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OAG continues to develop as a fledgling Supreme Audit Institution but is slowly emerging as a strong Accountability Institution as the fundamental capacity development and staff recruitment and development takes effect. The key to its success is the capacity of the local staff to become less dependent upon the Technical Advisors and their gradual assumption of the appropriate skills to take on further responsibilities within middle management and eventually senior management of OAG.

The following is a brief summary of recent events and achievements within the OAG of interest to users:

 

Financial Audit Training Course Through the assistance of the Machinery of Government program a skilled Audit Trainer was provided for the six months May-November 2007 to develop a training course in financial statement auditing for all local staff using the Risk Based Audit Approach. The course provided interactive modular training of the various key stages in an audit with follow up practical application of the learnings during audits of Ministries.
Skills Development An integral element of the Capacity Building within OAG is the identification of skills required for staff to perform successfully their respective duties. Again, using the Audit Trainer all staff went through an intensive program of skills assessment and identification of future requirements.
Auditor General’s Address In conjunction with Transparency Solomon Islands the Auditor General gave a key note address launching his latest Audit Report on the topic of “An Auditor General’s Insight to Corruption within the Solomon Islands Government.” This was part of the World anti corruption day activities organised in December 2007.
Provincial Government Accounts After some fifteen years of malaise the accountability within Provincial Governments received a boost following the implementation of the Provincial Government Financial Management Improvement Program. This AusAID funded initiative saw teams of accountants, systems analysts and auditors visiting all Provinces to prepare accounts for submission to audit and at the same time identify training and systemic requirements to enable Provincial Assemblies to self account for their funding in future. Of the 130 outstanding accounts some 100 were finalised and certified by the Auditor General for the periods up to 31 March 2007. This represents a major step forward in provincial governance.