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Florence AbaganwaOffice of the Auditor General of State Finances of Rwanda Senior Principal Auditor Gallery
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My FellowshipMy Canadian placement:Office of the Auditor General (OAG) of Alberta My Canadian audit team:I was part of a performance audit of the Alberta Broadband Strategy, led by Principal Byron Ofner. My most valuable learning:It was valuable to learn about leadership skills, by recognising my strengths and weaknesses; performance audit planning, particularly improving on audit documentation, scope and criteria; and risk assessment and related controls and fraud risk assessment. I also enjoyed learning about how to enhance communication through embracing available tools and incorporating gender and SDGs issues in audit projects. How my Canadian colleagues and mentors helped me:They helped me to improve my audit plan project through different organised discussions on risk assessment and controls, audit scoping and criteria documentation. They organised a meeting with emergency despatching staff to talk about their ambulance dispatching process that helped me to understand ambulance dispatching in Alberta and served as a bench-marking process. As well, they helped me become familiar with different places in Alberta—malls, markets, tours, art museums and games. What I enjoyed most:I enjoyed working with advanced staff, observing how they document audit work done using formal working papers, bringing the auditee on board through audit scope and criteria discussions, and the use of office communication and IT tools. My audit plan:Management of ambulances for hospitals and health centers – Rwanda Biomedical CenterI developed my audit plan with the guidance of my mentors at OAG Alberta, Principal Byron Ofner and Audit Manager Nancy Wang. The connection to my country’s development priorities:The Ministry of Health and Rwanda Biomedical Center have targeted, by 2024, to have a well-established network of health facilities with good geographical coverage and an adequate fleet of ambulances for pre-hospital and emergencies services. This includes:
Under the National Strategy for Transformation, Emergency Medical Services are covered under the “Social Transformation” pillar, priority 3, which is to: “enhance demographic dividend through ensuring access to quality health for all”, including to reduce maternal and child mortality. To achieve this, ambulances are needed for quick interventions in case of maternal and neonatal emergencies. This topic also aligns with Sustainable Development Goal 3, on good health and well-being. As well, Rwanda’s Health Sector Strategic Plan aims to contribute to SDG 5, on gender equality, by eliminating gender barriers to receiving essential health services. How CAAF and my host office helped:My host office helped me to improve on project documentation, risk assessment and controls, scoping, formulation of appropriate criteria and how to conclude on each criterion for a balanced report, and evidence collection methodology. From working with the Office of the City Auditor of Edmonton and from presentations by other audit offices, I learned about fraud risk assessment, follow-up on audit recommendations, and the use of different tools to communicate results or progress. Through challenge sessions, I further improved on risk controls, scoping the assignment, and incorporating the SDGs and a gender lens in the assignment. In courses with CAAF, I improved my leadership skills by recognising my strengths and weaknesses and learning how to build trust with others. The skills and knowledge I improved by developing this plan:
My future impact:The new knowledge I’m most excited to share with my colleagues:To improve audit quality and speed up audit assignments, I will share knowledge on:
The difference I hope to make:I hope to:
My professional goals:My goals are to continue improving my leadership skills and build trust, enhance effective communication (for fewer surprises), and incorporate the SDGs and a gender lens in audits. |
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My Experience |
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The most Canadian thing I did was…Snowy activities at Winterlude in Ottawa, hiking Jasper and Banff mountains, touring the CN Tower and Calgary Tower, visiting history and art museums, watching different games—baseball in Toronto, hockey in Ottawa, and American football in Edmonton—and trying different dishes like donair, Indian, hot pot, and Chinese cuisine. My favourite cultural experience in Canada was…Friendship and the culture of admitting mistakes |
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