International Journal of Government Auditing – October 2007
Argentina
Performance Auditing Cooperation Program with U.K. NAO
The Argentine SAI (AGN) signed an agreement with the National Audit Office (NAO) of the United Kingdom to strengthen the AGN’s analysis of internationally recognized techniques and tools of performance audit. The agreement calls for an intensive 2-year program, during which performance audits incorporating best practices and the latest methodologies will be carried out. The first phase of the program was completed in September 2007 when a team of NAO performance audit specialists came to Argentina to assist the SAI in evaluating instruments of analysis. During the remainder of the program, those instruments will be applied and adapted to the realities of the Argentine context. According to Ed Humpherson, assistant auditor general of the NAO, “After 2 weeks of reflecting on work methods, we can conclude that there is fertile ground in the Argentine soil to generate reports that will produce greater fruit in terms of better management by the government and better services for citizens.”
Senior AGN and NAO officials discuss their auditing cooperation program at a September 2007 meeting in Argentina.
For additional information, please contact the AGN:
Fax: ++54 (11) 41 24-3731,
41 24-3775
E-mail: informacion@agn.gov.ar
Web site: www.agn.gov.ar