INTOSAI EDP: 4th Performance Audit Seminar Programme

4th Working Seminar on Performance Audit

Moscow 2004

Programme

Theme for the seminar - Performance Auditing on e-Government

Goals for the seminar

To inspire Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) in their performance audit within the e-Government area to strengthen and increase their control initiatives
To provide the opportunity to for sharing experience and further learning on e-Government auditing among the SAIs
To help auditors become better acquainted and develop communications
To improve efficiency and quality on Auditing e-Government

Focus on the seminar will be risk assessment, effectiveness in a client-oriented perspective and challenges when auditing e-Government.

Target group

The target group is SAI managers and practitioners at the operational level.

Organization of the seminar

The seminar opens with an introductory speech describing what e-Government is and general trends within the e-Government area. The presentation will also include findings from the questionnaire sent to all SAI members in front of the preparation for 12th INTOSAI IT-auditing committee.

Thereafter a lead paper and country papers within the three themes for the seminar will be presented. The last item on the agenda will be presentations on different experiences when auditing e-Government.

There will made a summary from the meeting, which will be handed out at the end of the last day of the meeting.

Overview program

April 19^th, Monday

18.00		Meeting of the Editorial Board of the seminar ("Soyuz" hotel)

19.00		Welcome cocktail

April 20^th, Tuesday

7.00		Breakfast at the hotel

8.00		Departure from the hotel to the Accounts Chamber for the participation in the seminar on performance auditing (2, Zubovskaya Str. 3^rd floor, Conference Hall, Room 399)

9.00		Arrival to the Accounts Chamber

9.00 – 9.30		Registration of the Russian participants of the seminar (3^rd floor hall)

9.30- 9.40		Opening remarks by the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation S.V.Stepashin

9.40 – 9.45		Opening remarks by the Chairman of the INTOSAI Working Group on IT Audit, the General Comptroller and Auditor of India Mr. Vijayendra N. Kaul

9.45 – 10.30		Introduction to the seminar: "What is E-Government" (SAI of Norway)

Sub-theme 1: Risk Assessment

10.30 – 11.00		"Addressing the Risks in E-Service Systems Implementation" Lead paper ( SAI of Slovenia)

11.00 – 11.30		Coffee-break (3^rd floor), group photo

11.30 – 11.50		"A strategy for auditing the cabinet’s management of transition to e-Government – a risk assessment approach" Country paper ( SAI of Sweden)
11.50 – 12.10		"Alignment of Business Needs and IT Requirements" Country paper ( SAI of Oman)
12.10 – 12.30		"Assessing Uncertainty in an e-Government Project" Country paper ( SAI of the USA)

12.30 – 13.30		Lunch (dining room of the Accounts Chamber, 2^nd floor)

13.30 – 14.00		Discussion (sub-theme 1)

Sub-theme 2: Effectiveness in a Client-Oriented Perspective

14.00 – 14.30		"Auditing Government On-Line: The Canadian Government Experience" Lead paper ( SAI of Canada)

14.30 – 14.50		‘Performance audit on public e-procurement in Norway" Country paper ( SAI of Norway)

14.50 – 15.20		Discussion (sub-theme 2)

15.20 – 15.30		Summery and conclusions from the day’s meeting

15.30		Departure for the hotel

16.30		Arrival to the hotel, rest

18.00		Departure from the hotel for a reception

19.00 – 21.00		Reception on behalf of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Chairman of the INTOSAI Working Group on IT Audit, General Secretary of ASOSAI Mr. Vijayendra N.Kaul (2, Berejkovskaia Naberejnaya, the "Redisson Slavianskaya" hotel)

22.00		Return to the hotel

April 21^st, Wednesday

7.00	Breakfast at the hotel

8.00	Departure from the hotel for the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation (Zubovskaya Str., 2, 3^rd floor, Conference Hall, Room 399)

Sub-theme 3: Challenges when Auditing E-Government

9.30 – 10.00	"Challenges when Auditing E-Government" Lead paper ( SAI of India)

10.00 – 10.20	"E-Government Projects Efficiency Evaluation Approaches" Country paper ( SAI of Russia)

10.20 – 10.40	"SAI Certification of Financial Management Information Systems" Country paper ( SAI of Pakistan)

10.40 – 11.00	Coffee-break (3^rd floor)

11.00 – 11.20	"Acquisition of Professional Knowledge and Technique for Auditing E-Government" Country paper ( SAI of Japan)

11.20 – 11.40	"Challenges Facing e-Government Audit" Country paper ( SAI of China)

11.40 – 12.10	Discussions (sub-theme 3)

12.10 – 12.30	Tour of the Accounts Chamber, visiting the exhibition "The History of Creation of State Financial Control in Russia"

12.30 – 13.30	Lunch (dining room of the Accounts Chamber, 2^nd floor)

Experiences from Auditing E-Government - country presentations

13.30 – 14.00	"Themes for NAO UK e-Government Audit Work" SAI of the United Kingdom

14.00 – 14.30	"Experience from auditing e-Government with focus at risk assessment, effectiveness and main Challenges" SAI of Denmark

14.30 – 14.50	"E-Government Mapping in Brazil" SAI of Brazil

14.50 – 15.20	Discussions

15.20 – 15.35	Coffee-break (3^rd floor)

15.35 – 15.50	Summary and final conclusions from the seminar SAI of Norway

15.50 – 16.00	Closing remarks SAI of Russia

16.15	Departure by buses for an excursion

16.30 – 19.00	Excursion to the Armory of the Moscow Kremlin, walk in the Alexandrovsky Garden and the Red Square to the Vasilyevsky Descent

19.00	Departure from the Vasilyevsky Descent to the hotel by buses

20.00	Arrival to the hotel, dinner

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