OECD Public Governance Reviews Enhancing the Oversight Impact of Chile’s Supreme Audit Institution Applying Behavioural Insights for Public Integrity

OECD Public Governance Reviews Enhancing the Oversight Impact of Chile’s Supreme Audit Institution Applying Behavioural Insights for Public Integrity
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2022-05-16
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ISBN: 9264835989

The impact of the work of supreme audit institutions (SAIs) largely depends on the ability and willingness of the audited entities to implement the changes suggested in the audit reports issued by the SAIs. Applying behavioural insights (BI) can help SAIs promote the uptake of their audit reports and recommendations.

OECD Public Governance Reviews Facilitating the Implementation of the Mexican Supreme Audit Institution’s Mandate Auditing the Governance of Infrastructure

OECD Public Governance Reviews Facilitating the Implementation of the Mexican Supreme Audit Institution’s Mandate Auditing the Governance of Infrastructure
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 57
Release: 2022-10-26
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ISBN: 9264649689

To support Mexico’s supreme audit institution, the ASF (Auditoría Superior de la Federación), in fulfilling its mandate, this report analyses good practices in OECD countries for incorporating governance issues into public works audits. It provides examples and assesses different strategic considerations for ASF’s infrastructure audit organisation and practices, including objectives and resources.

OECD Public Governance Reviews Preventive and Concomitant Control at Colombia's Supreme Audit Institution New Strategies for Modern Challenges

OECD Public Governance Reviews Preventive and Concomitant Control at Colombia's Supreme Audit Institution New Strategies for Modern Challenges
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2021-12-02
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ISBN: 9264417575

Supreme audit institutions can contribute to promoting substantial improvements in public management. In Colombia, the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) has implemented a new preventive and concomitant control function that identifies risks while projects and budgets are being executed.

OECD Public Governance Reviews Auditing Decentralised Policies in Brazil Collaborative and Evidence-Based Approaches for Better Outcomes

OECD Public Governance Reviews Auditing Decentralised Policies in Brazil Collaborative and Evidence-Based Approaches for Better Outcomes
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2020-11-26
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ISBN: 9264447792

Public policies and services, such as education, health, welfare, infrastructure and sanitation, are increasingly developed and provided via different levels of government (national, regional and local), creating co-ordination and governance challenges. This report describes how Brazil’s 33 courts of accounts can use their oversight function – including audits – to help make such decentralised policies more effective and coherent.

OECD Public Governance Reviews Improving Governance with Policy Evaluation Lessons From Country Experiences

OECD Public Governance Reviews Improving Governance with Policy Evaluation Lessons From Country Experiences
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2020-06-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9264829822

Policy evaluation is a critical element of good governance, as it promotes public accountability and contributes to citizens’ trust in government. Evaluation helps ensure that decisions are rooted in trustworthy evidence and deliver desired outcomes. Drawing on the first significant cross-country survey of policy evaluation practices covering 42 countries, this report offers a systemic analysis of the institutionalisation, quality and use of evaluation across countries and looks at how these three dimensions interrelate.