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Abdoulaye SeckCour des Comptes du Sénégal (Senegal Court of Audit) Magistrate, Budget and Finance Chamber Gallery
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My FellowshipMy Canadian placement:Office of the Auditor General of Quebec (VGQ). My Canadian audit team:I was part of a team auditing health indicators, led by Audit Manager France Bety and Performance Audit Project Manager Lucie Bédard. My most valuable learning:I learned how to build team spirit with one’s counterparts: reciprocal respect, accountability, mutual trust, commitment and communications, all of which are the keys to successful completion of a performance audit engagement. How my Canadian colleagues and mentors helped me:My colleagues got me involved in defining, conducting and managing the audit processes within the terms of reference. The team also encouraged me to attend the VGQ’s internal training sessions, which provided me with practical advice that would improve my audit project. What I enjoyed most:What I enjoyed most about working on the team was the leadership provided by the project manager, and in particular her ability to mobilize the team and properly monitor completion of the tasks assigned to the team members. My audit plan:Providing medical care for government officialsI developed my audit plan with assistance from my mentors, Audit Manager France Bety and Performance Audit Advisor Simon Lauzon of the VGQ, and CAAF Associates David Banyanka and Jean Cinq-Mars. The connection to my country’s development priorities:Public health remains a major concern for public authorities. The compulsory health insurance system is designed to contribute to the social and family welfare of government employees by providing guaranteed access to quality care at acceptable prices with a view to enhancing productivity in the performance of public service missions. This audit is linked to Sustainable Development Goals 3 (health and welfare) and 5 (gender equality). The health insurance system for public service employees guarantees women who work for the government the legal capacity to be responsible for the members of her family (husband and children), which was not the case prior to the passage of Decree n°2006-1309 of 23 November 2006 pertaining to the Social Security of Public Servants, which restores gender equity and equality. How CAAF and my host office helped:My mentors helped me a lot to structure my ideas, focus on the major questions of interest, and highlight the key messages and issues clearly and concisely. The skills and knowledge I improved by developing this plan:In developing this audit plan I learned how to better identify gaps in risk assessment and prioritization, ask the right questions to achieve more added value, and use practical tools (logic matrix, audit programs, key messages). My future impact:The new knowledge I’m most excited to share with my colleagues:What I am most interested in applying within my own organization, the Cour des Comptes, are risk assessment at the planning phase, and the formulation of key messages based on important findings, an approach I learned from the VGQ experience. This innovative approach is extremely useful for identifying major findings, structuring the report and delivering a clear message to the end-users and recipients. The difference I hope to make:The experience I acquired during the Fellowship will enable me to contribute to strengthening the ability of the Cour des Comptes to take action by designing and sharing practical tools and enhancing processes and procedures. My professional goals:In the future, I hope to give training sessions on performance audits, share the knowledge I have acquired and the practical tools (Audit News database) with colleagues, and provide my office’s training unit and management with a plan for the implementation of a resource centre that can support the performance audit team. |
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The most Canadian thing I did was…Enjoy maple syrup at a traditional sugar shack meal, followed by a traditional Quebec carriage ride. What surprised me most when I arrived in Canada was…That Canadians are welcoming, straightforward, warm-hearted and highly disciplined. My favourite cultural experience in Canada was…My visit to Niagara Falls. What I’ll miss most about Canada is…My Sunday walks in Old Quebec City along Quai Saint-André, and drinking some very tasty Tim Horton’s coffee. Something few Canadians know about my country is…Senegal is also called “the country of the TERANGA”. This expression from the Wolof vocabulary (the most widely spoken language in Senegal) means “hospitality” and refers to the values of sharing and solidarity held by Senegalese people. |
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