26th Meeting of the INTOSAI Working Group on IT Audit, Seoul, Korea, 22-23 May 2017

22-23 May 2017

The 26th meeting of the INTOSAI Working Group on IT Audit (WGITA) was hosted by BAI, Korea in Seoul on 22 and 23 May, 2016. The 7th International Seminar on “Audit Management System for Ensuring Audit Capabilities: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions” was also held in conjunction with the WGITA meeting on 24 May, 2017.

The meeting was inaugurated by Mr. Chan-hyun Hwang, Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection, Korea and was presided over by Mr. Shashi Kant Sharma, Comptroller & Auditor General and Chair of WGITA.

55 delegates from the 30 member countries/observers attended the meeting. SAI-Hungary participated as a special invitee.

The meeting discussed various issues in connection with the Strategic Development Plan of IFPP and the quality assurance of non-IFPP documents. The five project teams presented the progress reports on their respective projects. Country papers on topical issues on IT Audit was also presented in the meeting. GAO USA who are leading the project on updating the IDI-IT Handbook presented their views on the topic.