Exploring Opportunities to Strengthen Capacities of Georgian Internal Auditors

Recently the CEF hosted a delegation from Georgia as part of their study visit to Slovenia, which provided valuable insights and lessons learnt on the development and implementation of the internal audit function in Slovenia.

On the occasion, CEF Director Mira Dobovišek gave a short overview of the CEF’s scope of activities and presented CEF’s professional qualification training program for public sector internal auditors, TIAPS. This program strengthens professional qualifications in internal audit processes in line with international audit standards and best practice. The visit generated lively discussions among the participants who agreed that continuous training of staff is vital in supporting reforms and successfully implementing the internal audit function.

The study visit was organized by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in cooperation with the Budget Supervision Office of the Ministry of Finance of Slovenia on January 19-22, 2014.

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Georgia is in a process of developing a transparent and efficient control system of public finance that complies with international standards and incorporates the central pillars of Public Internal Financial Control System, such as Financial Management and Control, Internal Audit and Central Harmonization Unit. The Georgian Ministry of Finance (MoF) is in charge for steering and harmonizing the reform process across all ministries and public sector entities. Against this background, the study visit aimed to share lessons learnt with the Georgian MoF and line ministries on what a successful reform process requires, give information on internal audit implementation, generate ideas on challenges and opportunities in the Georgian context, and explore ways of a further exchange between Georgia and Slovenia.