The Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa’s Post

The esteemed Directors of IIA shared their thoughts on the 27th International Internal Audit Conference with us. 🙌🏻 We express our gratitude for the synergy created among countries and all the insights shared during the conference. ✨ Admil Nukic, Aziz Fataliyev, CIA, Erald Bezhani, CIDA, Matej Drašček, PhD, Polya Statkova, Ruxandra Bilius, Verra Marmalidou, Yevgeniya Rossova #TİDEKongre2023 #ContemporaryCivilization #TIDEConference2023

Please find the IIA Sask's August newsletter below!

I was honored and privileged to host the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Representative of Internal Audit Services (RIAS) and 15th Annual United Nations-RIAS Conference last week with my two wonderful RIAS Co-Chairs Alan Kato (IDB) and Dr Nancy Onyango (DBA) (IMF) along with the three UN-RIAS Co-Chairs Fabienne Lambert (WFP), Lisa Sutton (UN Women) and Mika Tapio (FAO). The conference brought together around 100 heads and deputies of internal audit, oversight, and investigation, from UN Agencies, Multilateral Finance Institutions, and other intergovernmental organizations. This year’s conference was rooted in the reality that internal audit leaders need to act now to prepare our teams to face the challenges of tomorrow. With that in mind, the conference had sessions ranging from data governance, artificial intelligence, and the evolving cyber and IT risk landscape to the challenges of providing assurance in conflict zones, ESG reporting, and the revised IIA standards.   Here are some of my quick takeaways:   Evolution. The world is evolving. Internal audit functions need to evolve as well. This will require creativity and innovative approaches. There was a strong recognition that we need to learn from one another and focus on delivering value and positive change to our organization.   Innovation and Technology. We need to continue down the innovative path. What are the challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies? How can we leverage new technology to increase efficiencies? How will we audit these new technologies as our organizations adopt them? These are all great questions that we are going to need to focus on.   Collaboration. Collaboration across assurance functions is vital for us to succeed. This call to action was a central theme across all four days. How can we strengthen collaboration by sharing information, knowledge, approaches, lessons learned, expertise, staff, etc.?   I am excited to take some of the ideas discussed forward over the coming weeks and months. I am also intrigued to hear from colleagues who attended and learn how they plan to apply these insights to their work. We are smarter together!   Take a look at some of the highlights from the 15th UN-RIAS and 52nd RIAS Conference!

The IIA Miami Chapter is having a conference on 12/1/23 to discuss fraud! You can earn CPE credits and as well be educated on the topic of fraud. Join this December to learn more about the Miami chapter and what they have to offer. #DeFraudCon2023

What did The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) achieve in 2023 - what do we expect in 2024? Hear from Martina Bianchini, President in this introductory interview about #fragrance priorities and challenges - From the IFRA Annual Report, published yesterday at www.ifraannualreport.com

As we get ready for CMAA’s World Conference in a few weeks, here are some important reminders for attending members, as well as a few other important thoughts. https://lnkd.in/eYHeP-Q6

The International Association of Facilitators (IAF) EME Conference in Berlin was a great success! 💞 It was so good to meet this crowd of facilitators from (not only) Europe and to dive into this important topic of #diversity and #difference and how to deal with is in creating #dialogue and spaces of meaningful #conversations. 😺 So many things to share. Today I want to share some of the questions we identified when consciously dealing with the subject (as we are dealing with it all the time, but very often our perspective is too narrow to see, what people in he room deal with 💓 ). •How to become aware of own perceptions & judgements? •How to handle own emotions? •How to facilitate, if you don‘t have commonprinciples? •How can we stay in relationship, when mistakeshurt people? •How might we hold space for diverse perspectives despite time pressure? •How to be true to yourself and stay neutral? •How to find and use the right words for the topic? •How to create the right balance between CHAOS and CONFUSION?  and many more Thanks a lot for all the great organizing team, the support from IAF Board and all the participants, who made this event possible: Anton Mikoleit, Barbara Zuber, Frederik Wortmann, Monika H., Albrecht Schürhoff, Shalaka Gundi (IAF Certified Professional Facilitator), Tamara Zivadinovic, Rena Koç, Gerardo de Luzenberger More to come!

Which solutions from our workshop caught the attention of experts at the Eurosatory international fair in Paris? Read more in the article 👇 in Pravda. (in Slovak)

International Schools, mark your calendars! We're excited to be attending #AISAconference2024 alongside fellow international education enthusiasts! 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥'𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞? Bring them to Georgette Perez, & Ricardo Urbina from our Scholars team. They have a wealth of knowledge about navigating the unique risks & insurance needs of international schools. They can answer your questions about: ▶ Understanding complex liability challenges specific to international schools ▶ Navigating the world of global health insurance solutions ▶ Ensuring proper student and employee protection plans are in place ▶ Best practices in international school insurance ▶ Specific concerns you may have Reach out now or stop by our booth at the conference and let's discuss how we can support your school's risk management needs.