Audit English
Background and objectives
Background
The objectives of EUROSAI, defined in Article 1 of its Statutes, are to promote professional cooperation among SAI members, to encourage the exchange of information and documentation, to advance the study of public sector audit and to work towards the harmonization of terminology in the field of public audit.
EUROSAI exists to support SAIs to share and learn together. Our exchanges of knowledge and expertise can help EUROSAI members decide on how to ensure their approach to public audit is relevant, up-to-date and informed by good practice developed by others in response to emerging issues and changes in the environment and society.
EUROSAI’s shift to project groups – short-term cooperation initiatives designed to encourage the involvement of more SAIs as they do not involve a long-term commitment – has resulted in more SAIs getting involved in EUROSAI activities. For our cooperation to add maximum value, we need to be able to work together in a common language. Many EUROSAI activities use English as the lingua franca, but there are sometimes different interpretations of the same English word due to different country contexts.
Our work in SG2 has seen this issue play out many times. The SG2 team is proposing to establish a short-term Project Group on Audit English to support all EUROSAI members to improve and broaden their knowledge of the English audit-related language and build common definitions for use by all non-native English-speaking auditors.
Informal consultations from several member SAIs suggest that Audit English would be a welcome contribution to the capacity development of SAIs and individual staff’s professional development. Working with SAI UK (Vice-chair), we have produced this concept of Audit English linguistic support for EUROSAI Members. The initiative will help EUROSAI Members study terminology and syntax of technical English concerning audit and control. Knowledge gained could help participants in their audit work, in drafting international reports for EUROSAI activities, or analyses of English audit-related specialised publications.
Objective
The objective of the EUROSAI Project Group on Audit English is to make a direct contribution to
the harmonisation of English language terminology in the field of public audit. The group will
support wider benefits by:
- Providing a platform for professional, language-related capacity building of SAIs;
- Ensuring professional development of the EUROSAI Members’ staff – upskilling and training;
- Improving the exchange of knowledge and experience to the benefit of EUROSAI and its individual members;
- Facilitating the sharing of audit approaches, methods and experience, thus building mutual understanding between SAIs of common issues and insights into resolving them.
- Supporting more efficient and effective international audits.
Contact
Kamila.Zyndul@nik.gov.pl
+48 728 412 441Documentation
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Terms of Reference on the Project Group on Audit English
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