“Bolstering SAIs public debt auditing through effective knowledge sharing”

Day 1

Thursday, 23 May 2019

Part I. Opening Ceremony and Meeting Preliminaries

1

8:30 – 9:00

Registration for the meeting

WGPD Secretariat

2

9:00 – 9:15

Welcome Address by a key official of SAI Azerbaijan

SAI Azerbaijan

3

9:15 – 9:30

Opening Address by the Chairperson of the Commission on Audit of the Republic of the Philippines and INTOSAI WGPD

WGPD Chair

4

9:30 – 10:00

Keynote Speech 1:

The Auditing of Public Debt Management

Vugar Ibrahimov

SAI Azerbaijan

5

10:00 – 10:30

Keynote Speech 2:

Public Debt Management: Doing right things or doing things right?

Elchin Rashidov

Lecturer, ADA University

10:30 – 10:50

Official Photo Opportunity and Coffee Break

6

10:50 – 10:55

Presentation of the Agenda for the Meeting for Endorsement of the Members

WGPD Secretariat

7

10:55 – 11:15

WGPD Chair’s Report

WGPD Chair

8

11:15 – 11:20

Reading out of new SAI members of the INTOSAI WGPD and names of their Representatives

WGPD Chair

11:20 – 11:25

Acknowledgement and welcoming of the new SAI members of the INTOSAI WGPD

9

11:25 – 11:55

Strengthening public debt monitoring and reporting – Lessons learnt from the DMF

Ms. Lea Hakim World Bank

10

11;55 – 12:25

Debt Transparency Initiatives and Effective Macroeconomic Debt Strategies for Sustainable Development (live video presentation)

Ms. Stephanie Blankenburg

UNCTAD

12:25 – 13:30

Lunch Break

Part II. WGPD Secretariat Reports and Status Reports on the Strategic Plan and Work Plan

11

13:30 – 13:55

Presentation 1:

WGPD Secretariat Reports

o Summary of Results of October 2018 survey on the WGPD Work Plan (WP) for 2020-2022

o Network of Experts in Public Debt Auditing Database

o Composition of Task Teams on the Workplan Activities –

o Work Plan 2017-2019

o WGPD Website

WGPD Secretariat

12

13:55 – 14:20

Presentation 2:

1. Project 2.9 Updates: Status on the Consolidation and Alignment of the Audit of Public Debt with ISSAI 100

SAI Philippines

(Project 2.9 Task Lead)

13

14:20 – 14:45

Presentation 3:

2. Protocol for Quality Assurance of IDI’s Global Public Goods vs Due process for INTOSAI’s Framework of Professional Pronouncements vs Protocol on INTOSAI KSC’s Working Group Projects

3. (live video presentation)

Archana P. Shirsat

(IDI Deputy Director)

14

14:45 – 15:10

Presentation 4:

Update on the KSC-IDI Community Portal: Promoting INTOSAI Community Portal for a more effective platform of knowledge sharing

Jaisankar Dhandapani

SAI India,

COP Manager

15:10 – 15:25

Coffee Break

Part III. SAIs’ Presentation of Public Debt Topics

15

15:25 – 15:55

Presentation 5:

Strategic Audit of the Public Debt Russian Federation

Tatiana Otrokhova

SAI Russia

16

15:55 – 16:25

Presentation 6:

The roles of SAIs in Fiscal (Public Debt) Sustainability Assessment

Ana Mazmishvili

SAI Georgia

17

16:25 – 16:50

Presentation 7:

Application of Data Analysis in National Public Debt Audit – China’s New Progress

Wang Bangwu

SAI China

Welcome Dinner

Day 2

Friday, 24 May 2019

18

09:00 – 09:30

Presentation 8:

The Fiscal Health of the United States

Dawn Simpson

SAI USA

19

09:30 – 10:00

Presentation 9:

Sustainability of Public Debt from the Auditor’s Perspective

Hussain Niyazy/ Maqbool Khalid

SAI Maldives

20

10:00 – 10:30

Presentation 10:

The State Audit Bureau Role in Auditing Public Debt in the State of Kuwait in Accordance to INTOSAI standard

Salma Al-Essa Al-Qenae/ Reem Hamed Al-saif

SAI Kuwait

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee Break

21

10:45 – 11:15

Presentation 11:

The Internal versus External Borrowing in Jordan

Dr. Bilal Jamal Ahmed Akasheh

SAI Jordan

22

11:15 – 11:45

Presentation 12:

State Fiscal and Financial Disciplines Act, 2018: Role of SAI Thailand in Strengthening Public Debt Management

Pitikhun Nilthanom/ Orapan Limriantong

SAI Thailand

11:45 – 12:15

Presentation 14:

SAI Presentations on Interesting Public Debt Issues (topic to be determined)

SAI Indonesia

12:15 – 12:45

Presentation 11:

SAI Presentations on Interesting Public Debt Issues (topic to be determined)

Jonna Carlson

SAI Finland

12:45 – 13:45

Lunch Break

Part IV– Presentation on Planned Activities Resulting from

WGPD WP for 2020-2022

26

13:45 – 14:15

Presentation 16:

Concept Note on Guidance Material for Public Debt Auditors on Government Guarantees

SAI Egypt/

SAI India

14:15 – 14:45

Presentation 17:

Concept Note on Guidance Material for Public Debt Auditors on Debt Authorization and Debt Contracting

SAI Macedonia/

SAI Lithuania

27

14:45 – 15:05

Presentation 18:

WGPD Work Plan for 2020-2022

Part 1

Proposed timelines for other planned activities (Presentation and Approval)

WGPD Secretariat

15:05 – 15:15

Part 2

Call for Issues and additional Task Team members

15:15 – 15:30

Coffee Break

Part V. 2020 Hosting and Way Forward

28

15:30 – 15:40

Confirmation of the SAI hosting the 2020 WGPD Annual Meeting

WGPD Chair

29

15:40 – 15:50

Call for 2021 SAI Host for the WGPD Annual Meeting

WGPD Chair

30

15:50 – 16:00

Meeting Agreements

WGPD Chair

31

16:00 – 16:10

Way Forward

32

16:10 – 16:20

Meeting Wrap-up

33

16:20 – 16:30

Closing remarks and end of business

Administrative announcements

WGPD Chair

SAI Azerbaijan- Organizing Committee

Day 3

Saturday, 25 May 2019

09:00 onwards

Social/Cultural Programme