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XIX INCOSAI At A Glance

Choose a menu item INCOSAI Home At a Glance INTOSAI Organization Chart Goal 1 Report Goal 2 Report Goal 3 Report Goal 4 Report Endorsed Documents Mexico Accords Cultural Program Invitation to XX INCOSAI 2008 INTOSAI Calendar

• The XIX INCOSAI was the largest in INTOSAI history: 480 delegates from 145 supreme audit institutions (SAI), 21 observers from 10 institutions, and 59 accompanying persons.
• INTOSAI membership grew to 188 nations with the admission of the SAIs of Montenegro and Singapore.
• The Mexico Accords were adopted unanimously. The Accords cover the discussions, conclusions, and recommendations from theme 1 (management, accountability, and audit of public debt) and theme II (performance assessment systems based on accepted key indicators).
• Several changes were made to goal 3 working groups:
• A working group on national indicators was established to carry forward theme II recommendations; the chair is the SAI of the Russian Federation.
• The Task Force on the Fight Against International Money Laundering became the Working Group on the Fight Against International Money Laundering and Corruption.
• The Working Group on Privatization became the Working Group on Privatization, Economic Regulation, and Public-Private Partnerships to reflect the broader scope of its work.
• The Task Force on the Accountability for and Audit of Disaster-related Aid became the Working Group on the Accountability for and Audit of Disaster-related Aid.
• Eighteen official INTOSAI documents were adopted, including the Mexico Declaration on SAI Independence and standards, guidelines, and best practices in such areas as financial and performance auditing, environmental auditing, and the audit of public debt. The documents are available online at http://www.issai.org and are listed on p.6.
• The Report of the Chairman of the Finance and Administration Committee described the many initiatives adopted by the board and the congress in support of INTOSAI’s goal to become a model organization.
• INTOSAI membership dues were increased for the first time since 1983.
• The congress voted to continue the position of Director of Strategic Planning, and Kirsten Astrup from the SAI of Norway was elected to succeed Klaus-Henning Busse in that role.
• The Jorg Kandutsch Award went to the SAI of Kuwait, and the Elmer Staats Award went to four authors (Noel Carisse, Lilian Cotnoir, Carolle Mathieu, and John Reed) from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada for their article, "Making the World a Better Place to Live One Audit at a Time: Improving Governance and Accountability in Environmental Protection," in the April 2006 International Journal of Government Auditing.
• The XX INCOSAI will be hosted by the Auditor General of South Africa in Johannesburg November 15–20, 2010.

John Reed accepted the coveted Elmer B. Staats Award for the Journal article on environmental auditing that he co-wrote with three colleagues from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada.		Barrak Khaled Al-Marzouq, President of the State Audit Bureau of Kuwait, received the prestigious Jorg Kandutsch Award, which recognizes that SAI's significant contributions to INTOSAI, from Josef Moser, Secretary General of INTOSAI.

INTOSAI Organization Chart

XIX INCOSAI, Mexico City November 5-10, 2007

Following the opening ceremony, delegates, observers, and accompanying persons gathered for the official congress photo in La Plaza de la Constitucion, informally called El Zocalo, in the historic center of Mexico City.

Documents Endorsed by the XIX INCOSAI