Strengthening Public External Audit - Institutional Support - 2023 to 2025

This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI). IDI uses these funds along with other donors’ funding to achieve its mandate which is to support Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in developing countries to enhance their performance and capacities to make a difference in the quality of public sector governance and service delivery for the value and benefit of citizens and life on the planet. It acts as an enabler and capacity-builder for Supreme Audit Institutions to be more responsive to climate change and environmental considerations. Canada’s support to IDI helps to build stronger public external audit institutions contributing to improved financial oversight public financial management transparency accountability service delivery achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including gender equality and reduced corruption. Project activities of the INTOSAI Development Initiative include: (1) conduct an analysis of the maturity and needs of SAIs in human resource management ethics gender and inclusiveness; (2) Examining the effects of climate change adaptation actions on marginalized and vulnerable populations; and (3) building the capacity of SAIs to work with a diversity of stakeholders (such as parliaments civil society organizations and the media) including using innovative technological approaches.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved independence governance and gender awareness of SAIs; (2) improved public sector audit in developing countries that comply with international standards; and (3) enhanced systematic use of Supreme Audit Institutions audits findings by parliament for developing policy and holding government accountable.