INTOSAI Development Initiative

Published purpose

The purpose of this project is to enhance sustainable economic prosperity for the poor by improving governance, which is a key enabler of sustainable economic growth. The project seeks to strengthen the capacity of national supreme audit institutions in developing countries. Main project activities include: (1) working with supreme audit institutions to prevent and detect fraud and corruption; (2) delivering certification programs to bring supreme audit institutions in line with international audit standards, including gender equality considerations; and, (3) building the capacity of supreme audit institutions to work with a diversity of stakeholders (such as parliaments, civil society organizations, and the media), including using innovative technological approaches. The project also focuses on empowering women and girls by supporting cooperative gender audits with countries in Francophone Africa, looking at issues such as equal benefits from government programs. Gender equality is also incorporated into guidance and tools used by supreme audit institutions around the world. The project is expected to be of particular benefit to supreme audit institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, where need for capacity building is high.