International Development Grant
CCAF-FCVI - International Legislative Oversight Program
Project Number: CA-3-S065399001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $8,802,663.00
Start Date: August 29, 2012
End Date: March 31, 2018
Duration: 5.6 years
Project Description
This project aims to improve value for money in public expenditures in Cameroon Ghana Tanzania and Vietnam. This is achieved by building sustainable audit and legislative oversight capacity within the supreme audit institutions and Public Accounts Committees of the four countries in order to fight corruption improve governance and accountability and focus resources on achieving results. The project facilitates the creation of networks and partnerships between Canadian and developing country audit offices and their representative institutions Public Accounts Committees in Canada and abroad and donors. The project activities include forensic and environmental audits and support for Public Accounts Committees and other oversight committees. Finally the project provides internship opportunities for representatives from Cameroon Ghana Tanzania and Vietnam within Canadian audit offices at the federal and provincial levels.
Expected Results
The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: enhanced operational capacity and effectiveness of supreme audit institutions in conducting performance auditing in Cameroon Ghana Tanzania and Vietnam to ensure effective efficient and transparent use of public resources; enhanced leadership and operational capacity of Public Accounts Committees to review supreme audit institution reports and follow up on implementation of report recommendations in Cameroon Ghana Tanzania and Vietnam; and strengthened program coordination and policy harmonization as well as knowledge sharing among donors relevant supreme audit institutions and regional associations.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2018) include: (1) 28 (15 women) auditors were trained and mentored via nine-month placements in Canadian provincial audit offices 16 (7 women) manager interns were trained in Canada and more than 794 (227 women) participants were trained through in-country and regional workshop contributing to enhanced capacity and effectiveness of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in conducting performance auditing in Cameroon Ghana Tanzania and Vietnam; (2) of the 60 performance audits supported by the project 40 have been completed of which 32 have been tabled; (3) five workshops delivered to oversight committees training 166 participants (51 women) plus seven workshops delivered to SAIs on collaborating and communicating with oversight committees and other stakeholders training 122 participants (27 women) which has resulted in improved collaboration between the SAIs and oversight committees and enhanced the capacity of the committees to review performance audits; (4) increased involvement of SAIs in regional activities including of 34 auditors from partner SAIs who co-facilitated regional workshops contributing to knowledge sharing and peer-to-peer learning as well as to improved coordination with other donors SAIs and regional associations; and (5) a Practice Guide to Auditing Gender Equality was developed which informs the work of the international audit community.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
CAAF – Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Other technical assistance
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP