Agenda of the workshop organised by SIGMA for the Lebanese Court of Accounts on Introducing performance auditing in Supreme Audit Institutions, held in Beirut 28-29 June 2016

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AGENDA
Workshop
Introducing Performance Auditing in
Supreme Audit Institutions
Court of Accounts
Beirut, Lebanon
28-29 June 2016

2. 2
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
PERFORMANCE AUDIT: CONCEPT AND EXPERIENCES
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:15
Opening session
Welcome by H. E. Ahmed Hamdan, President (Court of Accounts) and
Bianca Brétéché (SIGMA)
09:15 – 9:45
The concept of performance audit and the experience of the Portuguese Court of
Auditors
Daniel Sanches, Tribunal de contas, Portugal
09:45 – 10:30 Question and Answers, Discussion
10:30 – 11:00
The experiences of the French Court of Auditors with introducing and developing
performance audit
Hélène Gadriot-Renard, Cour des comptes, France
11:00 – 11:45 Question and Answers, Discussion
11:45 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 12:30
Overview about the experiences of SIGMA with SAIs of EU accession countries with
introducing and developing performance audit.
Joop Vrolijk, formerly Algemene Rekenkamer, Netherlands and formerly SIGMA
12:30 – 13.15 Question and Answers, Discussion
13:15 End of first workshop day

3. 3
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
PERFORMANCE AUDIT: CASE STUDIES
08:30 – 09:00 Registration / coffee
09:00 – 09:15
Opening session
Bianca Brétéché (SIGMA)
09:15 – 9:45
Case study: Vehicle Management in Serbia
Joop Vrolijk, formerly Algemene Rekenkamer, Netherlands and formerly SIGMA
09:45 – 10:30 Question and Answers, Discussion
10:30 – 11:00
Case study: Performance audit of the French national agency for water and aquatic
environments: ONEMA
Hélène Gadriot-Renard, Cour des comptes, France
11:00 – 11:45 Question and Answers, Discussion
11:45 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 12:30
Case study: Audit on five public works developed through direct State
management
Daniel Sanches, Tribunal de contas, Portugal
12:30 – 13:15 Question and Answers, Discussion
13:15
Closing of the workshop
H. E. Ahmed Hamdan, President (Court of Accounts) and
Bianca Brétéché (SIGMA)