In an effort to continue to assist the INTOSAI community during the pandemic, the Government Accountability Office, USA is launching new GAO international webinar series.

The goal of the series is to help build capacity in the auditing community by providing sessions of general interest. The webinars will be in the form of 60-minute virtual moderated sessions on a bimonthly basis. These webinars will bring together experts and practitioners on topics relevant to the auditing community to promote knowledge sharing and help address emerging issues auditors are facing under the pandemic.

The Webinar will be hosted in Amazon Chime platform and broadcasted  in YouTube at https://youtu.be/dNHPHEnum44  The information on the webinars, including links to recorded sessions, will be available on the current INTOSAI PFAC COVID-19 website. The webinar is free and open to the public, with target audience being the entire INTOSAI community and and no registration is required.

Details of the first webinar is as follows:

Title - Real-time Auditing of COVID-19 Activities see flyer.

Date/time:  Wednesday April 7, 10 - 11 AM Eastern Daylight Time (2 – 3 pm Universal Time Coordinated)

Moderator:  Mr. Michael Hix, International Relations Director, GAO

 Confirmed Panelists:

• Nikki Clowers, Managing Director, GAO Health Care Team
• Pamela Monroe Ellis, Auditor General, Jamaica
• Archana Shirsat, Deputy Director General, INTOSAI Development Initiative

Potential topics for future webinars include remote auditing, auditing sustainable development goals, and big data and data analytics.

INTOSAI Community is welcome to provide their thoughts and suggestions on topics for future webinars. The suggestions may be forwarded to Mr. Mark Keenan at [email protected].

Members are requested to actively participate in the webinars and benefit from the interactions.