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SAB News
SAB sings a contract with the UNDP concerning the support
of Internal Audit Systems in the entities subject to its control
Emerging
from SAB vision (Partners & Auditors) ,
alongside to the its efforts regarding the implemen-
tation of Internal Audit Systems at the government
entities due to their significance and important role
that enables SAB to maintain their assets. As well
as to providing guarantees on the proper function-
ing and the assistance to sharpen the productivity
through the optimization of the resources and capa-
bilities through the administrative and accounting ,
supervision and internal controls.
In view of the Budgets & Final Account Committee,
that follows the National Assembly and SAB inter-
est in the subject matter and since the committee
previously requested SAB to prepare an evaluation
on the Internal Audit Systems in the government
entities and evaluate the extent of their efficiency.
Likewise, submit a register indicating the govern-
ment entities subject to SAB`s control, whose orga-
nizational structure lacks the department or internal
audit office, besides the entities that actually oper-
ates with the help of an internal audit office with an
indication of its administrative dependability and its
efficiency.
Over the past two years, SAB prepared two con-
secutive studies on the seriousness of the Internal
Audit Departments at the entities subject to its con-
trol. The said studies reveals that some of the said
entities failed in establishing internal audits organi-
zational units. Over and above it showed the low
levels of efficiency and inefficiency of the said units .
In 1996, SAB addressed all the entities subject to its
control, assuring the significance of strengthening
and supporting the internal audit systems, as well as
the importance of establishing organizational units
that demonstrate great efficiency in performing the
said entities internal audit tasks. Furthermore, the
significance of assigning its dependency to a high-
est authority of the entity, to guarantee its indepen-
dency that allows the optimum performance of the
assigned roles. In 2009, SAB once again assured
the aforementioned.
SAB , in coordination with representatives of the
General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for
Planning and Development and the UNDP office,
took the liberty in initiating and adopting an am-
bitious project, which supports the internal audit
systems of the entities subject to its control and to
strengthen the capabilities of its internal audit units.
The aforementioned resulted in the signing of an
agreement on the 14thof December , 2017 with the
said parties to contract with a global office special-
ized in areas of concern to implement the project
. The Secretary-General of the Supreme Planning
and Development Council, Mr. Khalid Mahdi and
the UNDP Resident Coordinator in Kuwait Zeinab
Tuame were present and witnessed the signing of
the agreement.
The said project aims at developing the skills of
SAB`s auditors in the fields on concern, as well as
to providing the professional support to the Internal
Audit Units at the entities subject to SAB`s control.
Also, preparing extensive training programs of vari-
ous levels from the said units’ staff, which would
qualify them and enable them to perform the as-
signed tasks in an efficient and effective manner.
The said aim is to be achieved in coordination with
the selected office that will be selected by the Gen-
eral Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning
and Development, as well as to representatives of
the UNDP. The program purpose is to train (300)
employees of SAB, as well as to qualify (35) trainers
to attain training benefits in the future to qualify em-
ployees of SAB and the government entities subject
to its control.
Within the framework of the project, to be com-
pleted in December 2018, guidelines shall be pre-
pared with the purpose of enabling SAB`s auditors
and employees of the internal audit units at the gov-
ernment entities of working according to the latest
auditing standards. Number of (35) government en-
tities shall be chosen to serve the purpose of speci-
fying the internal audit units’ vulnerabilities and later
recommend the proper solutions
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