International Governance Accountability and Performance Program

The project aims to build the capacity of supreme audit institutions (SAIs) to further effective accountable and inclusive public spending and delivery of services by the public service in Senegal Guyana Rwanda and Vietnam. The project works at supporting the efforts and the capacity of these countries’ governments to ensure their public services achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and respond to the needs and potential of women and girls. The project also seeks to build links with oversight bodies and strengthen their capacity to ensure that audit report findings are more effectively actioned thus contributing to a more responsive public service. Leveraging the internationally recognized expertise of Canada’s audit community project activities include: (1) placing partner country auditors in Canadian audit offices to build skills capacity and networks in the form of nine-month fellowships; (2) in-country and regional training for staff of SAIs and oversight offices to strengthen their audit skills and ability to follow-up on audit findings; and (3) providing management training to leaders in SAIs with a particular focus on women’s empowerment. Each activity prioritises women auditors and managers to ensure improved representation and advancement of women in positions of leadership within audit offices and SAIs. The project is implemented by the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF) with support from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada as well as Canadian provincial and municipal audit offices.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) enhanced effectiveness of supreme audit institutions in performance auditing in targeted countries with a focus on gender equality environment and other sustainable development goals (SDGs); (2) enhanced effectiveness of oversight bodies in targeted countries in holding government accountable for its performance and public expenditures with a focus on gender equality environment and other SDGs.