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SAB delegation met with the Practice Manager
of the World Bank, Mr. Manuel Antonio Vargas,
to discuss the SAI’s experience in the internal
audit department, whereas SAB provides great
importance to this issue and its application in
government bodies. In addition to identifying the
extent to which SAB’s procedures conform to
international standards and the need to evaluate
the SAB’s procedures in peer review.
furthermore, SAB participated in activating the
corner of ARABOSAI during the period from 25-
27 September 2019 by introducing the outputs
of the organization and its latest audit activities
that aim to improve professional performance,
spread knowledge, and exchange experiences.
Video clips containing the activities of ARABOSAI
and presentations were presented in addition to
the distribution of publications and products of
the ARABOSAI to the visitors.
The main tasks of revitalizing the organization’s
corner included providing preliminary information
about the presented publications, answering
visitors’ questions, organizing bilateral meetings
in the corner. In addition to advertising
and promoting publications, products, and
presentations. As well as supervising the
display of video clips on the screen provided in
the corner.
ARABOSAI corner in the XXIII INCOSAI was
also dedicated to present the success story of
the State Audit Bureau of Kuwait experience
by introducing the Citizen Report 2018 and
continuing professional education booklets.
SAB delegation also participated in the
knowledge exchange and knowledge service
corner to present SAB’s experience by
participating in the leadership of the sub-team on
auditing operations of the Working Group on the
Value and Benefits of Supreme Audit Institutions
(WGVBS).
Actions that took place on the sidelines of
the conference:
- The Professional Guidance and Standards
Committee at the State Audit Bureau of Kuwait
was addressed to express an opinion on the
idea of joining the Professional Standards
Committee (PSC) and its sub-committees in
the INTOSAI organization, namely:
- o Compliance Audit Subcommittee.
- o Performance Audit Subcommittee.
- o Financial Audit and Accounting
S u b c o mm i t t e e .
- o InternalControlStandardsSubcommittee.
- The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor
General of India the Chair of KSC -
Committee on Knowledge Sharing and
Knowledge Services and the State Audit
Institution of the United Arab Emirates, Chair
of Working Group on Impacts of Science
and Technology on Auditing (WGISTA), were
addressed regarding the SAB of Kuwait
interest to join the working group.
- INTOSAI Working Group on IT Audit (WGITA)
was assigned to conduct a study on the State
of Kuwait’s IT infrastructure and provide the
best proposal to create a big database for
data analysis.
