24th UN/INTOSAI Symposium in Vienna City of Vigan The Uniqueness T he 24th UN/INTOSAI Symposium, which was jointly organized by the INTOSAI Gen- UNESCO World Heritage Site eral Secretariat and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Af- Philippines fairs (UN DESA), was held at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna from 31 May | II VOLUME 2017 to 2 June 2017. pied by a retail store chain, with Entitled "Digitalization, open data and da- V igan, officially City of Vigan, is only a commemorative plaque at ta mining: relevance and implications for the capital of the province of the building's entrance and the Handover of the GIZ Support to ASEAN Supreme Audit Institu- Ilocos Sur, Philippines. Located on old "ROSARY COLLEGE" concrete SAIs’ audit work and for enhancing their tions (GIZ ASEANSAI) Project with the Chairperson of ASEANSAI the western coast of the large sign at its rear reminding visitors of Plaza Salcedo and Vigan Cathedral contributions to the follow-up and review island of Luzon, Vigan is a in that its past (the school's old logo, of the SDGs", the 24th UN/INTOSAI Symposi- it is one of the few towns left in the once found at the building's fa- Phnom Penh, Cambodia On 25 May 2017 um focused on two themes that will be of Philippines whose old structures cade, has been removed some- considerable importance for the work of Development Agency – ADA and the Ger- have mostly remained intact, and time later). port ASEANSAI and its members in order to it is well known for its cobblestone strengthen their capacity. Mr. Waldraff SAIs in the forthcoming years: (i) the impli- man Society for International Cooperation streets and a unique architecture A unique thing is the existence of cations of digitalization, open data and – GIZ). of the Philippine colonial era another plaza, the Plaza Burgos, acknowledged the long and good relation data mining for the audit work of SAIs, and The discussions showed that new infor- which fuses Native Philippine and which is immediately beside the with NAA Cambodia and is pleased to in- Oriental building designs and St. Paul's Cathedral. After the first (ii) the possibilities of SAIs to contribute to mation technologies and possibilities for construction, with colonial Spanish tier emanating from Plaza form also the German Embassy on recent the implementation of the 2030 Agenda the use of data entail profound opportuni- architecture. In May 2015, Vigan Salcedo are the houses of promi- and future developments in the coopera- nent residents that now make up and the UN Sustainable Development ties, but also great challenges for SAIs. SAIs City was officially recognized as tion. one of the New7Wonders Cities the preserved heritage houses of Goals. are aware of the fact that in times of in- Vigan. This urban plan remained In this context, the participants engaged in creasingly available information they are together with Beirut, Doha, Dur- ban, Havana, Kuala Lumpur and relatively intact despite wars and Saint Paul's Metropolitan Cathedral intensive discussions on the following issues: playing a highly important role as the pro- La Paz. natural calamities that have been (1) What are the opportunities, but also the viders of qualified information through their endured by Vigan since its foun- challenges, created by digitalization, open audits. They, however, also know that digi- When Juan de Salcedo founded dation. Vigan in 1572, he decided to data and data mining for the audit work of talization comes with great expectations pattern its urban plan with that of The major changes to the original SAIs? (2) What kind of practical experienc- towards SAIs and changes the require- Intramuros, the walled city in Ma- urban landscape were caused by nila. fires. The Casa Real was replaced es have SAIs made in the framework of ments regarding their audit work. Conse- with a provincial capitol building, their audits with regard to digitalization, quently, the exchange of experiences and The urban planners of the Spanish the original structure burned T he GIZ Country Director of GIZ Cambo- open data and data mining and which of best-practice examples is of great im- government also followed a basic down. The archdiocese seminary dia, Mr. Thomas Waldraff, paid a visit to the pattern that can be observed in was also destroyed by fire in 1968, best-practice examples can be derived portance. At the same time, the follow-up Auditor General of National Audit Authority therefrom? (3) How can SAIs – as a follow- on the results of INCOSAI XXII in Abu Dhabi most old towns in the country, and it lay in ruins until the late up to the results of INCOSAI XXII in Abu showed that SAIs are cognizant of the im- whose establishment dates back 1990s, when part of a shopping (NAA) of Cambodia and Chairperson of to the Spanish colonial period. This mall was built on the site. the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions Dhabi 2016 – contribute to the implemen- portant contributions that they can make pattern is detailed in the Ley de Ilocos Sur Capitol tation of the SDGs in the best possible towards the successful implementation of las Indias, the Law of the Indies, The residential areas were not (ASEANSAI) to hand over the project man- spared. Some of the houses on manner? the SDGs. Furthermore, they are taking and was put into force in the 18th agement of the GIZ project ―Support to century. Under the Law of the Crisologo Street were casualties of The function of the technical chair was concrete steps to put the commitment of fire; several houses on Quezon ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions‖. Mr. Alex- Indies streets were to follow a grid The courtesy call was followed by an inten- excellently carried out by Mr Chris Mihm of INTOSAI in this regard, as laid down in the pattern, the center of which be- Avenue were destroyed by fire as ander Beetz leaves the project for another well in 1952; while in 1971, some the SAI of the United States of America. Abu Dhabi Declaration, into practice in ing a plaza or central park. assignment in GIZ and Mr. Daniel Blessing sive discussion on the new ASEANSAI Strate- houses near Plaza Burgos burned gic Plan and the focus of Cambodia’s The event was attended by more than 150 the upcoming years. In Vigan, the central park is the down as well. The houses along takes over the position. participants, and among these were The final highlight of the symposium was Plaza Salcedo. Next to it are the Crisologo Street that were burned chairmanship in preparation of the next heads and high-ranking representatives of the adoption of the conclusions and rec- administrative buildings—the were later reconstructed faithfully During the courtesy call, H.E. Mrs. Som Kim ASEANSAI summit, which will take place in more than 70 SAIs and of several interna- ommendations by the participants on the Casa Real or provincial adminis- following the architecture of the Suor, the Auditor General of NAA, ex- Vientiane, November 2017■ tional institutions (UN DESA, UN OIOS, Inter- last day. These conclusions serve as an trative office, and the municipio former structures. (municipal hall). A stone's throw pressed her gratitude for GIZ support for national Budget Partnership, the Austrian important guideline for SAIs concerning Presently, there are other major away are the religious buildings— both, the ASEANSAI organization and the the seminary of the archdiocese, areas of activities other than the Calle Crisologo at night the Arzobispado (Archbishop's two plazas, though these are still NAA. She wished that GIZ continues to sup- Audit Department Jln.Menteri Besar, Berakas A Bb3910 Bandar Seri Begawan Tel: +673 (2) 38 05 76, 77, 78 where most recreation and shop- SAIs CONTACTS Fax: +673 (2) 38 07 69 National Audit Authority of Cambodia #5, St. Duong Ngeab 3, Phoum Tektla, Palace), and the St. Paul's Cathe- dral. Beside these religious struc- ping are done. One may also go Sangkat Tektla, Khan Sensok, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tel: +855-23-88 5900 Fax: +855-23-88 5900 The Audit Board of the Republic of tures is the church-run school, the to the southern part of the city to Indonesia Jln. Gatot Subroto no 31 Jakarta Pusat Tel: +62 (21) 2554 9000 Fax: +62 (21) 572 0944 State Audit Organization Of The Lao PDR Saint Paul College, known in its reach the commercial area and Nahaidiao Street, Prime minister’ office area, Vientiane Municipality, Lao PDR, P.O.BOX 10067 Office of the Auditor General of Malaysia early days as the Colegio de public market. The current Public HANDOVER OF THE GIZ SUPPORT TO ASEAN GIZ - ASEANSAI ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT 24TH UN/INTOSAI SYMPOSIUM IN VIENNA No. 15, Level 4, Persiaran Perdana, Presint 2, 62518 W.P. Putrajaya, Malaysia Tel: +60 3 88 88 97 00, 88 88 97 35 Fax: +60-3-88 88 97 01, Niñas. After the full transfer of the Market is a new one, as the old SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS PROJECT WITH WORKSHOP FROM 25 TO 27 APRIL 2017 one (formerly the Imelda Socio- SAIS CONTACTS 88883084 Office of the Auditor General (OAG) Office Building No. 12, Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tel: ++95 - 67 - 407335 Fax: +95 - 67 - 407339 said school to the neighboring THE CHAIRPERSON OF ASEANSAI ON 25 MAY 2017 Commercial Complex), on the LAO-THAI-GERMAN TRILATERAL COOPERATION towns of Bantay and San Vicente, NOTE FROM THE HEAD OF ADMIN FUNCTION INITIATIVE ON 30 JUNE 2017 THE UNIQUENESS Commission on Audit Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines Tel: +632-931 92 20 Fax: ++632-931 92 32 Auditor-General ‘s same site, was (also) destroyed by Office Singapore 55 Newton Road 08-02 Revenue House Singapore 307987 Tel: +65 6355 4611 Fax: +65 6221 3185 Office of the Auditor the building was handed over to the Archdiocese of Nueva Sego- fire. A new mall is rising from the ASEANSAI PROGRAM ON ISSAI IMPLEMENTA-TION ASEAN, ASSOCIATED ENTITIES TO JOIN FORCES (LTAPII) PHASE 2- FACILITATION SKILLS FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING ON 4 MAY 2017 - General of Thailand Soi Areesampan, Rama VI Road Bangkok 10400, Thailand Tel: +66 (2) 2739018 Fax: +66 2 273 9693, 273 96 99 Office via and is currently being occu- site of the city's first Public Market, of the State Audit of Vietnam No. 111 Tran Duy Hung Street, Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: +84 (4) 6282 2151 Fax: s+84 (4) 6282 2159 found in the center of the business Plaza Burgos WORKSHOP FROM 8 TO 19 MAY 2017 JAKARTA, INDONESIA

ASEANSAI Program on ASEAN, associated entities to join forces for community building NOTE FROM THE HEAD OF ASEANSAI Activity Management Workshop ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION ISSAI Implementation 25 to 27 April 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 4, 2017 - Jakarta, Indonesia (LTAPII) Phase 2- Facili- knowledge and professionalism in planning, tation Skills Workshop coordinating, implementing and document- ing activities effectively and efficiently. Dur- ing the workshop, the four stages of activity 8-19 May 2017, Lao PDR have been discussed: (i) purpose, (ii) plan- ning, (iii) execution and (iv) evaluation. In Facilitation Skills Workshop conducted addition, the workshop shared and clarified the roles and responsibilities for future moni- on 8-19 May 2017 in Vientiane, Lao toring and evaluation of activities and strate- PDR with participation from the 7 SAIs gic processes within ASEANSAI. This included from ASEANSAI namely the National an assessment of the current document and knowledge management procedures, which Audit Authority of Cambodia, Audit are the basis for efficient knowledge sharing

Board of Republic of Indonesia, State Dear Readers of the ASEANSAI Newsletter, Audit Organization of Lao PDR, Na- U nder the cooperation with GiZ ASEANSAI, tional Audit Department of Malaysia, the three day workshop have been deliv- In our current capacity as the Administrative ered to the participants from the Training Union Auditor General Office of Myan- Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, Function of ASEANSAI, the National Audit mar, Audit Commission of the Philip- Knowledge Sharing Committee, the Execu- Authority of Cambodia (SAI Cambodia) is pines, and Auditor General Office of tive Committee of the ASEANSAI and SAI having a pleasure to present the second Myanmar, Thailand and Brunei. This workshop Thailand. The objectives of the work- volume of the ASEANSAI Newsletter for 2017. took placed from 25 to 27 April 2017 at the At the forum, participants were briefed on shop are (1) to enhance participants’ National Audit Academy of Malaysia and he ASEAN Secretariat hosted the inaugu- the goals of the three community pillars and aim to enable participants to widen their T In the second edition, we would like to knowledge and skills in delivering and ral Forum of Entities Associated with ASEAN how they can contribute to realising the highlight some main activities of the ASEANSAI facilitating seminars/workshop and (2) today in an effort to strengthen coopera- ASEAN Vision 2025. They also learned about members, INTOSAI and a forum organized by to enable the participants to facilitate Lao-Thai-German Trilateral Cooperation initiative tion for community building efforts. The fo- the privileges and obligations of entities as- ASEAN Secretariat happening from April to ISSAI implementation activities in their rum brought together 150 participants com- sociated with ASEAN, such as the use of June 2017. prising of ASEAN parliamentarians, legal ASEAN name, anthem and logo. Further, respective SAIs and in the ASEANSAI experts, bankers, youth, civil society repre- they discussed how to access third-party Moreover, in this edition, we would like to bring region. During the workshop, the K nowledge sharing is the core activity of ASEANSAI. The Support to Financial Audit sentatives, women, disability advocates funding mechanism managed by the you a UNESCO World Heritage in Philippines, method and approaches have been for the State Audit Organization Project in and business and professional associations ASEAN Secretariat and its project manage- ―City of Vigan‖, in the Uniqueness column. shared and discussed including: (i) Lao PDR, is having the workshop on representing 56 entities and centres associ- ment cycle. During the forum, entities becoming the ISSAI facilitator (ii) ad- ―developing a training courseware‖ at the ated with ASEAN. shared their aspiration for ASEAN to further We hope all esteem readers enjoy reading the SAO Northern Regional Audit Office. For enhance engagement with the grassroots vocating ISSAI implementation (iii) fa- articles and find them useful to our the Regional office, this is the first time was big laughter in the room, when the Dr. AKP Mochtan, Deputy Secretary- level to fully realise a people-oriented and community. We encourage all ASEANSAI cilitating ISSAI implementation project hosting and participating in capacity new trainers introduced the exercise to the General of ASEAN for Community and Cor- people-centred ASEAN. They also shared building activity with foreign experts. The 20 financial auditors: The Late Pizza Deliv- members to contribute article (s) or materials (iv) designing participatory learning porate Affairs Department, highlighted the their views and suggestions for the nine SAO instructors are working with OAG ery exercise did not apply well to the staff importance of enhancing ASEAN engage- to the upcoming newsletter in order to make it (v) stages of the group development Thailand experts on the developing the 1st in Luang Prabang – and the trainers 50th anniversary of ASEAN. a better platform for sharing professional ment with its people. He called for entities and managing group learning (vi) and 2nd modules of the training curricu- showed great adaptation skills by chang- to ―work closely together to build an inclu- During the open forum, representatives of experience and exchanging information. Presentation Skills (vii) giving and re- lum. On the morning of June 30, 2017, the ing it to a ―Late Papaya Salad Delivery‖ Lao trainers could practice their newly lesson. Through this exemplary topic, the sive ASEAN community.‖ In light of ASEAN’s accredited entities expressed their appreci- Best regards, ceiving feedback (viii) discussing lead- acquires skills during a knowledge sharing participants could clearly understand and 50th anniversary this year, DSG Mochtan ation to ASEAN Secretariat for gathering the ing skills and process (ix) facilitating session for 20 financial auditors from the were able to use the Fishbone Diagram to encouraged all entities to participate in the entities for the first time. ―This forum is a structured activities (x) practicum in- SAO Regional Office (Luang Prabang analysis main causes of the problem. In a commemorative activities and to explore great platform to meet with other organisa- Province). next step, they were asked to develop the possible collaborations to celebrate the tions and entities. We found so many great CHEA SOPHAT structions and preparations and (xi) The benefits of the knowledge sharing are: Fishbone Diagram on provided audit find- golden anniversary. opportunities to work together to achieve ings. Head of ASENSAI Administrative Function (1) The participants learnt about the Fish- ASEAN goals,‖ said Mr. Senjaya Mulia from bone Diagram on Audit Reporting and Great participation, group works and par- For her part, Ambassador Elizabeth P. Director of International Relations Department ASEAN Youth Organisation, which is current- they will able to use it in their audit work (2) ticipant’s presentations ensured a good Buensuceso, Permanent Representative of ly seeking accreditation. National Audit Authority of Cambodia It was a good chance for SAO selected learning environment. Being able to sup- the Philippines to ASEAN and Chair of the instructors for practicing the facilitation port the regional office and at the same Committee of Permanent Representatives The one-day forum was also graced by the Address: ASEANSAI skills and have experience for the first time time practicing newly acquired skills shared her message through a video. ―I am representatives of Permanent Missions of #5 Street Doung Ngeab 3, Sangkat Tekthla, delivering by Systematic Approach to proved to be extremely effective. heartened by the spirit of inclusivity, open- ASEAN Member States and supported by Training (SAT) How they work on the The initiative is part of the Thai-German ness, amity and cooperation that underpins the German Government through GIZ co- Khan Sensok, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Newsletter knowledge sharing? Email: [email protected] Trilateral Cooperation initiative, in which this inaugural event—especially in this year operation project■ Volume II, 2017 The OAG Thailand experts demonstrated the Thai and German Government support that the Philippines serves as Chair of how to run the workshop and the two SAO third countries with technical cooperation. (Source: www.asean.org) instructors to work with them on the basic The project is conducted as a joint effort of ASEAN, which also happens to be the 50th concept of ―Fishbone Diagram‖. There the SAO, OAG, the Thailand International anniversary of the Association.‖