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The ASA of Egypt Hosting the 14th INTOSAI KSC SC Meeting

H.E. Counsellor/Hesham Badawy; President of the Accountability State Authority of Egypt and Chair of the Working Group on Fight Against Corruption and Money Laundering, physically hosted the 14th INTOSAI KSC SC Meeting in Cairo – Egypt with the attendance of H.E. Counsellor/ Mohamed El-Faisal Youssef; the ASA Vice President,
during the period from the 12th to the 14th of September 2022.

The Meeting was headed by H.E. Mr. Girish Chandra Murmu;
the Comptroller and Auditor General of the Office of
the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Chair of the INTOSAI KSC
and the INTOSAI WGITA, with the attendance of (48) participants
from (15) KSC SC members, observers and partners which were:
the SAIs of India, Brazil, Egypt, Finland, Philippines, Russian Federation,
Switzerland, Uganda, UAE, Qatar, Senegal, Thailand, Cameroon,
Austria and Malaysia in addition to the SAIs of Kenya and Niger.

The 14th KSC SC Meeting’s Agenda included the live as well as the video presentations from the KSC SC representatives of the member working groups and the INTOSAI Goal Committees in addition to the presentations of the KSC Chair; SAI India.

The successful and fruitful proceedings of the Meeting witnessed the exchange of various informative experiences as well as sharing the recent and ongoing activities in addition to the progress reports of the participating entities. It was approved during the Meeting that SAI UAE will be the host country of the 15th INTOSAI KSC SC Meeting while SAI Thailand will be the same of the 16th INTOSAI KSC SC Meeting.

10/10/2022

The 15th INTOSAI WGFACML Meeting Hosted Virtually by the Accountability State Authority of Egypt
on May 11th , 2022

Under the auspices of H.E. Counsellor/ Hesham Badawy; President of the Accountability State Authority of Egypt and the WGFACML Chair, the ASA hosted virtually the 15th Meeting of the INTOSAI Working Group
on Fight Against Corruption and Money Laundering on May 11th, 2022.

The Meeting was presided over by H.E. Counsellor/ Mohamed Al-Faisal Yousef;
the ASA Vice President, with the participation of (22) Working Group member SAIs.

H.E. Counsellor/ Mohamed Al-Faisal Yousef welcomed, in his opening speech,
the delegations who participated in the Meeting that was held amidst various challenges
imposed by Covid-19 pandemic on all fields of the audit work that necessitate working
during exceptional circumstances.

His Excellency pointed out that the WG has come a long way towards achieving its main objectives, and reviewed some of the steps that have been taken in this regard. In addition, H.E. congratulated the SAIs of France and Ukraine for joining the membership of the Working Group, and he ended his speech by encouraging the effective and perpetual contributions of the WG member SAIs to the WG work building on the steps the WG has already taken towards achieving its aspired goals.

Following that, the Working Group Secretariat presented a Progress Report on its achievements since the last WG Meeting in November 2020, then the WG member SAIs of Austria, Mexico, the United States of America, the Russian Federation, Indonesia and France made their presentations covering various topics in the field of fighting corruption and money laundering.

Upon the Meeting’s closure, H.E. Counsellor/ Mohamed Al-Faisal Yousef expressed his aspiration that the WG member SAIs would reinforce the bonds of co-operation and collaboration among them aiming to achieve more valuable accomplishments. Finally, H.E. congratulated SAI Thailand for being the host for the 16th INTOSAI WGFACML Meeting in 2023 and thanked the participants for their beneficial presentations and exerted efforts.

11/05/2022

Side event of  special session of the United Nations General Assembly against corruption

Special session of the United Nations General Assembly against corruption side event, titled "Imperative role of Supreme Audit Institutions in the Prevention and Fight Against Corruption in modern times" organized virtually by the UAE supreme Audit Institution on June 2, 2021.

The goal of this event is to shed light on the important role that Supreme Audit Institutions play in prevention and fight against corruption, which has been stipulated in many paragraphs of the UNGASS political declaration. To know more about the event and speakers, use this link:

https://www.intosai.org/fileadmin/downloads/news/2021/05/270521_UNGASS_flyer.pdf

09/06/2021

The second organizational meeting of INTOSAI Global Expert Team (IGET)

SAI, United Arab of Emirates ,leader of  INTOSAI Global Expert Team (IGET) has hosted It's second organizational meeting which has been held virtually on May 31,2021.

It has been held with the participation of members of IGET , SAI Egypt ,Austria ,Ecuador ,Hungary ,Italy, Portugal and Russia .

The Agenda discussed, the amendment to the IGET Terms of Reference, IGET action Plan and feedback received ,Presentation by SAI Russia on INTOSAI University and a brief about the side event that is organized in the special session of the UN general assembly against corruption.

09/06/2021

The 14th Meeting of INTOSAI Working Group on Fight Against Corruption and Money Laundering hosted virtually by the Accountability State Authority of  Egypt on November 24th , 2020

The Accountability State Authority of Egypt headed by H.E. Counsellor/ HeshamBadawy; ASA President and WGFACML Chair, hosted the 14th WGFACML Meeting held virtually on November 24th, 2020 with the participation of 24 Supreme Audit Institutions.

During the meeting, the WG Secretariat presented to the members the activities it
performed throughout the year (2019-2020), and the new WG Work Plan (2020-2022)
was adopted .Also, SAIs of Ecuador, USA, Austria, and Brazil made presentations
to the WG members.

In addition, three new SAIs joined the WGFACML membership ; SAIs of France,
Philippines and Ukraine leading the WG to be 34 member SAIs chaired by
the Accountability State Authority of Egypt.

Furthermore, the State Audit Office of the Kingdom of Thailand was chosen
to be the host country for the 15th WGFACML Meeting in 2021.

07/12/2020

The 14^th Meeting of INTOSAI Working Group on Fight Against Corruption and Money Laundering

The Accountability State Authority of Egypt organizes the 14th annual meeting of INTOSAI Working Group on Fight Against Corruption And Money Laundering (WGFACML) scheduled to be held virtually on Tuesday 24^th November, 2020.

15/11/2020

The Participation of the INTOSAI WGFACML Secretariat in the 12^th Steering Committee Meeting of the INTOSAI Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Services Committee (KSC-SC) held virtually on 21 September 2020

The INTOSAI WGFACML Secretariat had participated in the 12^th Steering Committee Meeting of the INTOSAI Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Services Committee (KSC-SC) held virtually on September 21^st 2020.

During the meeting, the INTOSAI WGFACML Secretariat’s report concerning
the working group’s achievements was approved in accordance with the latest
developments in the group’s work activities.

The proposal - which had been submitted by the WGFACML Secretariat for conducting
training programs for SAIs’ members in the field of fighting against corruption and
money laundering - was approved.

The Chair of the (KSC-SC) Committee Secretariat welcomed the invitation
made by the ASA of Egypt as Chair of INTOSAI WGFACML to host the 13^th KSC-SC  Meeting 2021.

06/10/2020

Relabeling and Renaming of two INTOSAI WGFACML Publications

After the establishment of the INTOSAI Framework of  Professional Pronouncements (IFPP), updates have occurred regarding two INTOSAI WGFACML Publications (English version) :

GUID 5260:

Endorsed in 2016 as INTOSAI GOV 9160 - Enhancing Good Governance for Public Assets - Guiding Principles for Implementation, it was relabeled and renamed as: GUID 5260 - Governance of Public Assets.

GUID 5270:

Endorsed in 2016 as ISSAI 5700 - Guideline for the Audit of Corruption Prevention in Government Agencies, it was relabeled and renamed as:
GUID 5270 - Guideline for the Audit of Corruption Prevention.

06/09/2020

Virtual Meeting between INTOSAI Professional Standards Committee Chair and Vice Chair, Technical Support Function Team and WGFACML Secretariat

Within the course of exchanging knowledge and enhancing co-operation with INTOSAI bodies ,
the WGFACML Secretariat participated in a virtual meeting on July 14^th,2020 with
the INTOSAI Professional Standards Committee Chair and Vice Chair as well as
the Technical Support Function Team. There were several points of concern that were
discussed between both sides on this first meeting which was agreed to be a start for other beneficial meetings to come.

29/07/2020

XXIII INCOSAI Outcomes Report

In the course of implementing one of its main objectives, that is to inform and update the WG members with the latest INTOSAI news and events, the WGFACML General Secretariat hereafter shares the link to the XXIII INCOSAI Outcomes Report that it has recently received from the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation. Hoping that all members would benefit from the shared experiences and recommendations presented through this link https://incosai2019.ru/en/documents/51

22/06/2020

Counselor / Hesham Badawy (ASA President) & WGFACML Chairman Participation In the 8^th Session of the conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 14 - 15 December 2019

His Excellency Counselor / Hesham Badawy - (ASA President) &  WGFACML  Chairman participated in the 8^th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption in Abu Dhabi,

United Arab Emirates, on 16 - 20 December 2019.

He also participated in the meeting held on 14 and 15 December 2019,  concerning the

initiative of the SAI of the United Arab Emirates to establish permanent cooperation

between SAIs  and Anti-corruption authorities.

During this meeting, his excellency reviewed the achievements and contributions of the

working group in the field of fighting corruption and money laundering.

His Excellency reviewed the efforts made by the WG to enhance the professional capabilities of WG member SAIs in the field of fighting  corruption and  money laundering through the  guidelines issued by the working group, as well as the initiative under development  between the  WG Secretariat and  IDI  to study the training needs of the WG member SAIs  in the field of fighting corruption and money laundering, in addition to a number of training programs that will be developed in the light of analyzing these training needs.

He also reviewed the vision of the WG with regard to identifying the necessary needs for capacity building , exchanging knowledge and  professional cooperation in the field of  fighting fraud and corruption , besides establishing permanent cooperation between both anti-corruption authorities  on  the one hand and  SAIs  on the other hand in order to maximize the benefits that can be achieved from this cooperation and to announce long-term cooperation between SAIs and Anti- Corruption Authorities  at the national , regional and global levels to support this initiative within the framework of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

22/01/2020

ASA chairs the 13^th WGFACML meeting in Nanjing – China

The Accountability State Authority of Egypt (ASA), chaired the 13^th meeting

of the INTOSAI Working Group on the Fight Against corruption and Money Laundering

(WGFACML) hosted by the CNAO of China in Nanjing city 25-27 April 2019.

ASA Vice President Mrs. Mona Tawheed on behalf of H.E. Hesham Badawy

and Mr. Hao Shuchen CNAO deputy Auditor General opened the event by addressing

the delegates from 18 member SAIs. The meeting previewed the WG past progress, current and future activities. Also, many member SAIs shared their best practices and  experiences in the field of fighting corruption and money laundering. It was planned that the upcoming meeting will be hosted by Egypt.

26/05/2019

The  5^th  Meeting  of  INTOSAI  WGFACML Subgroup 2 on "Audit of Corruption Prevention in Public Procurement"

The 5^th meeting of INTOSAI WGFACML subgroup 2 assigned to develop the Guideline

on "Audit of corruption prevention in public procurement was held in Muscat - OMAN

during 5 and 6 March 2019, with  the attendance of subgroup member SAIs:

Germany (Chair), Austria (Co-Chair), Poland, Czech Republic and Oman (the host)

and the WG Secretariat (Egypt), to discuss the final draft of the guideline.

28/03/2019

WGFACML 13^th meeting new venue Nanjing, China

Regarding to WGFACML 13^th meeting that will be hosted by National Audit Office of China (CNAO) on the 25^th- 26^th April 2019.

WG Secretariat announce that  the meeting venue will be changed to be held at the CNAO Audit Academy in Nanjing instead of Beijing, China.

22/01/2019

International Anti-Corruption Day

On the occasion of the “International Anti-Corruption Day” endorsed by the United Nations on December 9^th, the Accountability State Authority of Egypt “ASA”; chair of the INTOSAI Working Group on Fight Against Corruption and Money Laundering (WGFACML), is honored to present the key WG achievements that have been accomplished in the field of anti-corruption, related to Working Group activities. Click here to watch the video

09/12/2018

13^th Upcoming INTOSAI WGFACML Meeting (25-26 April, 2019)

It was agreed upon during the 12th INTOSAI WGFACML Meeting held in Mexico City, October 2018 that the 13^th
upcoming working group meeting is to be hosted by the National Audit Office of the People's Republic of China (CNAO) in Beijing, China within the period 25-26 April 2019.

06/11/2018