International Activities

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada participates in international activities, organizations and events that impact on our work as legislative auditors.

By collaborating with international organizations and audit offices in other countries, the Office strengthens its legislative audit practice and contributes to the development of international auditing standards. The Office is also committed to meeting its international obligations by sharing its expertise with other international organizations involved in public sector accounting, auditing, and accountability activities.

The Office is active in the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), which is made up of audit institutions from member countries of the United Nations. Office representatives serve on a number of INTOSAI’s committees and working groups.

The Auditor General represents INTOSAI on the International Federation of Accountants–International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IFAC–IPSASB). She also chairs INTOSAI's Professional Standards Committee's Sub-committee on Accounting and Reporting. This sub-committee was established to study issues concerning public sector accounting and financial reporting. 

For many years now, the Office has been a strong supporter of training programs for auditors from national audit offices from developing nations. Every year, the International Assistance Program for Improved Governance and Accountability of the CCAF-FCVI Inc. brings auditors from selected national audit offices to Canada for nine months of training in performance auditing, accountability, governance and good management. Training is currently provided by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, the Bureau du vérificateur général du Québec and the Auditor General of Alberta. The program is coordinated by CCAF-FCVI and funded by the Canadian International Development Agency. The program has graduated more than 186 auditors from some 50 developing countries.

The Office also audits one United Nations agency—the International Labour Organization—and serves on the United Nations Panel of Auditors, the North Atlantic Treaty Oganisation (NATO) Board of Audit and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Board of Auditors.