Amedy Dieng

My audit plan:The General Delegation for the Promotion of the Urban Centres of Diamniadio and Lac Rose (DGPU)

I developed my audit plan with the help of my mentor, Simon Lauzon, a performance audit practices consultant at the VGQ.

The connection to my country’s development priorities:

This DGPU audit engagement will be useful to my country in several ways:

• It deals with a political, economic and social issue, as the DGPU has been given significant resources to develop “urban poles”, which are hubs or satellite centres designed to address problems of housing, infrastructure and equipment and relieve overcrowding in the capital, Dakar, while meeting international standards.
• It will contribute to achieving the #1 strategic objective in the Cour des Comptes’ 2020-2024 Development Plan, which is to produce a high volume of high-quality, on-time audits, by giving effect to strategy S1.3 on reinforcing the practice of performance audits.
• It will shed light on how the DGPU takes into account the differing needs of men and women in terms of urban planning, land use management, access to housing, and a decent, sustainable lifestyle, in accordance with the National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) #s 5, 9, 11 and 17.
• Finally, the project’s findings will be useful to public authorities for making decisions on the development of safe, resilient and sustainable urban hubs.

How CAAF and my host office helped:

Thanks to the support of CAAF and my host office, I was immersed in the performance audit environment for several months. The constant variety – alternating between all the training sessions and site visits and being totally involved in the audit teams – under the supervision of CAAF experts and mentors, was decisive in terms of my learning process.

The skills and knowledge I improved by developing this plan:

• Skills in identifying reliable sources for audit criteria and objectives;
• Techniques for expressing observations and recommendations;
• Tools for effective management of an audit team;
• Strategies for personal development.