Strategising for auditing inclusion

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Alexis KAMUHIRE the Auditor General of Rwanda, has rich experience in Public Financial Management (PFM) over the last twenty (20) years, he started his career in public sector audit since 2003. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR).

Currently he is Chairperson of Audit and Governance Subcommittee of Governing Board of AFROSAI-E as the Head of SAI-Rwanda.

 

Harnessing data to explore intersecting marginalisation

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Tamar Sabedashvili holds a PhD (2012) and MA (2002) in Gender Studies from Central European University, Budapest and BA (2000) MA (2004) in International Relations from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Tamar Sabedashvili is Deputy Country Representative of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in Georgia working actively in the areas of elimination of violence against women, women’s economic empowerment, gender and good governance and women, peace and security. In 2013-2019 Tamar headed Gender Institute and the Gender Studies Programme at Tbilisi State University, where she also taught in 2006-2019. Tamar’s research interests are in the field of gender and development. Her PhD thesis dealt with the specificities of recognition and regulation of domestic violence in Georgia.

Auditing for equal futures

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Auditor General Hussain Niyazy is a public audit professional with extensive experience in finance, accounting and audit. He is a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA) and also Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) who counts over 18 years of service experience at the Auditor General’s Office (AGO). He played a vital role in the establishment and development of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Maldives (CA Maldives) in which he currently holds the position of the President. 

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

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Aránzazu Guillán Montero is a Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer at the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government in the United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DPIDG /UN DESA).

 

Before joining DESA, she was a Senior Program Advisor at U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (Norway) with a focus on mainstreaming anti-corruption into sector programs and strengthening people’s engagement in anti-corruption. Previously, she worked for the World Bank, both in operational work and capacity development, on public sector management reform, transparency, access to information and accountability in Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia and South-East Europe. Aránzazu holds a PhD in Government and a Master in Public Policy from Georgetown University (USA).

 

Session 4: Auditing for a liveable planet

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

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Auditor General Hussain Niyazy is a public audit professional with extensive experiencein finance, accounting and audit. He is a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA)and also Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) who counts over 18 yearsof service experience at the Auditor General’s Office (AGO).He played a vital role in the establishment and development of the Institute of CharteredAccountants of the Maldives (CA Maldives) in which he currently holds the position ofthe President.

Shaping tomorrow: Scanning for future trends in global climate action

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Mr. Dashiell Costa is a government auditor and senior specialist in the Federal Court of Accounts of Brazil. Currently, he works as Project Coordinator for the ClimateScanner Initiative. He has a degree in Social Communication – Advertising, from the University of Brasilia, and a specialization in public policy auditing.

Role of SAIs in Auditing Sustainability Reporting by the Public Sector

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Bernhard Schatz has more than 13 years of experience in the public administration in Austria where he held positions at the Austrian Ministry of Finance and the Austrian Court of Audit (CoA). At his time at the MoF he was part of a team introducing a comprehensive budget reform including IPSAS, where he specialised in public financial management topics like budget management, fiscal risk management, accrual accounting and reporting. Afterwards he served as a senior expert for accounting and auditing standards at the CoA. He has served 6 years as a member of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB). He currently is PwC Austrias Public Sector and Sustainability Reporting Leader. Among other functions he serves as a member of the Sustainability Reference Group to the IPSASB, as observer to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and as a Technical Advisory Committee member to the Worldbanks PULSAR program.

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

Expanding horizons of technology audits

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Dr. Chris Dimitriadis is an experienced leader and board member, with global CEO experience, international authority in cybersecurity, with a proven track record in developing and managing strategy, programs and initiatives. He is the Chief Global Strategy officer at ISACA, responsible for global growth.

Empowering SAI auditors with advanced technologies

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Anzor Mekhrishvili is a seasoned digital advisory and cybersecurity expert, currently serving as Director and Head of Digital Advisory at BDO in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is also a representative from SAI Georgia. With over 15 years of experience across IT governance, cybersecurity, and digital transformation, he has successfully led numerous high-impact projects, including ISO 27001 implementations and RPA deployments. Anzor also contributes as an invited lecturer and consultant, providing expertise in information security and IT auditing.